Legere, Esq., Luke v. Lunenburg, Town of (SPR 20150240)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords May 12,2015 SPRlS/240 Mr. Brian J. Winner, Esq. Kopelman and Paige, P.C. 1 01 Arch Street Boston, MA 0211 0 Dear Attorney Winner: I have received the petition of Luke Legere appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Lunenburg (Town) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Attorney Legere requested records from eleven (11) Town offices regarding a specifically identified property. Having received no response, Attorney Legere petitioned this office. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten (1 0) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(b); 950 C.M.R. 32.05. The response may be an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. The Town is advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of my staff, this office was notified that a response was provided, dated April28, 2015. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Town's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Attorney Legere may appeal the substantive nature of the own's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Luke Legere, Esq. OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre