Beaty, Ronald v. Yarmouth, Town of - Board of Selectmen (SPR 20150405)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords June 16, 2015 SPRlS/405 Mr. Peter K. Johnson-Staub Town ofYarmouth 1146 Route 28 South Yarmouth, MA 02664 Dear Mr. Johnson-Staub: I have received the petition of Ronald Beatty appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Yarmouth (Town) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Beatty requested records regarding executive session meeting minutes for the years 2010 through 2013. Having received no response, Mr. Beatty 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 (10) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 10(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 responses were provided, dated May 25 and May 29, 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. Mr. Beatty may appeal the substantive nature of the Town's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Ronald Beatty OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma.us/pre