Higgins, Patrick v. Swansea, Town of - Advisory & Finance Committee (SPR 20150534)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords August 5, 2015 SPRlS/534 Mr. John F. McAuliffe Town of Swansea-Town Administrator 81 Main Street Swansea, MA 02777 Dear Mr. McAuliffe: I have received the petition of Patrick Higgins appealing the nomesponse of the Town of Swansea (Town) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Higgins requested "list of all employees with their total salaries received for each from 2012 to present." Having received no response, Mr. Higgins 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, § 1O (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. 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 will be forthcoming when you receive a copy of the records request appeal from this office. 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. Higgins may appeal the substantive nature of the Town's response within ninety (90) ys. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Supervisor of Records cc: Patrick Higgins OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre