Brian Steward v. Waltham, City of - Purchasing Department (SPR 20160823)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 18, 2016 SPR16/823 Mr. Joseph P. Pedulla ChiefPaul J. Ciccone Waltham Fire Department 175 Lexington St. Waltham, MA 02452 Dear Mr. Pedulla: I have received the petition of Brian Steward appealing the response of the City of Waltham-Purchasing Department (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Steward requested a number of records pertaining to the City's "Current Service Zone Plan". Initially the City provided a response and some records responsive to his request dated September 13, 2016. On October 5, Mr. Steward 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, § 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. 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 by you that a revised response would be provided. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the City's failure to provide all responsive records, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. A. Williams Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Brian Steward One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us