Gerry Mroz v. Melrose, City of - Public Works Department (SPR 20160904)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 31,2016 SPR16/904 John Scenna Director of Public Works City of Melrose DPW Operations Facility 72 Tremont Street Melrose, MA 02176 Dear Mr. Scenna: I have received the petition of Gerry Mroz appealing the nonresponse of the City of Melrose (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Mroz requested records for a specific water and sewer analysis. Having received no response, Mr. Mroz petitioned this office. It is my understanding a member of my staffleft a voicemail message for you on October 26, 2016. 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. All records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. To assist in requesting and responding to requests for public records please refer to our publication, A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law. This document is available on the Internet, free of charge, at http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prepdf/guide.pdf. Attorneys on my staff are available during regular business hours to answer general questions regarding the Public Records Law. In addition, members of my staff will visit a records custodian in person to conduct training workshops on the Public Records Law upon request. Please contact my office directly at the telephone number provided in this determination for further information. Order I find the City has failed to respond to a request for public records. Accordingly, the City is hereby ordered to provide Mr. Mroz with a response to the request, prepared in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations. A copy of any such 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

Mr. John Scenna SPR16/904 Page2 October 31,2016 response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Supervisor of Records cc: Gerry Mroz