James B. Sargent v. Taunton, City of - Department of Public Works (SPR 20161027)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A Williams Supervisor ofR ecords November 16, 2016 SPR16/1027 Ms. Katherine Nunes City of Taunton Department of Public Works 90 Ingell Street Taunton, MA 02780 Dear Ms. Nunes: I have received the petition of James Sargent appealing the response of the Taunton Department of Public Works (Department) to a request for public records. The requirements for an appeal are as follows: Such appeal shall be in writing, shall include a copy of the original request, and shall include a copy of the letter by which the custodian made a response. The supervisor shall accept an appeal only from a person who has made his or her request in writing. An oral request, while valid as a public records request pursuant to 950 CMR 32.05 (3), may not be the basis of an appeal under 950 CMR 32.08. Given that a copy of the Department's response was not included, we are unable to assist in this appeal at this time. Mr. Sargent may re-submit his appeal when he has retrieved copies of all the required documents. cc: James B. Sargent 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