David A. Eckert v. Rochester, Town of - Office of Town Counsel (SPR 20170073)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords January 19, 2017 SPR17/073 Blair S. Bailey, Esq. Office of Town Counsel Town of Rochester 1 Constitution Way Rochester, Ma 02770 Dear Attorney Bailey: I have received the petition of David Eckert appealing the response of the Town of Rochester (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). This request was the subject of a previous appeal. See SPR17 /005 Determination of the Supervisor of Records (January 10, 20 17). I closed SPR17/ 005 with the understanding the Town had provided the responsive records to Mr. Eckert. On January 13, 2017 Mr. Eckert informed this office that he had not, in fact, received any responsive records from the Town. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of my staff, this office was notified that the Town provided responsive records with a response dated January 19, 2017. I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Eckert may appeal the substantive nature of the Tov.rn's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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://WVvw.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. ~,~, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records 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

Blair S. Bailey, Esq. SPR17/073 Page 2 January 19, 2017 cc: Mr. David Eckert