Patrick Higgins v. Fall River, City of - Office of the City Clerk (SPR 20170130)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records January 30, 2017 SPR17/130 Patrick Higgins Dear Mr. Higgins: This office has received your January 28, 2017 emails appealing the lack of compliance ofthe City of Fall River (City) to your records requests. After reviewing this information I find that I am unable to accept your appeal. The Public Records Access Regulations, which govern the procedural aspects of all appeals, provide records custodians with ten (1 0) business days in which a response to a public records request must be provided. See 950 C.M.R. 32.06 (2) (b); G.L. c. 66, § 10(b). The 10- day time frame in which a custodian must respond has not yet elapsed. If after 10 -business days have passed and the City denies your request or fails to respond, you may appeal to this office. At that time this office will review the matter. Sincerely, ~~ Supervisor of Records cc: Alison M. Bouchard 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