Peter Chipman v. Norfolk, Town of - Town Clerk (SPR 20170224)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords February 22, 2017 SPR17/224 Anthony Turi Assistant Town Clerk Town of Norfolk One Liberty Lane Norfolk, MA 02056 Dear Mr. Turi: I have received the petition of Peter Chipman appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Norfolk (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Chipman requested the Town Counsel's billings and any outside counsel billings for a specific time period. Having received no response, Mr. Chipman petitioned this office. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of my staff, this office was notified that a response was provided, dated February 22, 2017. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Town's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Chipman may appeal the substantive nature of the Town'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://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. Sincerely, ~.~ 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

Anthony Turi SPRl 7/224 Page 2 February 22, 2017 cc: Peter Chipman