Paul Waple v. Swansea, Town of - Town Clerk (SPR 20170639)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records Mayll,2017 SPR17/639 Susan E. Taveira Town Clerk Town of Swansea 81 Main Street Swansea, MA 02777 Dear Ms. Taveira: I have received the petition of Paul Waple appealing the response of the Town of Swansea Town Clerk's Office (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on April 24, 2017 Mr. Waple requested "copies of all transfers of money by the Swansea Waterfront Revitalization Committee, from commencement of the committee up to and including today, April 3, 2017." The Town responded on May 9, 2017 informing him that the lowest paid employee capable of handling this request is currently out of the office and that an agent of the Town would contact Mr. Waple when the requested records were ready to be retrieved from Town Hall. Unsatisfied with this response, Mr. Waple petitioned this office and this appeal was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that a representative from the Town intends on providing Mr. Waple with a supplemental response. Accordingly, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed with the proviso that the Town provide said response within ten business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.statc.ma.us. Mr. Waple may appeal the substantive nature of the Town's response within ninety days. See C.M.R. 32.08(1). ~ rt1U1AA.111A --0 Rebecca S. Mu~ay--- - Supervisor of Records cc: Paul Waple 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