Stephen Phillips v. Springfield, City of - Office of the City Clerk (SPR 20171081)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records August 1 l,201 7 SPRl7/1081 Stephen Phillips Dunn & Phillips, P.C. 18 5 Belmont Avenue Springfield, MA 0 1 108 Dear Mr. Phillips: I have received your petition appealing the response of the City of Springfield (City) to your request for public records. The requirements for an appeal are follows: Such appeal shall be in writing, and shall include a copy of the letter by which the request was made and, if available, a copy of the letter by which the custodian responded. The Supervisor shall accept an appeal only from a person who had made his or her record request in writing. An oral request, while valid as a public record request pursuant to 950 CMR 32.06(1)(a), may not be the basis of an appeal under 950 C.M.R. 32.08. See 950 C.M.R .32.08(1)(g). In order for this office to proceed with your petition you must send a copy of the original request letter you sent to the City. Please feel free to re-submit your appeal when you have retrieved copies of all the required documents. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Anthony I. Wilson, Esq. 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