Michael Dreslinski v. Shirley, Town of - Fire Department (SPR 20171111)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords August 18, 2017 SPR17/llll David Levesque Fire Chief Shirley Fire Department 8 Leominster Road Shirley, MA 01464 Dear Chief Levesque: I have received the petition of Michael Dreslinski appealing the nonresponse of the Shirley Fire Department (Department) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Specifically, Mr. Dreslinski requested all records associated with an incident on an identified date. Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Dreslinski 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 Department intends on providing a response to Mr. Dreslinski. Accordingly, I will consider this administrative appeal closed with the proviso that the Department provide Mr. Dreslinski with a response within ten business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Dreslinski may appeal the substantive nature of the Department's response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Michael Dreslinski 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