Phil J. Goguen v. Ipswich, Town of - Finance Department (SPR 20171670)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords December 11, 2017 SPR17/1670 Philip J. Goguen 4 Kingfisher Road Ipswich, MA 01938 Dear Mr. Goguen: This office has received your email appealing the response of the Town of Ipswich (Town) to your request for records. Specifically, you requested various receipts concerning purchases. 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, require that an appeal to this office be filed within ninety days of the date of the request letter, or within ninety days of the date of a written response from the record custodian. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08 (l)(d); 950 C.M.R. 32.08 (l)(e). The attachments you provided with your appeal have exceeded the ninety day limit. You may make a new request to the Town for the same information. The Town has ten business days in which to respond to your new request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(b). If the Town denies your request or fails to respond within ten business days, you may appeal to this office within the statutory time frame. At that time this office will review the matter. Sincerely, ~~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Sarah F. Johnson 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