Collin Dias v. Fall River, City of - Office of the Corporation Counsel (SPR 20180048)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords January 22, 2018 SPR18/048 Joseph I. Macy, Esq. Corporation Counsel Office of the Corporation Counsel One Government Center, Room 627 Fall River, MA 02722 Dear Attorney Macy: I have received the petition of Collin Dias appealing the response of the Fall River Corporation Counsel (Counsel) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Specifically, Mr. Dias requested four categories of records concerning the Fall River Office of Economic Development. Claiming to have received a verbal fee estimate which he had objected to, Mr. Dias petitioned this office and this administrative appeal was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Counsel responded to Mr. Dias' request with a response sent on January 16, 2018 in which a representative waived all fees and provided several pages of records. As such, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Dias may appeal the substantive nature of the Counsel's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). It should be noted for future reference, that fee estimates must be made in ·writing. See G. L. C. 66, § lO(b). . Sincerely, ~~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Collin Dias 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