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Ronald Alexander v. Natick, Town of (SPR 20190530)
Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Public records appeal decision · Filed 03-11-2019
ClosedAppealDecision
SPR 20190530 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by Ronald Alexander concerning records held by Natick, Town of, opened 03-11-2019. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Public records appeal decision.
Case Details
- Case Number
- 20190530
- Case Type
- Appeal
- Case Subtype
- Initial
- Status
- Closed
- Requester
- Ronald Alexander
- Custodian
- Natick, Town of
- Date Opened
- 03-11-2019
- Date Closed
- 03-25-2019
- Date Request Submitted
- 02-11-2019
- Petitions Regarding Fees
- No
- Went to Court
- No
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division
Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records
March 25, 2019
SPR19/0530 Diane Packer
Natick Town Clerk
Natick Town Hall, 1“ Floor 13 East Central Street Natick, MA 01760
Dear Ms. Packer:
{ have received the petition of Ronald Alexander appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Natick (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Alexander requested identified documents relating to public records requests with the Town of Natick since January 1, 2018.
Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within 10 business days of receipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 10(a)-(b). The response may contain, among other things, an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. G. L. c. 66, § 10(b). All records
custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response.
As of the date of this letter, it is my understanding that the Town has not provided Mr. Alexander a response to his request for records.
Order
Accordingly, the Town is ordered to provide Mr. Alexander with a response to the request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations without delay. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send.an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us.
| Singerely, Alec Ss. ¢ Mura
Supervisor of Records
cc: Ronald Alexander
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