Thomas Coulombe v. Ware, Town of - Town Manager (SPR 20190721)

The Comn1onwealth of Massachusetts 'William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords April 19, 2019 SPR19/0721 Stuart Beckley Ware Town Manager 126 Main Street Ware, MA 01082 Dear Mr. Beckley: I have received the petition of CruefThomas Coulombe appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Ware (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Chief Coulombe requested various minutes, bills, and other assorted records. 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, § lO(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, § JO(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 Chief Coulombe a response to his request for records. Order Accordingly, the Town is ordered to provide Chief Coulombe with a response to the request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law, and it's 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(a),sec.state.ma.us. Sincerely, ~~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Chief Thomas Coulombe One Ashburton Place, Room 17 19, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • ( 61 7) 72 7-28 32 • Fax: ( 61 7) 72 7-5 914 sec.state.ma.us/pre• pre@sec.state.ma.us