Anne L. Gero v. Boston, City of - Police Department (SPR 20191537)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supen>isor of Records August 16, 2019 SPR19/1537 Attorney Shawn A. Williams City of Boston One Schroeder Plaza Boston, MA 02120 Dear Attorney Williams: I have received the petition of Anne Gero appealing the nonresponse of the City of Boston to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, she requested the waste management and recycling contracts of the City of Boston with Casella Waste Systems and Wheelabrator. 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, § lO(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 remains unclear as to whether the City of Boston has provided Ms. Gero a response to her request for records. Order Accordingly, the City of Boston is ordered to provide Ms. Gero 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. 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

Shawn A. Williams SPR19/1537 Page 2 August 16, 2019 Sincerely, ~.~ Supervisor of Records cc: Anne Gero