Chrissy Ryan v. Amherst, Town of - Office of the Town Clerk (SPR 20191772)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords September 11, 2019 SPR19/1772 Susan Audette Town of Amherst Town Hall 4 Boltwood Avenue Amherst, MA O1 002 Dear Ms. Audette: I have received the petition of Chrissy Ryan appealing the response of the Town of Amherst (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Ms. Ryan requested "[a]ll financial documents related to the Public Educational Government (PEG) funds for the last 2 years." The Town responded by providing responsive records. Claiming to not have received all records responsive to this request, Ms. Ryan petitioned this office and SPR19/1772 was opened as a result. In Ms. Ryan's appeal she states the Town's response "is not in fulfillment of the Public Records Request and does not reflect 'all financial documents' as it is a PDF that selects some information and omits the total amount paid to the town from the bale bills, the total balance of the PEG account." Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of this Division, I learned that the Town is willing to provide Ms. Ryan with a supplemental response to her request for records confirming whether it possesses additional responsive records. Accordingly, the Town is ordered to provide Ms. Ryan 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. Sincerely, ~.~ Supervisor of Records cc: Chrissy Ryan 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