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Nancy Curtis v. Hull, Town of - Town Counsel (SPR 20192017)

Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Public records appeal decision · Filed 10-02-2019

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SPR 20192017 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by Nancy Curtis concerning records held by Hull, Town of - Town Counsel, opened 10-02-2019. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Public records appeal decision.

Case Details

Case Number
20192017
Case Type
Appeal
Case Subtype
Initial
Status
Closed
Requester
Nancy Curtis
Custodian
Hull, Town of - Town Counsel
Date Opened
10-02-2019
Date Closed
10-17-2019
Processing Fees Charged
0.00
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

October 17, 2019

SPR19/2017 James Lampke, Esq.

Hull Town Counsel 253 Atlantic Avenue Hull, MA 02045

-Dear Attorney Lampke:

I have received the petition from Nancy Curtis appealing the nonresponse from the Town of Hull (Town) regarding a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Ms. Curtis sent a request to the Town asking for “all contracts, agreement and any written public records or communication between Officials of the Town of Hull... and other parties concerning Fort Revere Water Tower on Telegraph Hill... This request is for the time frame of January 1, 1990 to present August 31, 2019.” .

Public Records Law

Please be advised, 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.

Order

Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Ms. Curtis with a response to the request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations within ten business days. 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

James Lampke, Esq. SPR19/2017 Page 2 October 17, 2019

Sincerely,

Rebecca S. Murray 4

‘Supervisor of Records

cc: Nancy Curtis