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James P. Kinsella v. Bourne, Town of - Office of the Town Clerk (SPR 20192368)
Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Public records appeal decision · Filed 11-22-2019
ClosedAppealDecision
SPR 20192368 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by James P. Kinsella concerning records held by Bourne, Town of - Office of the Town Clerk, opened 11-22-2019. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Public records appeal decision.
Case Details
- Case Number
- 20192368
- Case Type
- Appeal
- Case Subtype
- Initial
- Status
- Closed
- Requester
- James P. Kinsella
- Date Opened
- 11-22-2019
- Date Closed
- 12-05-2019
- 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 December 5, 2019 SPR19/2368 Mr. Barry Johnson Town of Bourne Office of the Town Clerk 24 Perry Avenue Buzzards Bay, MA 02532 Dear Mr, Johnson: [have received the petition of James P. Kinsella of Enterprise Newspapers appealing the response of the Town of Bourne (Town) to a request for public records, G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32,.08(1). Specifically, on October 25, 2019, Mr. Kinsella requested “evaluations [and] [a]ny related documents ... of the performance ...of [a] Town [employee] for the 2018-19 fiscal year [and] ... July 1- September 30, 2019.” Based on a conversation between a Public Records Division staff attorney and a Town representative, it is my understanding that the Town intends on providing a subsequent response to Mr. Kinsella. Accordingly, the Town is ordered to provide Mr. Kinsella with a response to his request ina manner consistent with the Public Records Law and its Access Regulations within 10 business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Kinsella may appeal the substantive nature of the Town's response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1), Sincer: Abecea faleceo S. Murray z 7 Supervisor of Records cc James Kinsella 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