Suresh Bhatia v. Dedham, Town of - Town Clerk (SPR 20201370)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records August 21, 2020 SPR20/1370 Leon Goodwin Town Manager Town of Dedham 450 Washington Street Dedham, MA 02026 Dear Mr. Goodwin: I have received the petition of Suresh Bhatia appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Dedham (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on July 21, 2020, Mr. Bhatia requested “a dated copy of the ‘Notice of Appointment of Chief Procurement Officer’ for Mr. Leon Goodwin per MGL c 30B, section 2 by the Board of Selectmen including a copy of the Minutes of the Meeting wherein such action was approved by the Board.” Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Bhatia petitioned this office and this appeal was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Town provided Mr. Bhatia a response to his request on August 20, 2020. Whereas the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Town’s lack of response to Mr. Bhatia’s request, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Bhatia may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Suresh Bhatia Paul Munchbach 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