Nicholas Rio v. Georgetown, Town of - Fire Department (SPR 20210293)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records February 11, 2021 SPR21/0293 Fred A. Mitchell, Jr. Fire Chief Town of Georgetown Fire Department 47 Central Street Georgetown, MA 01833 Dear Chief Mitchell: I have received the petition of Nicholas Rio appealing the nonresponse of the Georgetown Fire Department (Department) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 21, 2021, Mr. Rio requested all records, incidents, inspections and files related to a named address from April 25, 2019 through January 21, 2021. Claiming to not yet have received the responsive records, Mr. Rio petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR21/0293, was opened as a result. It is my understanding the Department provided a response dated February 9, 2021, to Mr. Rio with respect to the January 21st request. Accordingly, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Rio may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Nicholas Rio Lieutenant Brian Belfiore 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