Olufunmilola Shelly v. Framingham, City of - City Clerk (SPR 20220284)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records February 18, 2022 SPR21/0284 Carly Premo Melo City Clerk City of Framingham 150 Concord St Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Ms. Premo Melo: I have received the petition of Olufunmilola Shelly appealing the nonresponse of the City of Framingham (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 3, 2022, Ms. Shelly requested, “… all emails sent or received by [named persons], which contain the text "Message from" in the subject line… Date range to search 12/1/2021-12/31/2021.” Claiming to not yet have received a response, Ms. Shelly petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0284, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that a representative from the City intends on providing a written response to Ms. Shelly. Accordingly, the City is ordered to provide Ms. Shelly with a response in accordance with the Public Records Law, its Access Regulations and this order within ten business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Ms. Shelly may appeal the substantive nature of the City’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Olufunmilola Shelly 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