Patricia Ross v. Kingston, Town of - Town Administrator (SPR 20220386)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records February 24, 2022 SPR22/0386 Gloria Mitchell Assistant Town Administrator Town of Kingston 26 Evergreen Street Kingston, MA 02364 Dear Ms. Cohen: I have received the petition of Patricia Ross appealing the response of the Town of Kingston (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 20, 2022, Ms. Ross requested, “…copy of the Bid submitted by [named company] along with all the documents submitted by them with the Bid (or as included in a sub bid documents) and also a copy of the singed Contract and Documents submitted by them with the contract for the [named project] …” On February 3, 2022, the Town responded. Unsatisfied with the Town’s response, Ms. Ross petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0386, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Town responded to Ms. Ross’ request with a further response sent on February 17, 2022. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Town’s February 3rd response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Ross may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s February 17th response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Patricia Ross 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