Joan P. Beckta v. Everett, City of - Office of the City Clerk (SPR 20221487)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records July 11, 2022 SPR22/1487; SPR22/1489 Sergio Cornelio City of Everett Office of the City Clerk 484 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Dear Mr. Cornelio: I have received the petitions of Joan P. Beckta appealing the nonresponse of the City of Everett (City) requests for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). In two (2) separate requests, Ms. Beckta requested the following records on March 15, 2022: [1] [t]he maintenance records for the elevator at City Hall for the outage in March 2022[;] [2] [t]he records for maintenance, repair, service, inspections for the elevator at City Hall for FY2015-FY2021[.] Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Ms. Beckta petitioned this office and the following appeals, SPR22/1487 and SPR22/1489, were opened as a result. Current Appeal In her appeal petition, Ms. Beckta notified a representative of the City on April 19, 2022 and a separate representative on June 10, 2022 concerning the March 15th requests. Order Despite being notified of the opening of these appeals, it remains unclear whether the City has provided a response. As such, the City is ordered to provide Ms. Beckta with a response to her requests, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Access Regulations within ten (10) business days. A copy of any such response must be provided 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

Sergio Cornelio SPR22/1487; SPR22/1489 Page 2 July 11, 2022 to this office. Ms. Beckta may appeal the substantive nature of the City’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Joan P. Beckta