Dawn DePrizio v. Falmouth, Town of - Health Department (SPR 20231110)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records May 30, 2023 SPR23/1110 Michael Palmer Town Clerk Town of Falmouth 59 Town Hall Square Falmouth, MA 02540 Dear Mr. Palmer: I have received the petition of Dawn DePrizio appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Falmouth (Town) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On May 7, 2023, Ms. DePrizio requested “…all email and text messages between 2016 and May of 2023 for communication(s) regarding instances of rodents and or compost pile on the property at [an identified address], East Falmouth MA [and] email[s] between homeowner ... and occupant ... with town employees or town shared [identified] email accounts.” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Ms. DePrizio petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/1110, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Town provided Ms. DePrizio with a response dated May 26, 2023. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Town’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. DePrizio may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Dawn DePrizio 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