Merritt Schnipper v. Worcester, City of (SPR 20232547)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records November 7, 2023 SPR23/2547 Janice E. Thompson, Esq. Assistant City Solicitor Law Department City of Worcester 455 Main Street, Room 301 Worcester, MA 01608 Dear Attorney Thompson: I have received the petition of Merritt Schnipper, Esq., of Schnipper Hennessy PC, appealing the nonresponse of the City of Worcester (City) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On October 3, 2023, Attorney Schnipper requested “[r]ecords of all communications and travel by [an identified individual] between 9/1/2018 and 9/30/2018.” Claiming to not yet have received a response, Attorney Schnipper petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/2547, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the City intends on providing a written response to Attorney Schnipper. Accordingly, the City is ordered to provide Attorney Schnipper with a response to the request in accordance with the Public Records Law, its Regulations and this order within ten business days. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of the response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Attorney Schnipper may appeal the substantive nature of the City’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Merritt Schnipper, Esq. 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