Jack Rybicki v. Newbury, Town of (SPR 20241244)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records May 7, 2024 SPR24/1244 Tracey Blais Town Administrator Town of Newbury 25 High Street Newbury, MA 01951-4799 Dear Ms. Blais: I have received the petition of Jack Rybicki appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Newbury (Town) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On April 9, 2024, Mr. Rybicki requested “bids/prices/estimates, or any similar documents related to the proposed 2 million dollar HVAC project at NES as submitted to town leadership.” Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Rybicki petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/1244, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Town provided Mr. Rybicki with responses on April 27, 2024 and April 29, 2024. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the Town’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Rybicki 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: Jack Rybicki 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