Todd Wallack v. Springfield, City of (SPR 20241989)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records July 24, 2024 SPR24/1989 Jeremy Saint Laurent, Esq. First Associate City Solicitor Records Access Officer City of Springfield 36 Court Street, Room 210 Springfield, MA 01103 Dear Attorney Saint Laurent: I have received the petition of Todd Wallack, of WBUR, appealing the response of the City of Springfield (City) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On May 3, 2024, Mr. Wallack requested, “[a] copy of your log of public records requests for the police department since Jan. 1, 2019. If your log is only readily available for a more recent period, please provide the log for that more recent period instead.” The City responded on June 21, 2024, providing a fee estimate. Unsatisfied with the response, Mr. Wallack petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/1989, was opened as a result. Subsequent to the opening of this appeal, the City provided a further response on July 12, 2024. Subsequently, I learned that the City provided an additional response on July 23, 2024. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the City’s June 21, 2024 response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Wallack may appeal the substantive nature of the City’s July 23rd response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Todd Wallack Stephen G. Roche, 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