Ken Smith v. Wales, Town of (SPR 20250629)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records March 13, 2025 SPR25/0629 Pamela A. Leduc Records Access Officer Town of Wales 3 Hollow Road; P. O. Box 834 Wales, MA 01081 Dear Ms. Leduc: I have received the petition of Ken Smith appealing the non-response of the Town of Wales (Town) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On December 30, 2024, Mr. Smith requested “…color electronic copies both front and back of the below documents for a municipality research project I am doing on municipal licensing. I am looking for ONE recently issued 2023/2024 or 2025 sample of each of the below.” [1] Restaurant Liquor License; [2] Common Vitualler** If the Common Victualler is grouped with liquor license, please forward a Common Victualler for an establishment without a liquor license. [3] Entertainment [4] Building Certificate of Inspection [5] Health Food Service Permit [6] Health Tobacco Permit [7] Building Permit Job Card [8] Building Certificate of Occupancy In an email correspondence on March 12, 2025, Mr. Smith informed this office that he received the responsive records, and wishes to withdraw his appeal. Accordingly, per Mr. Smith’s request to withdraw his appeal, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. 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

Pamela A. Leduc SPR25/0629 Page 2 March 13, 2025 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Ken Smith