Jonathan Gerhardson v. Worcester, City of (SPR 20250866)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records March 31, 2025 SPR25/0866 Janice E. Thompson, Esq. Assistant City Solicitor City of Worcester Law Department 455 Main Street, Suite 309 Worcester, MA 01608 Dear Attorney Thompson: I have received the petition of Jonathan Gerhardson 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 February 13, 2025, Mr. Gerhardson requested, [r]ecords related to the city/town of Worcester’s use of money received through the Statewide Opioid Settlement, including the following: -FY2023, FY2024 municipal expenditure report as submitted to caremass.org -The City’s balance sheet for its opioid settlement funds account -Records related to expenditures made from this account, or with settlement funds that demonstrate what the money was spent on, for what purpose, who was paid, etc. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Gerhardson petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/0866, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the City provided Mr. Gerhardson with a response on March 17, 2025. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the City’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Gerhardson may appeal the substantive nature of the City’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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

Janice E. Thompson, Esq. SPR25/0866 Page 2 March 31, 2025 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Jonathan Gerhardson