Ada Zhong v. Westwood, Town of - Town Administrator (SPR 20251000)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records April 22, 2025 SPR25/1000 Molly Fitzpatrick Human Resources Director Town of Westwood 580 High Street Westwood, MA 02090 Dear Ms. Fitzpatrick: I have received the petition of Ada Zhong appealing the response of the Town of Westwood (Town) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On March 28, 2025, Ms. Zhong requested, “all publicly available records from the assessor’s office for the year 2024[.]” The Town provided a response on March 28, 2025. Unsatisfied with the Town’s response, Ms. Zhong petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/1000, was opened as a result. It is my understanding that the Town intends on providing a further response to Ms. Zhong. Accordingly, the Town is ordered to provide Ms. Zhong with said response, in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations 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. Ms. Zhong may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Ada Zhong 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