Beau Barber v. Nantucket, Town of (SPR 20252817)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records October 6, 2025 SPR25/2817 Maureen Coleman Public Records Compliance Officer Town of Nantucket 16 Broad Street Nantucket, MA 02554 Dear Ms. Coleman: I have received the petition of Beau Barber appealing the response of the Town of Nantucket (Town) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On August 4, 2025, Mr. Barber requested “the following public records for academic research on municipal budget management practices:” MUNIS Financial System Reports (FY22-FY25) [1] Report 1: Budget Status Report [a] MUNIS Report Code: GLRBUDST [b] Parameters: [1] All Funds and Organizations [2] Fiscal Years: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 [3] Include: Original budget, transfers, revised budget, actual expenditures, encumbrances, available balance, variance analysis [2] Report 2: Journal Entry Detail Report [a] MUNIS Report Code: GLRJDT [b] Parameters: [1] All Funds, FY 2022-2025 [2] Transaction types: Budget transfers, appropriations, adjustments [3] Include accounts containing: “TRANSFER”, “RESERVE”, “APPROPRIATION”, “AVAILABLE” [3] Report 3: Fund Balance Detail Report [a] MUNIS Report Code: GLRFBAL [b] Parameters: [1] All reserve funds, special revenue funds, enterprise funds 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

Maureen Coleman SPR25/2817 Page 2 October 6, 2025 [2] FY 2022-2025 [3] Include: Beginning/ending balances, all transactions, destination accounts [4] Report 4: Interfund Transfer Report [a] MUNIS Report Code: INTERFUND_TRANSFER_DETAIL [b] Parameters: [1] All interfund transfers and allocations [2] FY 2022-2025 [3] Include: Source/destination funds, amounts, authorization, purpose [5] SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION [a] Finance Committee meeting minutes discussing budget transfers and funding strategies (FY22-FY25) [b] Town Manager correspondence regarding budget management and appropriations (FY22-FY25) [c] Town Meeting warrant articles and minutes related to budget amendments (FY22-FY25)[.] The Town responded on September 15, 2025. Unsatisfied with the Town’s response, Mr. Barber petitioned this office, and this appeal, SPR25/2817, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Town provided Mr. Barber with supplemental responses on September 30, 2025 and October 3, 2025. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the Town’s September 15th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Barber may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s September 30th and October 3rd responses within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Beau Barber