Owen Smith v. Newburyport, City of - Office of the City Clerk (SPR 20253306)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records November 19, 2025 SPR25/3306 Kathleen Sullivan Records Access Officer City of Newburyport Office of the City Clerk 60 Pleasant Street Newburyport, MA 01950 Dear Ms. Sullivan: I have received the petition of Owen Smith appealing the nonresponse of the City of Newburyport (City) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On October 21, 2025, Mr. Smith requested “[E]mails to city councilors or emails sent from city councilors containing the terms ‘bathroom’ or ‘bathrooms’ sent between January 1, 2022, and March 1, 2022[.]” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Smith petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/3306, was opened as a result. In an email correspondence to this office on November 10, 2025, Mr. Smith states, “I hereby withdraw this appeal because the responsive records were provided today and this matter is therefore moot.” In light of Mr. Smith’s November 10th correspondence, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Owen Smith 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