Executive Session Minutes (Middlesex County) (Belmont Town Clerk)
| Submitted | Oct. 25, 2016 |
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From: Caitlin Russell
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:
Pursuant to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 66, Section 10, I'm requesting all executive session minutes generated, by the Board of Selectmen for the years 2010 through the of end 2015.
Massachusetts law requires that executive session minutes be reviewed and released regularly, and that once the stated purpose for a particular executive session has ended, the minutes of the executive sessions are to be made public.
Please be advised that denial of this request, or redactions made to released materials must be accompanied by citations of the exemptions you believe allow you to withhold the information requested.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Caitlin Russell
From: Kale, David
Dear Ms. Russell,
In response to your information request dated October 25, 2016 regarding executive session minutes generated by the Board of Selectmen for the years 2010 through the of end 2015. please be advised that, Pursuant to G.L. c. 30A, § 22(g), the chair is undertaking a review which will be acted on by the Board of Selectmen at its next regular meeting on 11/14/2016, and that any executive session minutes released for the period requested will be furnished immediately following that meeting.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
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From: Cleary, Susan
Good Morning Ms. Russell,
I am following up on an email that was sent to you yesterday from the Town of Belmont to fulfill your request of October 25, 2016 for copies of the 2010-2015 BOS Executive Minutes.
Please confirm that this file was received by your office.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Susan Cleary
Administrative Coordinator
Selectmen's Office
Town of Belmont
Phone#617-993-2615
Fax #617-993-2611
From:
*** You have a secure file transfer awaiting download. Instructions enclosed.***
From: Caitlin Russell
Hello,
I got your email, but there were no minutes enclosed.
From: Caitlin Russell
Hello,
I got your email, but there were no minutes enclosed.
From: Cleary, Susan
You need to follow the instructions to download the file from Leapfile.
From: Caitlin Russell
There were no instructions either.
From: Cleary, Susan
Ms. Russell,
The BOS Executive Minutes were sent to you yesterday via Leapfile. In the email notification you received contained a link to our LeapFile site and an access code which will be specific to the given file. You will be required to enter your email and the access code in order to download the file.
If you are unable to click the link directly from the notification message, please point your Web browser to http://belmont-ma.leapfile.net and click “secure download” in order to get access.
From: Cleary, Susan
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From: Caitlin Russell
The link did not work, and I need the access code to look the minutes up on the Town of Belmont's website.
From: Cleary, Susan
If you are unable to click the link directly from the notification message, please point your Web browser to http://belmont-ma.leapfile.net and click “secure download” in order to get access.
From:
*** You have a secure file transfer awaiting download. Instructions enclosed.***
From: Cleary, Susan
1. Go to http://belmont-ma.leapfile.net
2. Click Secure Download
3. Enter requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com> for email
4. Enter iog-7pe-qct for tracking code
From: Caitlin Russell
Thanks!
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Cleary, Susan
The instructions and link from Leapfile was sent to you on 11/16/16 to download the Executive Session Minutes. As you requested a copy of the same link and instructions were also sent to your gmail account at: 'caitlinlizrussell@gmail.com'
In order for me to send these minutes by email I will need to break the document into several smaller files as our email system will not allow us to send a 164 page document at one time.
From: Cleary, Susan
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EMAIL #6 FINAL
From: Caitlin Russell
Thank you!