Executive Session Minutes (Middlesex County) (Burlington Town Clerk)

Caitlin Russell filed this request with the Burlington Town Clerk of Burlington, MA.
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From: Caitlin Russell

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, ยง10, 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: Amy Warfield

To whom it may concern,

We are in the process of getting the information that you requested in the
formats that you are requiring. Is there a particular reader that you are
using so that we can be sure to create the file in the format you can use?
Also, I'm in contact with our legal council to find out the cost of having
them review the files and do the requiring redaction. I will know next
week what the cost of that will be.

If you can get back to me with the reader format that you are requiring.

Regards,

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Amy E. Warfield [image: online voter
registration icon] <https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/>
Town Clerk, Burlington
Webmaster
29 Center St
Burlington, MA 01803
781-270-1660

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From: Caitlin Russell

Hi,
Document Cloud works. Thanks so much!
Caitlin

From: Amy Warfield

Dear Caitlin,

Thank you for the clarification on your request from Oct. 2016. I will
have for you the requested files shortly after review for any reductions
that might be required. I will be supplying you with a readable PDF.

Regards,

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Amy E. Warfield
Town Clerk, Burlington
Webmaster
29 Center St
Burlington, MA 01803
781-270-1660

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please remember when writing or responding, the Massachusetts Secretary of
State has determined that e-mail is a public record.

--
All email messages and attached content sent from and to this email account
are public records unless qualified as an exemption under the Massachusetts
Public Records Law <http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/preidx.htm>.

From: Amy Warfield

Dear Caitlin,

Attached are the files that you requested.
These are the Selectmen Executive Session minutes from 201-2015
The Exemptions are noted if applied to the documents in *BOLD ITALICS*

Regards,

--
Amy E. Warfield
Town Clerk, Burlington
Webmaster
29 Center St
Burlington, MA 01803
781-270-1660

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please remember when writing or responding, the Massachusetts Secretary of
State has determined that e-mail is a public record.

--
All email messages and attached content sent from and to this email account
are public records unless qualified as an exemption under the Massachusetts
Public Records Law <http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/preidx.htm>.

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