Executive Session Minutes (Barnstable County) (Falmouth 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:
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: Michael Palmer
Good Morning,
I have forwarded your request to Town Manager/Board of Selectmen’s Office.
Regards,
Michael
Michael Palmer, CMC/CMMC
Falmouth Town Clerk
<mailto:mpalmer@falmouthmass.us> mpalmer@falmouthmass.us
508-495-7353
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From: Diane Davidson
Dear Ms. Russell,
We have received your public records request, below. I am in the process of compiling this information, and will contact you when the information is ready to transmit.
Thank you,
Diane S. Davidson
Office Manager/Licensing
Office of the Town Manager and Selectmen
Town of Falmouth
59 Town Hall Square
Falmouth, MA 02540
(508) 495-7321 fax (508) 457-2573
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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: Diane Davidson
Dear Ms. Russell,
Attached please find released executive session minutes of the Falmouth Board of Selectmen for the period of 2010 through 2015 per your request. These minutes also appear on the Town’s website.
Sincerely,
Diane S. Davidson
Office Manager/Licensing
Office of the Town Manager and Selectmen
Town of Falmouth
59 Town Hall Square
Falmouth, MA 02540
(508) 495-7321 fax (508) 457-2573
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From: Caitlin Russell
Hello,
Can you tell me which, if any, minutes are being withheld, and which exemptions apply to those minutes? Thanks!
Caitlin
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: 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: 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: Diane Davidson
Caitlin,
We have received your request for public records and will respond to this request by 1/20/17.
Thank you.
Diane
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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: Diane Davidson
Dear Ms. Russell,
In reply to your follow-up question, to the original public records request to which we responded, “which, if any, minutes are being withheld, and which exemptions apply to those minutes?”, attached is a list of executive session minutes that are not released. The Board of Selectmen periodically reviews the executive session minutes to determine whether continued non-disclosure is warranted. When executive session minutes are released, they are published alongside the open session minutes on our Town website.
Best regards,
Diane
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