Financial Management Review, Town of Carver, October 2011

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:

Re: the Massachusetts Department of Revenue Division of Local Services

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:

From the Massachusetts Department of Revenue Financial Management Review for the Town of Carver dated October 2011, all supporting documents and records related to Recommendation #2 "Adopt Bylaw Limiting Eligibility for Board of Selectmen".

From this report (page 22), I also request all supporting data, transcripts, and documentation from the interviews of the following local officials:

Jack Angley, Chair, Board of Selectmen
Dick Ward, Selectman
John Cotter, Chair, Finance Committee
Richard LaFond, Town Administrator
Jean Bouchard, Assistant to the Town Administrator
Diane Scully, Selectmen’s Clerk
John Adams, Town Accountant
Lynn Callbeck, Assistant Town Accountant
Paula Nute, Assistant Collector
Anne Maddeford, Department Assistant
Peggy McLaughlin, Payroll & Benefit Coordinator
Ellen Blanchard, Director of Assessing
Dee Vicino, Administrative Clerk
Jody Driscoll, (former) Assessing Technician
Jean F. McGillicuddy, Town Clerk

Link to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue Financial Management Review for the Town of Carver dated October 2011:

http://www.mass.gov/dor/docs/dls/mdmstuf/technical-assistance/finmgtrev/carverfmroct2011.pdf

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, and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Philip Shannon

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 fees cannot be waived, 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 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Phil Shannon

Hi Daniel,

Forwarding this FOI request your way, as requested by Robert Bliss.

Thanks

Tom Nash
MuckRock

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 7, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.