Nantucket County Sheriff's Department Salary Data

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

Sheriff's department salary data from 2011-2021.

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 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Josh Coffin

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Massachusetts Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 11, 2021. Quoting from your own website[1], "Effective January 1, 2017, the Massachusetts Public Records Law, G.L. c.66 and c.4 §7(26) provides that a municipality must, within ten (10) business days (Mondays through Fridays, excluding legal holidays), respond to a request for records by providing access to or a copy of such records, or explaining any delay or denial."

It is past the statutorily written ten (10) business days and a response has yet to be received. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

[1] https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/920/Public-Records-Request

To the Town and County of Nantucket Public Records Compliance Officer:

I am following up on the following Massachusetts Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 11, 2021. Quoting from your own website[1], "Effective January 1, 2017, the Massachusetts Public Records Law, G.L. c.66 and c.4 §7(26) provides that a municipality must, within ten (10) business days (Mondays through Fridays, excluding legal holidays), respond to a request for records by providing access to or a copy of such records, or explaining any delay or denial."

It is past the statutorily written ten (10) business days and a response has yet to be received. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response and when I can expect to receive the requested records.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

[1] https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/920/Public-Records-Request

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ORIGINAL REQUEST

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

Sheriff's department salary data from 2011-2021.

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 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Josh Coffin

Good morning Sandra,

I appreciate your response, but my original request (titled "Subject: Massachusetts Public Records Law Request: Nantucket County Sheriff's Department Salary Data" & originally submitted on Feb. 11, 2021) is still not answered. My original request asked for the "Sheriff's department salary data from 2011-2021", not just the salary of the Sheriff. Again, to clarify, this means the annual salary information for every individual employed by the Nantucket Sheriff's Department (including yourself) from the time period starting in 2011 and ending in 2021.

Also, do you have a time frame for providing the initially requested information?

Thank you for your time,

Josh Coffin

Hi,

Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Josh Coffin

To Whom It May Concern:

As a clarification to my Massachusetts Public Record Request (PRR) for "Nantucket County Sheriff's Department Salary Data from 2011-2021", and since the response was answered in a piece mail method, it is still not clear what years Sheriff Perelman has been employed by the NSD.

To Sandy:
I appreciate you citing https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVI/Chapter37/Section17, but this does not tell anyone what years Sheriff Perelman have/has been employed by the NSD.

To Brenda:
I appreciate the Salaries you responded with, but it only indicates Sheriff Perelman have/has only been employed by the NSD during the 2021 year. If this is true, then what date during the 2021 calendar year was Sheriff Perelman hired?

As per this MA PRR, can I please get clarification of Sheriff Perelman's "duration of employment" with the NSD?
This MA PRR has failed to provide this information as this MA PRR was answered in a piece mail method without providing this information.
To reiterate & make it very clear, what years was Sheriff Perelman employed by the NSD?

Sincerely,
Josh Coffin

Good afternoon Sandy,

Thank you for providing this clarification to my Massachusetts Public Record Request (PRR) for "Nantucket County Sheriff's Department Salary Data from 2011-2021". I would like to again thank you for your help with this request which is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Josh Coffin