Seeking all emails in the email box of Jennique Horrigan, Mary Ellen Kelly, Delores Hamilton, Yvonne Spicer, and Todd Palmer with an attached file "VoiceMessage.wav" Dates to search 1/1/2021-4/30/2021. Send all attachments
Seeking all emails in the email box of Jennique Horrigan, Mary Ellen Kelly, Delores Hamilton, Yvonne Spicer, and Todd Palmer with the following phrase in the subject line "message from" Dates to search 1/1/2021-4/30/2021. Send all attachments
The Human Resources Department has two
hundred and two (202) responsive emails/voicemails for the time period
specified in this request of January 1st through April 30th,
2021. The first seventy-six (76) responsive documents have already been
requested and provided under Public Records Request 2021-1638 and are readily
available. The balance of one hundred and twenty-six (126) records are
addressed under this Request 2021-1802. Due to the fact that these are “live”
emails/voicemails and not static documents, and thus cannot be redacted appropriately,
fifty-three (53) emails/voicemails are being withheld as Personnel
Records that are exempt under Exemptions (b) and/or (c) and/or (o).
Exemption
(b) related
solely to internal personnel rules and practices of the government unit,
provided however, that such records shall be withheld only to the extent that
proper performance of necessary governmental functions requires such
withholding G. L. c. 4, §
7(26)(b).
Exemption
(c) personnel
and medical files or information; also any other materials or data relating to
a specifically named individual, the disclosure of which may constitute an
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy G. L. c. 4, § 7(26)(c).
The privacy exemption is made up of
two separate clauses, the first of which exempts personnel and medical files.
As a general rule, medical information will always be of a sufficiently
personal nature to warrant exemption. The second clause of the privacy
exemption applies to requests for records that implicate “intimate details of a
highly personal nature” such as marital status, paternity, substance abuse,
government assistance, family disputes and reputation, etc.
Withholding serves
to protect the City’s ability to function effectively as an employer and release
of certain personnel information could disrupt the City’s capability to conduct
sensitive and careful investigations regarding employees. Personnel information
that is useful in making employment decisions regarding an employee is
sufficiently personal to be exempt pursuant to the first clause. Such
information includes employment applications, employee work evaluations,
disciplinary documentation, and promotion, demotion, or termination information,
etc.
Exemption
(o) the home address, personal email address and
home telephone number of a person while identifying the individual as a
government employee G. L. c. 4, § 7(26)(o).
The subject matters and details of the withheld voicemails from the HR Department include, but
are not limited to, Union Bargaining, Worker’s Compensation, COVID exposure, financial
loans, etc., as well as identification of specifically named employees and
their personal home contact information, all of which falls under the above
exemptions.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has found that a
records custodian may withhold from
disclosure as personnel information records containing information that is
“useful in making employment decisions regarding an employee.” Wakefield
Teachers Association v. School Committee of Wakefield, 431 Mass. 792, 798
(2000).
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264 responsive documents total from the Mayor's office, CFO's office and
SRAO - 9 withheld
5 - phone
4 - medical
Exemption (c) personnel and medical files or information; also any other materials or data relating to a specifically named individual, the disclosure of which may constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy G. L. c. 4, § 7(26)(c).
The privacy exemption is made up of two separate clauses, the first of which exempts personnel and medical files. As a general rule, medical information will always be of a sufficiently personal nature to warrant exemption. The second clause of the privacy exemption applies to requests for records that implicate “intimate details of a highly personal nature” such as marital status, paternity, substance abuse, government assistance, family disputes and reputation, etc.
You have a right to appeal this response to the Supervisor of Public Records pursuant to G.L. c. 66, §10A(a) or to file an action in Superior Court pursuant to G.L. c. 66, §10A(c).
Request Date
2021-10-12
Agency Tracking
2021-1802
Acquisition Notes
This record was automatically imported from https://www.townforms.com/FOIADirect-FraminghamMACitizens/
Seeking all emails in the email box of Jennique Horrigan, Mary Ellen Kelly, Delores Hamilton, Yvonne Spicer, and Todd Palmer with an attached file "VoiceMessage.wav" Dates to search 1/1/2021-4/30/2021. Send all attachments
Seeking all emails in the email box of Jennique Horrigan, Mary Ellen Kelly, Delores Hamilton, Yvonne Spicer, and Todd Palmer with the following phrase in the subject line "message from" Dates to search 1/1/2021-4/30/2021. Send all attachments
The Human Resources Department has two
hundred and two (202) responsive emails/voicemails for the time period
specified in this request of January 1st through April 30th,
2021. The first seventy-six (76) responsive documents have already been
requested and provided under Public Records Request 2021-1638 and are readily
available. The balance of one hundred and twenty-six (126) records are
addressed under this Request 2021-1802. Due to the fact that these are “live”
emails/voicemails and not static documents, and thus cannot be redacted appropriately,
fifty-three (53) emails/voicemails are being withheld as Personnel
Records that are exempt under Exemptions (b) and/or (c) and/or (o).
Exemption
(b) related
solely to internal personnel rules and practices of the government unit,
provided however, that such records shall be withheld only to the extent that
proper performance of necessary governmental functions requires such
withholding G. L. c. 4, §
7(26)(b).
Exemption
(c) personnel
and medical files or information; also any other materials or data relating to
a specifically named individual, the disclosure of which may constitute an
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy G. L. c. 4, § 7(26)(c).
The privacy exemption is made up of
two separate clauses, the first of which exempts personnel and medical files.
As a general rule, medical information will always be of a sufficiently
personal nature to warrant exemption. The second clause of the privacy
exemption applies to requests for records that implicate “intimate details of a
highly personal nature” such as marital status, paternity, substance abuse,
government assistance, family disputes and reputation, etc.
Withholding serves
to protect the City’s ability to function effectively as an employer and release
of certain personnel information could disrupt the City’s capability to conduct
sensitive and careful investigations regarding employees. Personnel information
that is useful in making employment decisions regarding an employee is
sufficiently personal to be exempt pursuant to the first clause. Such
information includes employment applications, employee work evaluations,
disciplinary documentation, and promotion, demotion, or termination information,
etc.
Exemption
(o) the home address, personal email address and
home telephone number of a person while identifying the individual as a
government employee G. L. c. 4, § 7(26)(o).
The subject matters and details of the withheld voicemails from the HR Department include, but
are not limited to, Union Bargaining, Worker’s Compensation, COVID exposure, financial
loans, etc., as well as identification of specifically named employees and
their personal home contact information, all of which falls under the above
exemptions.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has found that a
records custodian may withhold from
disclosure as personnel information records containing information that is
“useful in making employment decisions regarding an employee.” Wakefield
Teachers Association v. School Committee of Wakefield, 431 Mass. 792, 798
(2000).
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
264 responsive documents total from the Mayor's office, CFO's office and
SRAO - 9 withheld
5 - phone
4 - medical
Exemption (c) personnel and medical files or information; also any other materials or data relating to a specifically named individual, the disclosure of which may constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy G. L. c. 4, § 7(26)(c).
The privacy exemption is made up of two separate clauses, the first of which exempts personnel and medical files. As a general rule, medical information will always be of a sufficiently personal nature to warrant exemption. The second clause of the privacy exemption applies to requests for records that implicate “intimate details of a highly personal nature” such as marital status, paternity, substance abuse, government assistance, family disputes and reputation, etc.
You have a right to appeal this response to the Supervisor of Public Records pursuant to G.L. c. 66, §10A(a) or to file an action in Superior Court pursuant to G.L. c. 66, §10A(c).
Request Date
2021-10-12
Agency Tracking
2021-1802
Acquisition Notes
This record was automatically imported from https://www.townforms.com/FOIADirect-FraminghamMACitizens/