Anderson and Krieger, LLP One Canal Park; Suite 200 Cambridge, MA 02141 Dear Attorney Makarious: I have received a petition from Ethan Handwerker appealing the responses of the Town of Lexington (Town) to his December 5, 2014 request for public records. G. L. c. 66 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Mr. Handwerker requested copies ofrecords from the Town Clerk, the Health Division or Board of Health.

City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commission, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300, 304 (1997). In reviewing an appeal under G.L. c. 31, section 43, if the Commission finds by a preponderance of the evidence that there was just cause for an action taken against an Appellant, the Commission must affirm the action of the Appointing Authority. Town of Falmouth v. Civil Service Commission, 61 Mass. App. Ct. 796, 800 (2004).

City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commission, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300, 304 (1997). An action is "justified" when it is done upon adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by an unprejudiced mind; guided by common sense and by correct rules of law." Id. at 304, quoting Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First Dist. Ct. of E. Middlesex, 262 Mass. 477, 482 (1928); Commissioners of Civil Service v.

City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commission, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300,304 (1997). See Town of Watertown v. Arria, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 331 (1983); McIsaac v. Civil Service Commission, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 473, 477 (1995); Police Department of Boston v. Collins, 48 Mass. App. Ct. 411 (2000); City of Leominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003).

City of Cambridge, Worcester Public Schools, as illustrated through Exhibits 9 and 10, was not merely expressing advice that the School Committee could decide whether or not to adopt.

City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commn, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300, 303-305, rev. den., 428 Mass. 1102 (1997). However, appointing authorities are vested with a degree of discretion in selecting public employees of skill and integrity.

See, e.g., City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commission, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300, 303-305, rev. den., 428 Mass. 1102 (1997). However, the governing statute, G.L. c. 31 2(b), gives the Commissions de novo review broad scope to evaluate the legal basis of the appointing authoritys action and it is not necessary for the Commission to find that the appointing authority acted arbitrarily and capriciously. Id.

Antonio Ayala Records Unit Cambridge Police Department 125 Sixth Street Cambridge, MA 02142 August 12, 2021 SPR21/1898 Dear Lt. Ayala: I have received the petition of Scott Ferguson appealing the response of the Cambridge Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On May 24, 2021, Mr. Ferguson requested a copy of an identified call to the Department on July 8, 2020.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records June 11, 2024 SPR24/1602 Sergeant Paul Sugrue Cambridge Police Department 125 Sixth Street Cambridge, MA 02142 Dear Sergeant Sugrue: I have received the petition of Corey Kelleher appealing the response of the Cambridge Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. See G.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ONE ASHBURTON PLACE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108 (617)727-2200 www.mass.gov/ago MARTHA COAKLEY ATTORNEY GENERAL August 11, 2014 OML 2014-95 Susan Flannery Library Director Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway Cambridge, MA 01238 Re: Open Meeting Law Complaint This office received a complaint from Don Warner Saklad dated June 25, alleging that the Cambridge Public Library Board (the Board