Oliver Director of Campus Communication Westfield State University 33 3 Western Avenue Westfield, MA 01086 Dear Ms. Oliver: I have received the petition of Lisa Ducharme appealing the response of the Westfield State University (University) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Ms.

Dupere Law Offices 94 North Elm Street, Suite 307 Westfield, MA 01085 RE: Open Meeting Law Complaint Dear Attorney Dupere: This office received a complaint from Ms.

Law Offices of Michael Sacco, P.C. 385 Southampton Road Westfield, MA 01085 RE: Open Meeting Law Complaint Dear Attorney Sacco; This office received a complaint from Mr. George F. Grimes, dated March 16, 2015, alleging that the Maiden Retirement Board (the "Board") violated the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, 18-25. The complaint was originally filed with the Board on February 3, 2015, and the Board responded by letter dated February 5, 2015.

Labor Organization's Address (street and no., city/town, state, and zip code) 9, Fax Number Dupere Law Offices 94 North Elm St., Suite 307 Westfield, MA 01085 11. Telephone Number 413-835-5429 Belchertown Education Association c/o Lawrence O'Brien \22 Harris St. 14, 16. Telephone Number Email Address 15. Labor Organization's Representative's Name [413-535-2415 bbrousseau@massteacher.org 18.

The Board's inquiry turns on "whether employees in the unit have a reasonable expectation that the practice in question will continue, City of Westfield, 22 MLC 1394, 1404, MUP-9697 (H.O. January 10, 1996), aff'd, 25 MLC 163, MUP-9697 (April 20, 1999), and whether the practice "is unequivocal, has existed substantially unvaried for a reasonable period of time and is known and accepted by both parties."

While the Commission "inquires whether employees in the unit have a reasonable expectation that the practice in question will continue," City of Westfield, 22 MLC 1394, 1404 (H.O. 1996), aff'd, 25 MLC 163 (1999), the Commission focuses on the fact that "[a] past practice is a practice which is unequivocal, has existed substantially unvaried for a reasonable period of time and is known and is accepted by both parties."

The Board's inquiry turns on "whether employees in the unit have a reasonable expectation that the practice in question will continue," City of Westfield, 22 MLC 1394, 1404, MUP9697 (H.O. January 10, 1996), aff'd, 25 MLC 163, MUP-9697 (April 20, 1999), and whether the practice "is unequivocal, has existed substantially unvaried for a reasonable period of time and is known and accepted by both parties."

City of Westfield, 23 MCSR 418 (2009) (discharge upheld based primarily on officers dishonesty about a relatively minor infraction that occurred on his shift). Wine v. City of Holyoke, 31 MCSR 19 (2018). See also Gonsalves v. Falmouth, 25 MCSR 231 (2012), affd sub nom. Gonsalves v. Civil Service Commission and Town of Falmouth, Suffolk Superior Court, C.A.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records July 10, 2023 SPR23/1438 Robyn Gay Records Access Officer Westfield Police Department 15 Washington Street Westfield, MA 01085 Dear Ms.

. #: 698437 Dupere Law Offices 94 North Elm Street, Suite 307 Westfield, MA 01085 Tel.: 413-562-3300 Fax: 413-562-3301 Dated: April 8, 2022 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Kimberly M. Roche, Esq., hereby certify that I served this Respondents Response upon the Hampshire Education Association, by sending the same to their Attorney, Laurie Houle by email to lhoule@massteacher.org, on this 8th day of April 2022. Kimberly M. Roche, Esq. 4