The Select Board met on June 9, 2015 and June 23, 1 We remind the Board that the Open Meeting Law requires that, within 14 business days after receiving an Open Meeting Law complaint, a public body shall review the complaint's allegations; take remedial action, if appropriate; and send to the Attorney General's Office a copy of the complaint and a description of any remedial action taken.

However, the Attorney General's Office encourages civility during meetings of public bodies. 2 For the sake of clarity, we refer to you in the third person. O item did not include any description of what the Commission anticipated discussing during this portion of the meeting.

This determination addresses complaint 68. 3 One member of the Committee is an employee of the Attorney Generals Office. The complaints contain no allegations that are specific to the actions of that individual, and that individual played no role in this offices consideration of the complaint. 4 A video recording of the Committee meeting held on July 19 is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?

(The December 23, 1999 nolle prosequi request to the Middlesex Superior Court from the Attorney Generals office states, as reasons for this action, the Commonwealth submits that it is in the interest of justice, taking into consideration the defendants age and the fact that it has been confirmed that the defendant suffers from terminal cancer.)

It is recommended that the parties contact the Attorney Generals Office if they seek a determination on this matter. Additional records In light of the claims made by Attorney Sheehan in her petition, it is unclear whether the Town possesses additional records that may be responsive to the request. Particularly, the Town must clarify if it possesses . . . emails, phone notes or other correspondence.

Assistant Attorney General Records Access Officer Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Dear Attorney Rush: I have received the petition of Colman Herman appealing the response of the Office of the Attorney General (Office) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On April 3, 2024, Mr.

the request, we believe that some of the responsive records will require redaction: involving privileged communications with attorneys relating to policy positions being developed by an agency pursuant to Section 7(26)(d) With regard to the attorney/client privilege, we have provided similar records to this requester on several occasions, and have encountered records that are privileged communications between MassDOT personnel and MassDOT and/or Attorney

It is recommended that the parties contact the Attorney Generals Office if they seek a determination on this issue. Request Number 2 In its response, the Town advised, [w]ith respect to your requests for all reports submitted by an outside entity hired by the Town and any invoices, bills, and records reflecting money paid to the outside entity by the Town, the Town is not in possession of any records responsive to those requests.

Open Meeting Law determinations may be found at the Attorney General's website, www.mass.gov/ago/openmeeting. 2 We remind the Board that a public body must review and respond to an Open Meeting Law complaint within 14 business days, and send a copy of its response to the complainant and to the Attorney General's Office. G.L. c. 30A, 23(b); 940 CMR 29.05(5). o office.

Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General General Counsel's Office One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Dear Attorney Tarrow: I have received the petition of Susan C. Phillips, Esq., City Solicitor of the City of Westfield appealing the response of the Office of the Attorney General - Environmental Protection Division (AGO) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 1O(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2).