Mead, Talerman & Costa, LLC 227 Union Street, Suite 606 New Bedford, MA 02740 By email only: liz@mtclawyers.com RE: Open Meeting Law Complaints Dear Attorney Lydon: This office received a complaint from Mark Pelletier on August 12, 2022, and a complaint from Allen Waller on August 15, 2022, alleging that the Marblehead Board of Health (the Board) violated the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, 18-25. 1 Both complaints were originally filed with the Board

City of New Bedford, 471 Mass. 446 (2015). In DaRosa, the SJC concluded that opinion work product that was prepared in anticipation of litigation or for trial by or for a party or its representative falls within the scope of Exemption (d). Id. at 448. It also concluded that fact work product under Mass. R. Civ.

City of New Bedford, 471 Mass. 446 (2015). In DaRosa, the SJC concluded that opinion work product that was prepared in anticipation of litigation or for trial by or for a party or its representative falls within the scope of Exemption (d). Id. at 448. It also concluded that fact work product under Mass. R. Civ.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records November 17, 2022 SPR22/2495 Officer Michael Boswell Record Access Officer New Bedford Police Department 871 Rockdale Avenue New Bedford, MA 02740 Dear Officer Boswell: I have received the petition of Nina Sparling appealing the response of the New Bedford Police Department (Department) to a request for

Assistant District Attorney Office of the District Attorney, Bristol District 888 Purchase Street New Bedford, MA 02740 Dear Attorney Sylvia: I have received the petition of Peter Jasper appealing the response of the Office of the District Attorney, Bristol District (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On June 21, 2021, Mr.

City of Somerville, 23 MLC at 259; City of New Bedford, 15 MLC 1732, 1737 (1989); City of Boston, 6 MLC 1117, 1126 (1979).

On appeal, the Commission found that bargaining unit members traditionally performed an ascertainable percentage of work in City of New Bedford where unit members shared job duties with non-unit members for fifteen years. 15 MLC 1732, 1733-34, 1737 (1989). The Commission made the same finding in Town of Stoneham where unit and non-unit members had shared work for thirteen years. 39 MLC 1, 1, 5 (2012).

Decision, July 12, 2013), aff'd 40 MLC 253 (March 10, 2014); City of New Bedford, 15 MLC 1732, 1737, MUP-6488 (May 31, 1989).

City of New Bedford, 29 MCSR 471 (2016) (honest mistakes in answering ambiguous questions on NBPD Personal History Questionnaire); Morley v. Boston Police Dept, CSC No. G1-16-096, 29 MCSR 456 (2016) (candidate unlawfully bypassed on misunderstanding appellants responses about his combat experience); Lucas v.

City of New Bedford, 26 MCSR 398 (2013); Graver v. Springfield Housing Auth., 26 MCSR 16 (2013); DePina v. Boston Police Dept, 24 MCSR 270 (2011); Stokinger v. City of Quincy, 24 MCSR 416 (2011). See also, Memorandum of Decision and Order, Allen v.

City of New Bedford v. Energy Facilities Siting Counsel, 413 Mass. 482, 490 (1992): Costello v. DPU, 391 Mass. 527 (1984), Insurance Rating Board v. Commissioner of Insurance, 359 Mass. 111, 118 (1971). The Commission failed to make the necessary findings. For one thing, it failed to find sufficient facts to determine whether the Town violated the principle of uniformity and equitable treatment in terminating Mr.

See City of New Bedford, 38 MLC 117, 127, n.44, MUP-09-5581 and MUP-09-5599 (November 17, 2011). Here, the precedential case law as set under the Town of Chatham cases, 21 MLC 1529, MUP-9186 (January 1, 1995) and 28 MLC 56 (2001) is well established. This precedent looks to the actual past practice and not the dynamic status quo argument to determine whether an employee is entitled to receive step increases during a contract hiatus period.