The Complainant alleges that the Town Councilors-elect violated the OMA when three members-elect engaged in a public interview with local media without posting notice to the public. Our review of the video interview confirmed that the members-elect responded to questions initiated by the press...
The Complainant alleged that the Town Council violated the OMA when three Councilmembers met privately with the Superintendent of Schools to discuss the School Department budget, creating a rolling quorum. Based on the undisputed evidence, the Superintendent had separate conversations with each of...
The Complainant alleged that the Fire District violated the APRA when it failed to timely respond to his APRA request. The Complainant also alleged that the Fire District Senior Supervisor was not certified under the APRA pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-3.16 and that the Fire District failed to...
The Complainant alleged the Department violated the APRA when it denied his request for any Department reports formulated as a result of criminal complaints made by a specific, private citizen. The Complainant indicated that no arrest resulted from the alleged criminal complaint(s) he sought. The...
The Complainant alleges the City violated the APRA by withholding two videotapes that she requested. This Office reviewed the evidence and viewed the videotapes in camera. We concluded that the videotapes depicted multiple minors and implicated privacy interests. We also concluded that no...
The Complainant alleged the Department violated the APRA when it denied his request for Department records relating to a call made to the Department regarding a specific private citizen's residence. The Department denied the Complainant's request on the grounds that disclosure of the requested...
The Complainant alleged the City violated the APRA when it failed to respond to her APRA request within ten (10) business days. The City stated that the Complainant's APRA request went to its legal counsel's SPAM (junk mail) folder, but did not dispute the Complainant's contention that the City...
The Complainant alleged that the Town violated the APRA when it failed to respond to an APRA request in a timely manner. The Town acknowledged that it failed to timely respond and attributed this omission to staffing issues and a similar but different APRA request. The Town also indicated that...
The Complainant alleged that the Town violated the APRA when it failed to respond to her request for records within the ten business days required under the APRA. This Office determined that the Town's assertion that responsive records did not exist or that it did not maintain responsive records...
Summary: This supplemental finding provides that the Office will not file suit based on the violations found in Spodnik v. Town of West Warwick, OM 19-28. Nonetheless, we admonished the Town that its conduct violated the OMA and may serve as evidence of a willful or knowing violation in any...
