Public Records Requests
In July of 2016, Governor Baker signed a bill, Chapter 121 of the Acts of 2016, "An Act to Improve Public Records". This bill takes effect on January 1, 2017. Listed below are the Records Access Officers (RAOs) for the Town of Bellingham:
- Assessor’s Office - Elizabeth Cournoyer:~bcournoyer@bellinghamma.org
- Board of Health – Tim Aicardi, Inspector: taicardi@bellinghamma.org
- Collector – Mary MacKinnon, CFO: mmackinnon@bellinghamma.org
- Conservation – Hannah Crawford: hcrawford@bellinghamma.org
- Dept of Public Works – Jesse Riedle: jriedle@bellinghamma.org
- Finance Office – Mary MacKinnon: mmackinnon@bellinghamma.org
- Fire Department – Chief Miller: bmiller@bellinghamma.org
- Human Resources – Beth Cornell Smith: bsmith@bellinghamma.org
- Information Technology – Karen Dutil: kjasinski@bellinghamma.org
- Inspectional Services – Tim Aicardi: taicardi@bellinghamma.org
- Library – Bernadette Rivard: brivard@bellinghamma.org
- Planning/Zoning – Amy Sutherland: asutherland@bellinghamma.org
- Police Department – Chief Fitzgerald: kfitzgerald@bellinghamma.org
- Selectmen/Town Administrator – Denis Fraine: dfraine@bellinghamma.org
- Senior Services – Josie Dutil: jdutil@bellinghamma.org
- Town Clerk - Lawrence Sposato, Jr. lsposato@bellinghamma.org
Please contact the individual Department RAO overseeing the activity related to your request.
Additional Helpful Links
- Updated Public Records Law: ~https://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prenotice.htm
- A Guide to Massachusetts Public Records Law: ~http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prepdf/guide.pdf
- Making a Request for Public Records: ~http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prereq/reqidx.htm
- Appeal a Denial of Access to Public Records: ~http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/preapp/appidx.htm
- Electronic Records management Guidelines: ~http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcpdf/Electronic_Records_Guidelines.pdf
- Public Record Appeal Status: ~http://www.sec.state.ma.us/AppealsWeb/AppealsStatus.aspx
- Public Records Access, 950 CMR 32: ~http://www.mass.gov/courts/docs/lawlib/900-999cmr/950cmr32.pdf