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Home My Public Portal AboutPRR 20-2812-10TOWN OF GULF STREAM PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Delivered via e-mail December 22, 2020 Martin E. O’Boyle [e-mail to: records@commerce-group.com] Re: GS #2812-10 (Request for Public Records Related to Martin O'Boyle Criminal Case) Request for Public Records Related to Martin O’Boyle Criminal Case 10. All public records that were created by, sent by or received by the Town of Gulf Stream (especially to or from any State or Federal Attorney General’s office, State Attorney’s office, or Federal, State, County, or Local law enforcement agency) which pertains to or mentions: (1) Martin O’Boyle since January 1, 2014; (2) a September 22, 2015 Incident at Town Hall regarding Martin O’Boyle; and/or (3) State v, O’Boyle, 2015MM012872A now pending in the 15th Judicial Circuit. Dear Martin E. O’Boyle [e-mail to: meo@commerce-group.com]: Thank you for your public records request made on August 30, 2020. On September 17, 2020, the Town responded as follows: Part of this subpart of your request, parts (2) and (3), were previously answered in response to GS 2704 made by Martin O’Boyle on April 16, 2019 (“all records . . . which mention or refer to Mar[t]in O’Boyle, but limited to the incident at the Town Hall on September 22, 2015 regarding Martin O’Boyle”). The Town will provide an estimate to supplement those records to include responsive records from April 16, 2019 to the date of this request. Based on our understanding, records responsive to part (1) of this subpart will also be responsive to parts (2) and (3) as indicated above. On October 16, 2020, you responded through your Attorney as follows: As for “Subpart (1)”, Mr. O’Boyle will limit the request solely to communications (and any attachments) to or from any State or Federal Attorney General’s office, State Attorney’s office, or Federal, State, County, or Local law enforcement agency or agencies which pertain or mention Martin O’Boyle. Note, this refers to the individual Martin O’Boyle and any names, pronouns, or codewords that have been used to identify him. As for “Subparts (2)&(3)” Mr. O’Boyle still seeks all public records which pertain to his September 22, 2015 Incident and his subsequent prosecution. The original request can be found at the following link: https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=173216&repo=r-430100cc Subpart 10 of your request can be found at the following link: https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=173824&repo=r-430100cc The Town now estimates that to fully respond to subpart ten of your request will require 41 hours of administrative support at $48.38 per hour, the labor cost of the personnel providing the service, per Fla. Stat. § 119.07(4)(d). If the costs of producing these documents will exceed your deposit, the Town will provide you with an initial production of responsive records and an estimate for the production of any additional responsive records. If the costs of production are less than the deposit, the Town will provide you with the responsive records and a refund. (41 hours @ 48.38 =1,983.58) = Deposit Due: $1,983.58 in cash or check. You have clarified this request to seek all records to or from any state or federal attorney general’s office, state attorney’s office, or federal, state, county, or local law enforcement agency. If you can identify specific agencies, we can further refine our search to limit the number of records that would need to be reviewed. Upon receipt of your acknowledgement that you will pay for these records, the Town will use its very best efforts to further respond to your public records request in a reasonable amount of time. If we do not hear back from you within 30 days of this letter, we will consider this request closed. Sincerely, Reneé Basel As Requested by Rita Taylor Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records TOWN OF GULF STREAM PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Delivered via e-mail February 1, 2021 Martin E. O’Boyle [e-mail to: records@commerce-group.com] Re: GS #2812-10 (Request for Public Records Related to Martin O'Boyle Criminal Case) Request for Public Records Related to Martin O’Boyle Criminal Case 10. All public records that were created by, sent by or received by the Town of Gulf Stream (especially to or from any State or Federal Attorney General’s office, State Attorney’s office, or Federal, State, County, or Local law enforcement agency) which pertains to or mentions: (1) Martin O’Boyle since January 1, 2014; (2) a September 22, 2015 Incident at Town Hall regarding Martin O’Boyle; and/or (3) State v, O’Boyle, 2015MM012872A now pending in the 15th Judicial Circuit. Dear Martin E. O’Boyle [e-mail to: meo@commerce-group.com]: Thank you for your public records request made on August 30, 2020. On September 17, 2020, the Town responded as follows: Part of this subpart of your request, parts (2) and (3), were previously answered in response to GS 2704 made by Martin O’Boyle on April 16, 2019 (“all records . . . which mention or refer to Mar[t]in O’Boyle, but limited to the incident at the Town Hall on September 22, 2015 regarding Martin O’Boyle”). The Town will provide an estimate to supplement those records to include responsive records from April 16, 2019 to the date of this request. Based on our understanding, records responsive to part (1) of this subpart will also be responsive to parts (2) and (3) as indicated above. On October 16, 2020, you responded through your Attorney as follows: As for “Subpart (1)”, Mr. O’Boyle will limit the request solely to communications (and any attachments) to or from any State or Federal Attorney General’s office, State Attorney’s office, or Federal, State, County, or Local law enforcement agency or agencies which pertain or mention Martin O’Boyle. Note, this refers to the individual Martin O’Boyle and any names, pronouns, or codewords that have been used to identify him. As for “Subparts (2)&(3)” Mr. O’Boyle still seeks all public records which pertain to his September 22, 2015 Incident and his subsequent prosecution. The original request can be found at the following link: https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=173216&repo=r-430100cc Subpart 10 of your request can be found at the following link: https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=173824&repo=r-430100cc Thank you for your deposit of $1,983.58 by check #53425 for the public record request described above, received by the Town on January 22, 2021. Because you have not narrowed your request to any specific agencies, we are unable to further refine our search, as proposed in our December 22, 2020 letter. The Town is preparing to search our records for communications containing the following: O’Boyle or Oboyle or MEO or Marty or Martin; covering the date range of 01/01/2014 to 08/30/2020. A Town employee will then review the communications to determine whether the communication is to or from any State or Federal Attorney General’s office, State Attorney’s office or Federal, State, County or local law enforcement agency or agencies. The estimate does not include reviewing previous responses to public records requests and providing you with those records. If you would like us to include records already publicly available and/or provided to you previously, please let us know and we will update our estimate. The Town will use its very best efforts to respond to your public records request in a reasonable amount of time. The Town is currently working to fulfill your other public records requests, totaling more than 40 hours of staff time. We ask for your patience as we diligently work to fulfill your requests. Sincerely, Reneé Basel As Requested by Rita Taylor Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records