“WAKEFIELD — A budget committee member’s quest for e-mails between town officials has prompted selectmen to consider drafting a town policy that would dictate what e-mails can become a public document.
Selectmen’s chair Mark Duffy brought up the idea of an e-mail policy during the board meeting last week. He said because the town’s staff has been dealing with numerous requests for e-mails under the Right to Know Law (RSA-91A), selectmen ought to make a policy clarifying how to handle such requests.
“E-mail has basically replaced phone calls… What’s happening now is people are considering these town records,” said Duffy. “We should set the tone on how we want to handle this.”