2024 Meeting Recordings
Dear Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested: all existing recordings of public meetings held in 2024.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. However, I recognize that many recordings, especially video recordings, are too large to send via email. If that is the case, I can recommend: 1) uploading the recordings to a Google Drive folder and sharing it with my Google account: ckratovil, or 2) using the free service WeTransfer to send the recordings to my email address: [email address]
I am also open to other methods, including picking up a flash drive or CD/DVD at your office, or receiving the same via US mail at our PO Box: #3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Please confirm you have received this request and feel free to contact me at 732-993-9697 with any questions or to make any necessary arrangements. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
Hi Charlie:
As we discussed, I will send via regular mail a thumb drive containing the
audio files, since they are too large to send via email.
Please be advised that there was a problem with our transcription device
last year where we lost 7 of the audio files for 6 regular meetings and
the 2024 reorganization meeting. We do have the remaining 6 meetings and
those are the files we will put on the thumb drive. So, I took the liberty
of attaching the approved meeting minutes for the 2024 reorganization
meeting and all of the regular meetings, except for the December 16^th
board meeting. Those minutes have not yet been approved. The files are in
Windows media Player format, so it should not be a problem to play them.
Please let me know if you require any further information.
Thanks,
Ron
Ronald S. Anastasio, P.E.
Executive Director
SOMERSET RARITAN VALLEY SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
50 Polhemus Lane
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(732) 469-0593 x234
Dear Mr. Anastasio,
Just to let you know, I checked our PO Box today and still have not received the recordings. Please confirm that you sent the thumb drive to PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ. Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Hi Charlie:
It came back about a week ago because of insufficient postage. We
re-mailed it last Friday, but if it doesn't show up soon, maybe you can
arrange for a pickup. Please keep me posted.
Thanks,
Ron
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From: Charlie Kratovil
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Sent: Friday, February 14, 2025 6:44:58 PM
To: Ronald Anastasio <[email address]>
Subject: Re: SRVSA OPRA Request - 2024 Meeting Recordings
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Dear Mr. Anastasio,
Just to let you know, I checked our PO Box today and still have not
received the recordings. Please confirm that you sent the thumb drive to
PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ. Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil