Dear Clark Township,

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:
1. Any Records Disposal Authorization, disposal request, or related correspondence with the New Jersey Records Management Services (Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services) covering the destruction of audio or video recordings of Township council meetings held between December 1, 2020 and May 1, 2021, including the date of authorization and the date of destruction. (Under the Destruction of Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:3-15 et seq., public records may be destroyed only with such authorization.)

2. Any audio recording made by or for the Clerk's office in connection with preparing the minutes of the council meetings of December 7, 2020; December 21, 2020; January 1, 2021 (reorganization); January 19, 2021; February 16, 2021; March 15, 2021; and April 19, 2021. If no audio recording of any of these meetings was ever made, please state so.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. 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,

John Greaves