Basic Employee Info as of 10/1/2024
Charlie Kratovil made this OPRA request to Franklin Township School District (Somerset) as part of a batch sent to 100 authorities Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.
Dear Franklin Township School District (Somerset),
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under NJSA 47:1A-10 and the common law right of access. I am a journalist with New Brunswick Today and Trenton Makes News, and require the records for my reporting on New Jersey's local governments, school districts, and autonomous authorities. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(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.
Please provide payroll records, documents, lists, reports or statements sufficient to show:
1) the name, title/position, department/division, current salary, and hire date for all salaried employees as of today, October 1, 2024
2) the name, title/position, department/division, current hourly pay rate(s), and hire date for all hourly employees, as of today, October 1, 2024
3) the names of all current employees enrolled in each public pension system as of today, October 1, 2024
4) the names of all current and former employees receiving compensation in the form of a healthcare program/plan as of today, October 1, 2024
5) the name and pay status of each employee currently suspended from duty, as of today, October 1, 2024
6) the name, title/position, department/division, final salary, hire date, separation date, and reason for separation for all employees who left employment since January 1, 2024
7) the 2024 total year-to-date (YTD) base pay, overtime pay, and other extra pay for each current or former employee, including all stipends/allowances, bonuses, reimbursements and other payments or perks granted each employee, as of today, October 1, 2024
If an employee has different rates of pay for different work or different roles, please indicate each of the pay rates in the response. Please also be specific about the stated purpose of any extra payments, such as bonuses, stipends, and reimbursements.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments, and the preferred file type is Microsoft Excel spreadsheet(s). Please confirm you have received this request, and feel free to contact me at 732-993-9697 if I can be helpful in clarifying this request. Thanks very much and have a nice day.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Requestor:
The school district is in receipt of your request under the
Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., which was
submitted via e-mail on Tuesday, October 2, 2024, requesting information
regarding employees and their payrates as well as other various
information. The normal OPRA timeframe for fulfillment of your request
would have been within seven (7) business days of its receipt or by
October 10, 2024. However, due to the detailed nature of your request and
the need to verify OPRA eligibility, the district will require a
reasonable extension of an additional six (6) business days to fulfill
your request, with a new deadline for response on or before October 18,
2024.
The district will respond to the remainder of your request by
October 18, 2024. If there is a need for a further reasonable extension
in order to fulfill this request, the district will contact you with that
information.
Thank you,
Brian Bonanno,
Assistant Superintendent for Business / Board Secretary
[1]Franklin Township Public Schools
2301 Route 27
Somerset, NJ 08873
[2]Proud Founding Member of Central Jersey Program for the Recruitment of
Diverse Educators
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In Response to your OPRA request please see below and attached. We
supplied the information that we could in reports that we maintain.
1) the name, title/position, department/division, current salary, and hire
date for all salaried employees as of today, October 1, 2024
See attachment A
2) the name, title/position, department/division, current hourly pay
rate(s), and hire date for all hourly employees, as of today, October 1,
2024
See attachment A
3) the names of all current employees enrolled in each public pension
system as of today, October 1, 2024
See attachment A
4) the names of all current and former employees receiving compensation in
the form of a healthcare program/plan as of today, October 1, 2024
See attachment B, please note no former employee is enrolled in healthcare
at the district's expense.
5) the name and pay status of each employee currently suspended from
duty, as of today, October 1, 2024
Request denied. Personnel. Regardless, no responsive document exists.
6) the name, title/position, department/division, final salary, hire date,
separation date, and reason for separation for all employees who left
employment since January 1, 2024
See attachment C
7) the 2024 total year-to-date (YTD) base pay, overtime pay, and other
extra pay for each current or former employee, including all
stipends/allowances, bonuses, reimbursements and other payments or perks
granted each employee, as of today, October 1, 2024
Please see attachment titled Total Year-to-Date.
If an employee has different rates of pay for different work or different
roles, please indicate each of the pay rates in the response. Please also
be specific about the stated purpose of any extra payments, such as
bonuses, stipends, and reimbursements.
No responsive document exists. Monthly minutes of Board meetings are
available
at [1]https://www.franklinboe.org/page/boe-age...
approved stipends and reimbursements can be found within the minutes.
Thank you,
Brian Bonanno,
Assistant Superintendent for Business / Board Secretary
[2]Franklin Township Public Schools
2301 Route 27
Somerset, NJ 08873
[3]Proud Founding Member of Central Jersey Program for the Recruitment of
Diverse Educators
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use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and
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