Basic Employee Info as of 10/1/2024
Dear Mercer County,
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
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Dear chaRLiE KraToviL:
Thank you for your interest in open public records of Mercer County Open
Public Records Center. Your request has been received and is being
processed in accordance with the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Your
request was received in this office on 10/2/2024 and given the reference
number R006957-100224 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: 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.
Your request will be forwarded to the relevant County department(s) to
locate the information you seek and to determine the volume and any costs
associated with satisfying your request. You will be contacted about the
availability and/or provided with copies of the records in question.PLEASE
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Dear Mercer County,
With regard to R006957-100224, I have not received any records or information. When do you anticipate you will fulfill this request? Please provide the responsive info/records as attachments to an email as I do not wish to use the portal. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Mercer County,
Following up again re: this request for Basic Employee Info (R006957-100224). Please provide an update.
Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
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chaRLiE KraToviL
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of October 02, 2024, Reference # R006957-100224
Dear Sir/Madam:
This office serves as the custodian of records for the County of Mercer under
the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA). We are in receipt of your recent request
for government records pertaining to the above subject. Please accept the following
response to same.
Please refer to previous OPRA request No. R006919 in the Archive section.
Yours truly,
Paul
R. Adezio
Mercer County Counsel
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