Budget and Financial Statements 1994-2004
Dear Clark Township,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
Clark Township User Friendly Budgets for years 1994-2004
Clark Township Adopted Budget for years 1994-2004
Clark Township Annual Financial Statements for years 1994-2004
Clark Township Annual Debt Statements for years 1994-2004
Yours faithfully,
John Greaves
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with the Open Public Records Act.
Edith L. Merkel, RMC
Township Clerk
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Ave.
Clark, NJ 07066
(732) 388-3669
WARNING: Email received by or sent to Township officials is subject to the Open Public Records Act [OPRA]. This means that absent some specific privilege, all such communications are considered a public record and are subject to publication and/or dissemination to the public upon request.
To: John Greaves <[OPRA #62774 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: June 14, 2024
The age of the records requested requires a physical search of the archives. It is for this reason that I am requesting an extension of time be granted and anticipate completion of the request by Friday, June 28.
Due to the size of the files requested, the response to your request will be sent in 6 emails.
To: John Greaves <[OPRA #62774 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: June 18, 2024
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on June 13, 2024. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on June 13, 2024. This response to your request is being provided to you on the third business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to:
Clark Township User Friendly Budgets for years 1994-2004
Response: The User Friendly Budget section of the annual municipal budget became effective in 2015 (N.J.A.C. 5:30-3.8). Therefore there are no responsive records for your request for the User Friendly Budgets for years 1994 - 2004.
Clark Township Adopted Budget for years 1994-2004
The attached records 1994 - 1999 are responsive to your request. Budget years 2000 - 2004 will be sent in the second email.
Clark Township Annual Financial Statements for years 1994-2004 Response will be sent in subsequent emails
Clark Township Annual Debt Statements for years 1994-2004 Response will be sent in subsequent emails
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the Township of Clark to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Due to the size of the files requested, the response to your request will be sent in 6 emails.
To: John Greaves <[OPRA #62774 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: June 18, 2024
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on June 13, 2024. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on June 13, 2024. This response to your request is being provided to you on the third business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to:
Clark Township User Friendly Budgets for years 1994-2004
Response: The User Friendly Budget section of the annual municipal budget became effective in 2015 (N.J.A.C. 5:30-3.8). Therefore there are no responsive records for your request for the User Friendly Budgets for years 1994 - 2004.
Clark Township Adopted Budget for years 1994-2004
The attached records 2000 - 2004 are responsive to your request. Budgets from 1994 - 2004 (1994 - 1999 were sent in the first email) have been provided in their entirety.
Clark Township Annual Financial Statements for years 1994-2004 Response will be sent in subsequent emails
Clark Township Annual Debt Statements for years 1994-2004 Response will be sent in subsequent emails
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the Township of Clark to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Due to the size of the files requested, the response to your request will be sent in 6 emails.
To: John Greaves <[OPRA #62774 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: June 18, 2024
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on June 13, 2024. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on June 13, 2024. This response to your request is being provided to you on the third business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to:
Clark Township User Friendly Budgets for years 1994-2004
Response: The User Friendly Budget section of the annual municipal budget became effective in 2015 (N.J.A.C. 5:30-3.8). Therefore there are no responsive records for your request for the User Friendly Budgets for years 1994 - 2004.
Clark Township Adopted Budget for years 1994-2004
The attached records 2000 - 2004 are responsive to your request. Budgets from 1994 - 2004 (1994 - 1999 were sent in the first email) have been provided in their entirety.
Clark Township Annual Financial Statements for years 1994-2004
The attached records 1994 - 1999 are responsive to your request. Annual Financial Statements years 2000 - 2004 will be sent in the 4th email.
Clark Township Annual Debt Statements for years 1994-2004 Response will be sent in subsequent emails
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the Township of Clark to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Due to the size of the files requested, the response to your request will be sent in 6 emails.
To: John Greaves <[OPRA #62774 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: June 18, 2024
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on June 13, 2024. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on June 13, 2024. This response to your request is being provided to you on the third business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to:
Clark Township User Friendly Budgets for years 1994-2004
Response: The User Friendly Budget section of the annual municipal budget became effective in 2015 (N.J.A.C. 5:30-3.8). Therefore there are no responsive records for your request for the User Friendly Budgets for years 1994 - 2004.
Clark Township Adopted Budget for years 1994-2004
The attached records 2000 - 2004 are responsive to your request. Budgets from 1994 - 2004 (1994 - 1999 were sent in the first email) have been provided in their entirety.
Clark Township Annual Financial Statements for years 1994-2004
The attached records 2000 - 2004 are responsive to your request. Annual Financial Statements years 1994 - 2004 (1994 - 1999 were sent in the 3rd email) have been provided in their entirety.
Clark Township Annual Debt Statements for years 1994-2004 Response will be sent in subsequent emails
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the Township of Clark to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Due to the size of the files requested, the response to your request will be sent in 6 emails.
To: John Greaves <[OPRA #62774 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: June 18, 2024
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on June 13, 2024. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on June 13, 2024. This response to your request is being provided to you on the third business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to:
Clark Township User Friendly Budgets for years 1994-2004
Response: The User Friendly Budget section of the annual municipal budget became effective in 2015 (N.J.A.C. 5:30-3.8). Therefore there are no responsive records for your request for the User Friendly Budgets for years 1994 - 2004.
Clark Township Adopted Budget for years 1994-2004
The attached records 2000 - 2004 are responsive to your request. Budgets from 1994 - 2004 (1994 - 1999 were sent in the first email) have been provided in their entirety.
Clark Township Annual Financial Statements for years 1994-2004
The attached records 2000 - 2004 are responsive to your request. Annual Financial Statements years 1994 - 2004 (1994 - 1999 were sent in the 3rd email) have been provided in their entirety.
Clark Township Annual Debt Statements for years 1994-2004
The attached records 1995 - 1999 are responsive to your request. 1994 was not found in the archives and is therefore not retrievable. Annual Debt Statements 2000 - 2004 will be sent in the 6th (final) email.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the Township of Clark to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Due to the size of the files requested, the response to your request will be sent in 6 emails.
To: John Greaves <[OPRA #62774 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: June 18, 2024
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on June 13, 2024. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on June 13, 2024. This response to your request is being provided to you on the third business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to:
Clark Township User Friendly Budgets for years 1994-2004
Response: The User Friendly Budget section of the annual municipal budget became effective in 2015 (N.J.A.C. 5:30-3.8). Therefore there are no responsive records for your request for the User Friendly Budgets for years 1994 - 2004.
Clark Township Adopted Budget for years 1994-2004
The attached records 2000 - 2004 are responsive to your request. Budgets from 1994 - 2004 (1994 - 1999 were sent in the first email) have been provided in their entirety.
Clark Township Annual Financial Statements for years 1994-2004
The attached records 2000 - 2004 are responsive to your request. Annual Financial Statements years 1994 - 2004 (1994 - 1999 were sent in the 3rd email) have been provided in their entirety.
Clark Township Annual Debt Statements for years 1994-2004
The attached records 2000 - 2004 are responsive to your request. Annual Debt Statements 1995 - 1999 were provided in the 5th email. 1994 was not found in the archives and is therefore not retrievable.
All retrievable records pertaining to Budgets, Annual Financial Statements and Annual Debt Statements from 1994 - 2004 have been provided through 6 emails.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the Township of Clark to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.