Clark Township CV 07142023
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:
Residential properties with street addresses owned by individuals (no corporations or LLCs) with the below criteria from December 2022 to June 2023;
1. Fire damage, overgrown grass, overgrown weeds, junk, boarded houses/windows, vacant properties.
2. Condemned properties
3. All properties currently listed with utility shut-off notice
4. All properties with notices of abatement
*PLEASE DON'T INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT VIOLATIONS*
Please send all documents in CSV or Excel file
Yours faithfully,
Vanessa
Vanessa,
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with
the Open Public Records Act.
Enjoy the day,
Dawn DelVecchio
Clerk’s Office
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Avenue
Clark, NJ 07066
(P) 732-388-3669
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To: Vanessa – OPRA Machine
[1][OPRA #48674 email]
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request – Property Info
Date: July 21, 2023
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request
on July 14, 2023. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received
your OPRA request on July 14, 2023. As such, the seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request is July 25, 2023. The response to your
request is being provided to you on the 5th business day after the
custodian's receipt of said request. Your request is hereby satisfied.
Your OPRA request sought access to the documents indicated.
Residential properties with street addresses owned by individuals (no
corporations or LLCs) with the below criteria from December 2022 to June
2023;
Construction Department:
From: Angela Bove <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2023 10:04 AM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: OPRA
Dawn,
This office does not keep an on-going list of violations, condemned
properties, utility shut offs or abatement.
Angela Bove
Construction Dept.
Fire damage: see attached
Vacant Properties: As of today, there are no properties on the vacant
property list
Health Department:
From: David DeRosa <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 2:16 PM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: RE: 2023 OPRA Request Property Info td opramachine
Hi Dawn,
I do not have any records for this request. Thanks
Dave
All properties currently listed with utility shut -off notice: No such
list exists
Utility Company contact information:
NJ American Water 1-800-272-1325
Middlesex Water 1-800-549-3802
United Water 1-800-422-5987
PSE&G 1-800-436-7734
Elizabethtown Gas 1-800-242-5830
All properties with notices of abatement-
From: Laura Caliguire <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 2:09 PM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: RE: 2023 OPRA Request Property Info td opramachine
We do not issue shut off notices for sewer accounts. We do not have any
properties with notices of abatement.
Thank you
Laura Caliguire
Certified Tax Collector
The records are being provided in their entirety and are responsive to
your request.
The following legal basis applies to responses that include redactions. "
A government record shall not include the following information which is
deemed to be confidential for the purposes of P.L. 1963, c 73 (C.47:1A-1
et seq.) as amended and supplemented: that portion of any document which
discloses the social security number, credit card number, unlisted
telephone number or driver license number of any person..."
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 email at [email address], or at their
website 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.
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