Collective Bargaining Unit Information (Ocean County Townships)
The Curious Taxpayer made this OPRA request to Little Egg Harbor Township as part of a batch sent to 33 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 To Whom This May Concern,
This is a request for public records made under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and the common law right of access. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records Requested:
A digital copy of the most recently approved memorandum of ALL collective bargaining units with which the township, city, borough, etc., currently holds active agreements.
Please include the most recent contract booklet (signed or unsigned), the most recent memorandum of agreement, salary guides, and any sidebar agreements, if applicable.
Thank you for your attention to this request.
Yours faithfully,
The Curious Taxpayer
Dear Curious Taxpayer,
This request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific government records. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied. When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting "ALL" of an agency's documents. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request. Please provide me with the specific collective bargaining documents you are requesting and a time frame for those documents. Attached is the official LEHT OPRA form. Please fill out the form and resubmit it back to me directly at this email address. Once the specific information and time frame is provided I will then forward to the appropriate departments.
Thank you!
Kelly Lettera, CMC, RMC
Little Egg Harbor Township
665 Radio Road
Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087
Phone: 609.296.7241 x 233
Fax: 609.296.5352
[Little Egg Harbor Township request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: The Curious Taxpayer <[OPRA #65066 email]>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2024 10:45 PM
To: Clerk <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]:OPRA request - Collective Bargaining Unit Information (Ocean County Townships)
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Dear To Whom This May Concern,
This is a request for public records made under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and the common law right of access. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records Requested:
A digital copy of the most recently approved memorandum of ALL collective bargaining units with which the township, city, borough, etc., currently holds active agreements.
Please include the most recent contract booklet (signed or unsigned), the most recent memorandum of agreement, salary guides, and any sidebar agreements, if applicable.
Thank you for your attention to this request.
Yours faithfully,
The Curious Taxpayer
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Dear Kelly Lettera,
"This request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific government records. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied."
Where am I asking a question? When is collective bargaining agreements not government records?
A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting "ALL" of an agency's documents.
I will rephrase my request as "Active collective bargaining unit agreements with Little Egg Harbor Township."
"Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request."
As an OPRA Custodian, you are not "creating" these agreements, they already exist.
"Please provide me with the specific collective bargaining documents you are requesting and a time frame for those documents."
Like I said in my original request "active" collective bargaining agreements, meaning current ones that are not expired.
"Attached is the official LEHT OPRA form. Please fill out the form and resubmit it back to me directly at this email address."
I am not required by-law to fill out any official forms.
Unions: G.W.U./P.B.A./IUJAT (blue collar)/Little Egg Harbor Employee Association
Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
The Curious Taxpayer
Attached per your request are LEHT "current not expired" collective bargaining contracts.
OPRA is CLOSED.
Kelly Lettera, CMC, RMC
Little Egg Harbor Township
665 Radio Road
Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087
Phone: 609.296.7241 x 233
Fax: 609.296.5352
[Little Egg Harbor Township request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: The Curious Taxpayer <[OPRA #65066 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 3:24 PM
To: Kelly Lettera <[email address]>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL]:OPRA request - Collective Bargaining Unit Information (Ocean County Townships)
Dear Kelly Lettera,
"This request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific government records. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied."
Where am I asking a question? When is collective bargaining agreements not government records?
A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting "ALL" of an agency's documents.
I will rephrase my request as "Active collective bargaining unit agreements with Little Egg Harbor Township."
"Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request."
As an OPRA Custodian, you are not "creating" these agreements, they already exist.
"Please provide me with the specific collective bargaining documents you are requesting and a time frame for those documents."
Like I said in my original request "active" collective bargaining agreements, meaning current ones that are not expired.
"Attached is the official LEHT OPRA form. Please fill out the form and resubmit it back to me directly at this email address."
I am not required by-law to fill out any official forms.
Unions: G.W.U./P.B.A./IUJAT (blue collar)/Little Egg Harbor Employee Association
Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
The Curious Taxpayer
-----Original Message-----
Dear Curious Taxpayer,
This request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific government records. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied. When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting "ALL" of an agency's documents. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request. Please provide me with the specific collective bargaining documents you are requesting and a time frame for those documents. Attached is the official LEHT OPRA form. Please fill out the form and resubmit it back to me directly at this email address. Once the specific information and time frame is provided I will then forward to the appropriate departments.
Thank you!
Kelly Lettera, CMC, RMC
Little Egg Harbor Township
665 Radio Road
Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087
Phone: 609.296.7241 x 233
Fax: 609.296.5352
[Little Egg Harbor Township request email]
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Subject: Acknowledgment of Receipt
Thank you for your response. I have received the information.
Wishing you a great day!
Yours sincerely,
The Curious Taxpayer