Dear Martin Tall,

This is to confirm receipt of your OPRA Request (C238515) outlined below. As you know from your previous OPRA request C238406, requests for communications must “identify a specific job title or accounts to be searched[.]” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g). Since you are submitting your OPRA request to the Civil Service Commission (Commission), the specific job title or accounts to be searched must be from the Commission. Please provide the requested information, so I can begin reviewing your request.

The OPRA Office
NJ Civil Service Commission

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Tall <[OPRA #79014 email]>
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2025 10:31 AM
To: CSCCommunications [CSC] <[Civil Service Commission request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] OPRA request - Communications with Pompton Lakes Borough regarding Chief of Police testing and waiver

Dear Civil Service Commission,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. 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.

Records requested:

Any communications from March 1, 2025, and today, August 1, 2025, between Pompton Lakes’ borough employees Mr. Michael Carelli, and/or Captain Anthony Rodriguez, and/or Chief Derek Clark, to and from the NJ CSC, regarding the position of Chief of police, for any waivers and/or announcements for the police chief’s competitive examination.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Martin

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For more information, contact us at: ‪(732) 707-1628‬ or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."

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Dear Martin Tall:

 

The Civil Service Commission (Commission) acknowledges receipt of your
Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request (C238515) received on Friday,
August 1, 2025.

 

You made requests for the following records:

 

“Any communications from March 1, 2025, and today, August 1, 2025, between
Pompton Lakes’ borough employees Mr. Michael Carelli, and/or Captain
Anthony Rodriguez, and/or Chief Derek Clark, to and from the NJ CSC,
regarding the position of Chief of police, for any waivers and/or
announcements for the police chief’s competitive examination.

 

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments.  Please confirm you have received this request.  If you
are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person
and provide their email address to me for future reference.”

 

When asked to clarify your request, you added, "The recipients or accounts
at the NJ CSC would be Mr. Keith Appleby and/or Mr. James Geraci. Please
let me know if any further clarification is needed regarding these two
names."

 

Please be informed that the Commission requires additional time to
thoroughly review and respond to your request. Therefore, we are
requesting an extension of seven business days, setting the new deadline
for Thursday, August 21, 2025.

 

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to process
your request.

 

The OPRA Office

NJ Civil Service Commission

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Martin Tall
<[1][OPRA #79014 email]>

Sent: Friday, August 1, 2025 10:31 AM

To: CSCCommunications [CSC] <[2][Civil Service Commission request email]>

Subject: [EXTERNAL] OPRA request - Communications with Pompton Lakes
Borough regarding Chief of Police testing and waiver

 

Dear Civil Service Commission,

 

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA
and the common law right of access.  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.

 

Records requested:

 

Any communications from March 1, 2025, and today, August 1, 2025, between
Pompton Lakes’ borough employees Mr. Michael Carelli, and/or Captain
Anthony Rodriguez, and/or Chief Derek Clark, to and from the NJ CSC,
regarding the position of Chief of police, for any waivers and/or
announcements for the police chief’s competitive examination.

 

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments.  Please confirm you have received this request.  If you
are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person
and provide their email address to me for future reference.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Martin

 

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Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:

[3][OPRA #79014 email]

 

Is [4][Civil Service Commission request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to
Civil Service Commission? If so, please contact us using this form:

[5]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://opra...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[6]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://opra...

 

View this OPRA request & responses online:

[7]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://opra...

 

 

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

 

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

 

"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New
Jersey public records.

For more information, contact us at: ‪(732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New
Brunswick, NJ 08903."

 

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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, including any attachments, may
include advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material and, if so, is
privileged and/or confidential and not a public document. Any information
in this e-mail identifying an employee subject to the jurisdiction of the
Civil Service Commission is confidential. If you received this e-mail in
error, you are not authorized to review, transmit, convert to hard copy,
copy, or in any way further use or disseminate this e-mail or any
attachments to it. You must immediately notify the sender and delete this
message. If the e-mail you received in error contained protected employee
information, you must also notify CSC's Privacy Officer immediately at
[8]https://info.csc.nj.gov/PrivacyEmail, confirming in writing that you
deleted the e-mail(s)/attachment(s) and that you did not/will not further
use or disclose the information contained in the e-mail.

 

References

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2. mailto:[Civil Service Commission request email]
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4. mailto:[Civil Service Commission request email]
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7. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/opram...
8. https://info.csc.nj.gov/PrivacyEmail

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Dear Martin Tall:

 

The Civil Service Commission (Commission) acknowledges receipt of your
Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request (C238515) received on Friday,
August 1, 2025.

 

You made requests for the following records:

 

“Any communications from March 1, 2025, and today, August 1, 2025, between
Pompton Lakes’ borough employees Mr. Michael Carelli, and/or Captain
Anthony Rodriguez, and/or Chief Derek Clark, to and from the NJ CSC,
regarding the position of Chief of police, for any waivers and/or
announcements for the police chief’s competitive examination.

 

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments.  Please confirm you have received this request.  If you
are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person
and provide their email address to me for future reference.”

 

When asked to clarify your request, you added, "The recipients or accounts
at the NJ CSC would be Mr. Keith Appleby and/or Mr. James Geraci. Please
let me know if any further clarification is needed regarding these two
names."

 

Please find all the attached records responsive to your request. Please be
advised that certain personal identifying information has been redacted
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1.

 

This response does not waive or limit any other rights afforded the
Commission under OPRA and the common law, which are all expressly
reserved.

 

Your OPRA request is now hereby deemed closed. Thank you for the
opportunity to be of service.

 

The OPRA Office

Civil Service Commission

 

 

From: CSC-OPRArequest [CSC]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 4:49 PM
To: [OPRA #79014 email]
Subject: C238515 OPRA request - Communications with Pompton Lakes Borough
regarding Chief of Police testing and waiver

 

Dear Martin Tall:

 

The Civil Service Commission (Commission) acknowledges receipt of your
Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request (C238515) received on Friday,
August 1, 2025.

 

You made requests for the following records:

 

“Any communications from March 1, 2025, and today, August 1, 2025, between
Pompton Lakes’ borough employees Mr. Michael Carelli, and/or Captain
Anthony Rodriguez, and/or Chief Derek Clark, to and from the NJ CSC,
regarding the position of Chief of police, for any waivers and/or
announcements for the police chief’s competitive examination.

 

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments.  Please confirm you have received this request.  If you
are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person
and provide their email address to me for future reference.”

 

When asked to clarify your request, you added, "The recipients or accounts
at the NJ CSC would be Mr. Keith Appleby and/or Mr. James Geraci. Please
let me know if any further clarification is needed regarding these two
names."

 

Please be informed that the Commission requires additional time to
thoroughly review and respond to your request. Therefore, we are
requesting an extension of seven business days, setting the new deadline
for Thursday, August 21, 2025.

 

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to process
your request.

 

The OPRA Office

NJ Civil Service Commission

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Martin Tall
<[1][OPRA #79014 email]>

Sent: Friday, August 1, 2025 10:31 AM

To: CSCCommunications [CSC] <[2][Civil Service Commission request email]>

Subject: [EXTERNAL] OPRA request - Communications with Pompton Lakes
Borough regarding Chief of Police testing and waiver

 

Dear Civil Service Commission,

 

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA
and the common law right of access.  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.

 

Records requested:

 

Any communications from March 1, 2025, and today, August 1, 2025, between
Pompton Lakes’ borough employees Mr. Michael Carelli, and/or Captain
Anthony Rodriguez, and/or Chief Derek Clark, to and from the NJ CSC,
regarding the position of Chief of police, for any waivers and/or
announcements for the police chief’s competitive examination.

 

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments.  Please confirm you have received this request.  If you
are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person
and provide their email address to me for future reference.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Martin

 

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Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:

[3][OPRA #79014 email]

 

Is [4][Civil Service Commission request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to
Civil Service Commission? If so, please contact us using this form:

[5]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://opra...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[6]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://opra...

 

View this OPRA request & responses online:

[7]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://opra...

 

 

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

 

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

 

"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New
Jersey public records.

For more information, contact us at: ‪(732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New
Brunswick, NJ 08903."

 

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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, including any attachments, may
include advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material and, if so, is
privileged and/or confidential and not a public document. Any information
in this e-mail identifying an employee subject to the jurisdiction of the
Civil Service Commission is confidential. If you received this e-mail in
error, you are not authorized to review, transmit, convert to hard copy,
copy, or in any way further use or disseminate this e-mail or any
attachments to it. You must immediately notify the sender and delete this
message. If the e-mail you received in error contained protected employee
information, you must also notify CSC's Privacy Officer immediately at
[8]https://info.csc.nj.gov/PrivacyEmail, confirming in writing that you
deleted the e-mail(s)/attachment(s) and that you did not/will not further
use or disclose the information contained in the e-mail.

 

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[OPRA #79014 email]
2. mailto:[Civil Service Commission request email]
3. mailto:[OPRA #79014 email]
4. mailto:[Civil Service Commission request email]
5. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/opram...
6. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/opram...
7. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/opram...
8. https://info.csc.nj.gov/PrivacyEmail

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