Cost of Playground Equipment at Veteran's Memorial Park (Lupine Way)
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:
Total cost of upgrading the playground located at Veteran's Memorial Park (Lupine Way). Please include all receipts, invoices, or purchase orders associated with the installation/upgrade for the playground area.
Yours faithfully,
James M
I will be out of the office with limited access to email beginning
Wednesday, May 3 and returning Thursday, May 11. For immediate assistance
or to send an OPRA request contact [email address] or
[email address]
Edith L. Merkel, RMC
Township Clerk
Township of Clark
732-388-3669
James M,
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with
the Open Public Records Act.
Dawn DelVecchio
Clerk’s Office
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Avenue
Clark, NJ 07066
(P) 732-388-3669
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To: James M – OPRA Machine
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request: Cost of Playground Equipment at Veteran’s Memorial Park
(Lupine Way)
Date: May 8, 2023
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request
on May 5, 2023. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received
your OPRA request on May 5, 2023. As such, the seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request is May 15, 2023. The response to your
request is being provided to you on the following business day of the
custodian's receipt of said request. Your request is hereby satisfied.
Your OPRA request sought access to the documents indicated.
Purchase Order and Invoice for Playground Equipment: see attached
The records are being provided in their entirety and are responsive to
your request.
If you should have any questions regarding the documents, please contact
the Finance Department 732-428-8403.
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..."
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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.
DMD