Director Taylor's emails information
Dear Union County,
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.
In accordance with John Paff v. Galloway Township, et al, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), “information in electronic form, even if part of a larger document, is itself a government record [and that] electronically stored information extracted from an email is not the creation of a new record or new information; it is a government record.”
I request the sender, recipient, and subject of Director Taylor's 10/22/2022 emails.
Thank you,
Edward Johnston
Dear Ms. Johnston,
Please see the acknowledgment below.
Zoraida Mosquera
Confidential Secretary
Office of the Clerk of the Board
Union County Administration Building, 6^th Floor
10 Elizabethtown Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Phone: 908.527.4142 / Fax: 908.558.0915 / Email: [1][Union County request email]
To: Edward Johnston
From: James E. Pellettiere, RMC, QPA, Clerk of the Board
Date: 10/10/2023
Re: Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request(s) Acknowledgment
This office received your OPRA Request for Sender, recipient and subject
of Director Taylors on 10/22/2022 on 10/10/2023. OPRA requires that a
response be provided within 7 business days, beginning the first business
day after receipt of the request. We will have a response prepared by
10/19/2023. Records are typically provided to requestors in electronic
format, for which there is usually no cost. However, the County will
advise of any fees before the charge is incurred.
OPRA ordinarily grants immediate access to budgets, bills, vouchers,
contracts (including collective negotiations agreements and individual
employment contracts), and public employee salary and overtime
information. While the County makes every effort to provide immediate
access to such documents, processing may take longer depending on the
amount of records requested, medium requested, if documents are in use, if
redaction is required or documents are in storage, or if the request
requires extensive work to complete. The same is true for requests for
non-immediate access documents. When additional time is needed to process
a request, the County provides requestors with written updates
accordingly.
If no records are available, or the record(s) are exempt in accordance
with OPRA, the County will advise accordingly; if your OPRA request is
denied, you have a right to appeal the decision. You may file your appeal
with the New Jersey Government Records Council (GRC) or the New Jersey
Superior Court, as provided by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6 and 7. For additional
information on the appeal process, please visit:
[2]http://www.nj.gov/grc/register/appeal/. Thank you in advance for your
anticipated cooperation and patience while we work to fulfill your OPRA
request.
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2. http://www.nj.gov/grc/register/appeal/
Dear Mr. Johnston,
I am writing to obtain clarification of your October 10, 2023 OPRA requests for emails to or from Director Taylor on 10/22/2022, respectively.
Therefore, please provide a subject matter, so the County can properly process your OPRA requests.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. – Zoraida
Zoraida Mosquera
Confidential Secretary
Office of the Clerk of the Board
Union County Administration Building, 6th Floor
10 Elizabethtown Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Phone: 908.527.4142 / Fax: 908.558.0915 / Email: [Union County request email]
Dear Opra,
I'm not requesting specific emails, I am requesting the sender, recipient, and subject of Director Taylor's 10/22/2022 emails. This request is in accordance of the Paff v. Township of Galloway, 444 N.J. Super. 495
Yours sincerely,
Edward Johnston
Dear Mr. Johnston,
This email is a formal and complete response to your October 10, 2023,
OPRA request for the sender, recipient, and subject of Director Taylor's
10/22/2022 emails.
Attached please find the responsive file (employee’s name and email
address redacted per N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10 (27), personnel records).
Thank you for your attention to this matter. – Marlena
Marlena M. Russo
OPRA Compliance Manager
Office of the Clerk of the Board
Union County Administration Building, 6^th Floor
10 Elizabethtown Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Phone: 908.527.4178 / Fax: 908.558.0915 / Email: [1][Union County request email]
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Dear Marlena,
Just wanted to clarify that it is the county's response is that Bibi Taylor only received and/or sent a total of nine emails in a twenty-four hour period?
Yours sincerely,
Edward Johnston