Dog licenses
Dear Spring Lake Heights Borough,
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:
Any and all available dog licensing and registration data for dogs within your jurisdiction (all dogs actively registered for 2019 and any for 2020 up to and including 6/16/20),
Please include all available segregable data, including but not limited to:
• the owner's name
• the owner's address and applicable zip code
I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available. If your pet licensing is all in one database (cats, dogs) I am happy to receive it all.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 7 business days, as the statute requires.
Yours faithfully,
Michael Windsor
received
Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Assistant Borough Administrator
Certified Municipal Registrar
Borough of Spring Lake Heights
555 Brighton Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey 07762
732.449.3500 phone
732.449.3535 fax
In response to your Open Public Records Request for the following:
Any and all available dog licensing and registration data for dogs within
your jurisdiction (all dogs actively registered for 2019 and any for 2020
up to and including 6/16/20), please see 2 attached files.
Please be advised that N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6 provides that a person who is
denied access to a government record by the custodian of the record, at
the option of the requestor, may institute a proceeding to challenge the
custodian's decision by filing an action in Superior Court which shall be
heard in the vicinage where it is filed by a Superior Court Judge who has
been designated to hear such cases because of that judge's knowledge and
expertise in matters relating to access to government records; or in lieu
of filing an action in Superior Court, file a complaint with the
Government Records Council established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-7.
The right to institute any proceeding shall be solely that of the
requestor. Any such proceeding shall proceed in a summary or expedited
manner. The public agency shall have the burden of proving that the denial
of access is authorized by law. If it is determined that access has been
improperly denied, the court or agency head shall order that access be
allowed. A requestor who prevails in any proceeding shall be entitled to a
reasonable attorney's fee.
Very truly yours,
Janine Gillis
Borough Clerk
Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Assistant Borough Administrator
Certified Municipal Registrar
Borough of Spring Lake Heights
555 Brighton Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey 07762
732.449.3500 phone
732.449.3535 fax
Dear Gillis, Janine,
Thank you and that completes the request.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Windsor