Dear Mr. Johnston,

Please see the acknowledgment below.

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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To:       Edward Johnston

From:   James E. Pellettiere, RMC, QPA, Clerk of the Board

Date:    9/27/2023

Re:       Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request(s) Acknowledgment

This office received your OPRA request for Emails to and from Director
Taylor on 9/27/2023. OPRA requires that a response be provided within 7
business days, beginning the first business day after receipt of the
request; accordingly, the due date is 10/6/2023. 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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Dear Mr. Johnston,

I am writing to obtain clarification of your 9/21/23, 9/25/23, and 9/27/23
OPRA requests for emails to or from Director Taylor on 7/10/23, 2/6/23 and
2/12/23, respectively.

In accordance with Mag Entm’t, LLC v. Div. of Alcohol Beverage Control 375
N.J. Super. 534, 549 (App. Div 2005) “[u]nder OPRA…Wholesale requests for
general information to be analyzed, collated and compiled by the
responding government entity are not encompassed therein. In short, OPRA
does not countenance open-ended searches.”

Therefore, please provide a subject matter, so the County can properly
process your OPRA requests.

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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