Emergency Medical Services
Dear Andover 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:
All correspondence, contracts, briefings, and minutes associated with Atlantic Ambulance, Atlantic Health, and Lakeland Emergency Squad from Feb 1 2022-Present.
Additionally please include all dispatch SOPs, and plans to control assignment of emergency medical services to Andover Township residents.
Yours faithfully,
Andover Citizen
Your OPRA request has been received and will be processed in the order it
was received within 7 business days.
Thank you,
Patricia L. Bussow, RMC/CMR
Township Administrator/Municipal Clerk
134 Newton-Sparta Road
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone: 973.383.4280 x316
Fax: 973-383-5039
Good Afternoon,
In response to your OPRA request, I have attached the signed contract with
Atlantic Ambulance. Minutes will be provided upon a thorough search, but
no later than Monday, August 8, 2022..
Please be advised that under OPRA, a request for correspondence requires
the requestor to provide the name and/or position of the sender and/or
recipient, in addition to the subject and date or date range. This is so
a public entity can effectively conduct a search. Kindly provide the
name/position of the sender(s) and or recipients. You must be more
specific than “the Township” or “Township employees” in your reply.
In addition, your request for "all dispatch SOPs, and plans to control
assignment of emergency medical services to Andover Township residents" is
currently being reviewed, and any records that may be deemed public will
be released no later than Monday, August 8, 2022.
Thank you,
Patricia L. Bussow, RMC/CMR
Township Administrator/Municipal Clerk
134 Newton-Sparta Road
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone: 973.383.4280 x316
Fax: 973-383-5039
Dear Patricia Bussow,
Thank you for your assistance. To provide the requested clarification please provide correspondence related to EMS associated with the following individuals:
Peggy Reiber
Eric Danielson
Tom Walsh
Patricia Bussow
John Carafello
Kyle Wilson
Glenn Deitz (Atlantic Health)
Bradley Erickson (Atlantic Health)
Yours sincerely,
Concerned resident
Good Morning,
Due to the extensive nature of this request, an extension of time to
collect the records you have requested is needed, specifically, emails
from various personnel and appointed officials.
I estimate this request will be completed no later than Thursday, August
11, 2022.
Thank you for your patience.
Patricia L. Bussow, RMC/CMR
Township Administrator/Municipal Clerk
134 Newton-Sparta Road
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone: 973.383.4280 x316
Fax: 973-383-5039
Good Afternoon,
I am still waiting for a complete history of emails responsive to your
OPRA request. I respectfully request an additional extension of time to
gather these records until the end of business on Thursday, August 18,
2022.
Thank you for your patience.
Patricia L. Bussow, RMC/CMR
Township Administrator/Municipal Clerk
134 Newton-Sparta Road
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone: 973.383.4280 x316
Fax: 973-383-5039
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 8:56 AM Patricia Bussow <[1][Andover Township request email]>
wrote:
Good Morning,
Due to the extensive nature of this request, an extension of time to
collect the records you have requested is needed, specifically, emails
from various personnel and appointed officials.
I estimate this request will be completed no later than Thursday, August
11, 2022.
Thank you for your patience.
Patricia L. Bussow, RMC/CMR
Township Administrator/Municipal Clerk
134 Newton-Sparta Road
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone: 973.383.4280 x316
Fax: 973-383-5039
Dear Patricia Bussow,
No problem, the nature of delay is understandable.
Yours sincerely,
Concerned resident
Good Afternoon,
Thank you again for your patience as I gathered the records responsive to
your request. Attached please find said records. This OPRA request is
now deemed complete.
[1][IMG][2] OPRA - EMS Final.pdf
Patricia L. Bussow, RMC/CMR
Township Administrator/Municipal Clerk
134 Newton-Sparta Road
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone: 973.383.4280 x316
Fax: 973-383-5039
Dear Patricia Bussow,
I believe the primary file may not have been attached to the previous request. The "Dispatch Policy" was attached but the file [1][IMG][2] OPRA - EMS Final.pdf was not attached. Can you please confirm?
Yours sincerely,
Concerned resident
It is showing as attached on my end. Are you using a Google account? The
file is over 100 pages and will attach as a file in Google drive. If not
I will have to scan it again as 2 or 3 separate files.
Please advise.
I have rescanned the documents and attached the files to this email (4 in
total).
Please let me know if there are any further issues.
Thank you,
Patricia L. Bussow, RMC/CMR
Township Administrator/Municipal Clerk
134 Newton-Sparta Road
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone: 973.383.4280 x316
Fax: 973-383-5039