Dear Rowan University,

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.

This request is specifically for all Burlington County operations.
Records requested:

1. A record/list of all non-union, unclassified employees hired by the Board of Trustees for Rowan College at Burlington County between January 1, 2020 to present denoting responsive individuals’ names, titles, positions, department, salary, hire date, post-hire adjustments to payroll records, length of service, date of separation and the reason therefor, and the amount and type of any pension received. For clarity, the description “non-union” means any employee designated in a confidential, managerial executive or other title that is not currently in/or able to align with a collective bargaining unit/union. The description “unclassified” means any employee appointed to a district title that is exempt from NJ Civil Service procedures, qualifications or other requirements. The foregoing request should include any responsive records regardless if such appointment is categorized as “permanent,” “provisional” “full-time” or “part-time.”

2. A copy of any resumes, curriculum vitae or other records that disclose an employee’s specific experiential, educational or medical qualifications required for appointment to any position(s) identified in response to Request No. 1. This request does not seek any detailed medical or psychological information, which may be contained in otherwise responsive records. Further, “other records” sought by this Request include any job descriptions, job postings or communications that set forth the required qualifications for an individual’s appointment to such positions.

3. A copy of any agendas, minutes, resolutions, or other related documents concerning the appointment of any persons identified in response to Request No. 1 or reflecting the consideration, approval, or hire/onboarding by the College President the Board or any Board-created personnel committee. For clarification, the description “other documents” means any supporting record provided to the President, any Board member or committee member in conjunction with a request for formal action to hire any person identified by Request No. 1. By way of example, but not limitation, responsive records include any communications to a member of the Board of Trustees for Rowan College at Burlington County or as delegated to the Board’s personnel committee or the College President, that establishes the specific experiential, educational or medical qualifications relied upon for approving the appointment.

If you withhold any communications or documents on the basis of an exemption under OPRA or other legal privilege, I request that you provide a log describing the specific information withheld, and including the date the record was created/sent, any recipients, the exemption/privilege asserted, and the basis for any redactions or documents withheld. In addition, should you seek to withhold any records that were contemporaneously transmitted to the Board, it’s personnel committee or the superintendent in support of formal public action when approving any appointments at a public meeting, then you are asked to specifically identify the grounds to deny access to such records now.

To the extent the College maintains information responsive to Request Number 1 in electronic database such as Edmunds, or other software/service procured for personnel administration, I request that records responsive to Request No. 1 to be provided as exported natives in Excel format with a notation or file nomenclature sufficient to allow the requester to note when the exported data was pulled from such database.

To the extent that the College maintains information responsive to Request 3 in an electronic database such as or similar to the County’s PRESS system or the District’s website, but such archives do not provide either (i) the resolutions listed for consideration by the Board or it’s delegates, or (ii) any backup information included in support of any resolutions or action by the Board, it’s personnel committee or College President, this request seeks the production of any responsive records as PDF files in a manner that provides responsive resolutions collected with any supporting documentation as provided to the Board, personnel committee or College President. I also request that any responsive minutes/agendas are produced in PDF form in a manner that compiles any responsive resolutions together with the corresponding agenda and minutes where such action was taken.

All responsive documents produced in response to this request should be electronically delivered by responsive email.

Please confirm your receipt of this correspondence and the date you received.

Yours faithfully,

Patrick Duff