EMS Communications
Dear Wall Township,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
- All email/ written correspondence between the Wall Township Administrator John Tobias and Monmouth County Sheriffs Office including but not limited to Shaun Golden, Robert Dawson, Timothy Sidley, and Robert McLaughlin related to delivery of EMS within Wall Township.
- All email/ written correspondence between the Wall Township Committee members including the Mayor and elected township committee officials and the Monmouth County Sheriffs Office including but not limited to Shaun Golden, Robert Dawson, Timothy Sidley, and Robert McLaughlin related to delivery of EMS within Wall Township.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
M. Kaufman
The Township of Wall is in receipt of your OPRA request and will respond within the statutory time required by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
Keri Pagnoni, RMC, CMR
Deputy Clerk, Deputy Registrar
2700 Allaire Road
Wall, NJ 07719
(732)449-8444 ext. 2262
Fax: (732)449-8992
Visit us at http://wallnj.com/211/Clerks-Office
For ease of reference the Township has broken your request into two parts:
1. All email/ written correspondence between the Wall Township Administrator John Tobias and Monmouth County Sheriffs Office including but not limited to Shaun Golden, Robert Dawson, Timothy Sidley, and Robert McLaughlin related to delivery of EMS within Wall Township.
2. All email/ written correspondence between the Wall Township Committee members including the Mayor and elected township committee officials and the Monmouth County Sheriffs Office including but not limited to Shaun Golden, Robert Dawson, Timothy Sidley, and Robert McLaughlin related to delivery of EMS within Wall Township.
Please be advised that your request does not identify a specific government records. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request. A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired. Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request
A valid request to conduct an email search contains the following:
• To and/or from: ([email address]) ([email address] ) ([email address]) ([email address]) ([email address] ) ([email address]) ([email address]) ([email address]) ([email address]) ([email address]) ([email address])
• Date range: needs to be provided
• Subject/keyword search: needs to be provided
Emails with the domain of @townshipofwall.com and @wallnj.gov are maintained by the Township. Emails sent to/from outside domains will be picked up if they have copied/sent to an email address with the township domain.
In addition, key word searches are extremely sensitive. For example, abbreviations like, “MV” for Motor Vehicle would pick up all emails that reference the letters “M” and “V” in sequence; producing thousands of results. Similarly, using employee titles like “Clerk” or “Collector” would likely produce all emails sent from those departments as they are a part of their signatures.
Upon receipt of this information, we will begin our search for responsive records. The more detailed the information provided will aid the search and quality of results. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq the Township is provided seven business days to respond upon receipt of clarification.
Keri Pagnoni, RMC, CMR
Deputy Clerk, Deputy Registrar
2700 Allaire Road
Wall, NJ 07719
(732)449-8444 ext. 2262
Fax: (732)449-8992
Visit us at http://wallnj.com/211/Clerks-Office
Please be advised that if the Township does not receive written clarification by December 1, 2025, the Township will deem the request answered and closed.
Keri Pagnoni, RMC, CMR
Deputy Clerk, Deputy Registrar
2700 Allaire Road
Wall, NJ 07719
(732)449-8444 ext. 2262
Fax: (732)449-8992
Visit us at http://wallnj.com/211/Clerks-Office
Dear OPRA,
I am advised I am not required to provide their individual email addresses for this request to be valid. I am only request the Wall Township hosted email accounts.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Kaufman
Understood, but you still need to provide the names of the Township employees and the rest of the parameters (date range and subject/keyword search).
Keri Pagnoni, RMC, CMR
Deputy Clerk, Deputy Registrar
2700 Allaire Road
Wall, NJ 07719
(732)449-8444 ext. 2262
Fax: (732)449-8992
Visit us at http://wallnj.com/211/Clerks-Office