Engagement Letter request
Dear Belmar Borough,
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:
We are respectfully requesting either the FYE 12.31.2025 Auditor Fee or a copy of the 12.31.2025 Engagement Letter.
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,
Christine
We have received your Open Public Records Act Request. Please be advised
the Borough of Belmar now uses an online OPRA portal
[1]https://belmarborough.nextrequest.com/. Your request will be uploaded
into this portal and you will receive an email confirmation. From there
you can finish creating your account so you can access your request. Your
request will be answered through this portal. In the future please submit
your requests directly in the portal. Thank you.
Note: Effective September 3, 2024, P.L. 2024, c. 16 requires all agencies
subject to OPRA to “adopt the form established by the Government Records
Council . . . for the use of any person who requests access to a
government record held or controlled by the public agency.” N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5(f).
In accordance with this new requirement, the Government Records Council
(“GRC”) has established an updated version of the old "Model OPRA request
form" to include the following required items:
1) certifiable statements addressing commercial purpose and pending
litigation have been added to the “Requestor Information” box.
2) new and amended exemptions have been added to the “Reasons for Denial”
list, and
3) the information page has been changed to reflect relevant new and
amended provisions.
Requestors are not required to use an OPRA form, however, a written
equivalent not containing the form requirement of N.J.S.A 47:1A-5(f) and
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g) may be denied by a custodian.
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Borough of Belmar Public Records
Your record request #25-808 has been submitted
successfully.
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records. The Municipal Clerk's Office will review
your request and respond within 7 business days.
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Just to clarify, are you seeking how much we paid our auditor for 2025?
On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM April Claudio <[1][Belmar Borough request email]>
wrote:
We have received your Open Public Records Act Request. Please be advised
the Borough of Belmar now uses an online OPRA portal
[2]https://belmarborough.nextrequest.com/. Your request will be uploaded
into this portal and you will receive an email confirmation. From there
you can finish creating your account so you can access your request.
Your request will be answered through this portal. In the future please
submit your requests directly in the portal. Thank you.
Note: Effective September 3, 2024, P.L. 2024, c. 16 requires all
agencies subject to OPRA to “adopt the form established by the
Government Records Council . . . for the use of any person who requests
access to a government record held or controlled by the public agency.”
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(f).
In accordance with this new requirement, the Government Records Council
(“GRC”) has established an updated version of the old "Model OPRA
request form" to include the following required items:
1) certifiable statements addressing commercial purpose and pending
litigation have been added to the “Requestor Information” box.
2) new and amended exemptions have been added to the “Reasons for
Denial” list, and
3) the information page has been changed to reflect relevant new and
amended provisions.
Requestors are not required to use an OPRA form, however, a written
equivalent not containing the form requirement of N.J.S.A 47:1A-5(f) and
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g) may be denied by a custodian.
-- Attach a non-image file and/or reply ABOVE THIS LINE with a message,
and it will be sent to staff on this request. --
Borough of Belmar Public Records
A document has been released to you for record
request #25-808:
• [1]11.11.2025_OPRA No. 2025-808_Reponse.pdf
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Record request #25-808 has been closed. The closure
reason supplied was:
We have released all responsive records relative to
your request. If you have any questions please feel
free to contact the Municipal Clerk's Office. Thank
you.
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Please see attached which should satisfy your request.
April
On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM April Claudio <[1][Belmar Borough request email]>
wrote:
Just to clarify, are you seeking how much we paid our auditor for 2025?
On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM April Claudio <[2][Belmar Borough request email]>
wrote:
We have received your Open Public Records Act Request. Please be
advised the Borough of Belmar now uses an online OPRA portal
[3]https://belmarborough.nextrequest.com/. Your request will be
uploaded into this portal and you will receive an email confirmation.
From there you can finish creating your account so you can access your
request. Your request will be answered through this portal. In the
future please submit your requests directly in the portal. Thank you.
Note: Effective September 3, 2024, P.L. 2024, c. 16 requires all
agencies subject to OPRA to “adopt the form established by the
Government Records Council . . . for the use of any person who
requests access to a government record held or controlled by the
public agency.” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(f).
In accordance with this new requirement, the Government Records
Council (“GRC”) has established an updated version of the old "Model
OPRA request form" to include the following required items:
1) certifiable statements addressing commercial purpose and pending
litigation have been added to the “Requestor Information” box.
2) new and amended exemptions have been added to the “Reasons for
Denial” list, and
3) the information page has been changed to reflect relevant new and
amended provisions.
Requestors are not required to use an OPRA form, however, a written
equivalent not containing the form requirement of N.J.S.A 47:1A-5(f)
and N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g) may be denied by a custodian.