Dear Mr. Carvajal,

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:       Norman Carvajal

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

Date:    December 13, 2021

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

This office received your OPRA request for a list of addresses of
residential properties damaged by fire in November 2021 on December 13,
2021. OPRA requires that a response be provided within 7 business days,
beginning the first business day after receipt of the request. We will
have a response prepared by December 22, 2021. Records are typically
provided to requestors in electronic format, for which there is usually no
cost (see below for additional information). However, the County will
advise you of the page count and cost, if you wish to buy paper copies.
You may also review documents at no cost in the Clerk of the Board’s
Office; if you choose this option, please call or email ahead to arrange a
mutually convenient appointment.

Pursuant to Ordinance 710-2010, adopted on October 14, 2010, the following
fee schedule applies for photocopies: pages 1-10: no charge; page 11 and
each page thereafter: $.05 per page for documents that are letter-sized or
smaller, and $.07 per page for documents that are legal-sized or larger.
There shall be a limit of 30 pages forwarded via facsimile to any
requestor, per request. The fee schedule is as follows: pages 1-10: no
charge; pages 11-30: $.05 per page for letter-sized documents, and $.07
per page for legal-sized documents.

If you wish to have records mailed or faxed to you and there is a cost for
same, please send your payment to the following address:

Office of the Clerk of the Board

Union County Administration Building – 6th Floor

10 Elizabethtown Plaza

Elizabeth, NJ 07207

Please do not send cash; kindly make a check or money order payable to the
County of Union. We will provide the documents upon receipt of payment.

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.

In accordance with OPRA, requests that require extensive work to complete
may be subject to a special service charge in addition to applicable copy
fees and/or archive fees ($2/box). Special service fees are determined on
a case-by-case basis; you will be informed of same before incurring the
charge. Please be advised that work on such requests will not begin until
receipt of the special service charge and/or archive fees. 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 request. If you have any questions, please call
this office at (908) 527-4178 or (908) 527-4157.

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Dear Mr. Carvajal,

This email constitutes a formal and complete response to your December 13,
2021, OPRA request for a list of addresses of residential properties
damaged by fire in November 2021. Attached please find the list completing
your request.

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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