Health Benefits of Elected Officials
Dear Clark 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:
Please send the cost of the health benefits incurred by each elected official from 1/1/2000 to 2/8/2023.
Yours faithfully,
Clark Resident
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with the Open Public Records Act.
Edith L. Merkel, RMC
Township Clerk
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Ave.
Clark, NJ 07066
(732) 388-3669
WARNING: Email received by or sent to Township officials is subject to the Open Public Records Act [OPRA]. This means that absent some specific privilege, all such communications are considered a public record and are subject to publication and/or dissemination to the public upon request.
To: Clark Resident – OPRA Machine
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request – Health Benefits of Elected Officials
Date: February 14, 2023
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request
on February 9, 2023 . The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel,
received your OPRA request on February 9, 2023. As such, the seven (7)
business day deadline to respond to your request is February 21, 2023. The
response to your request is being provided to you on the 3rd business day
after the custodian's receipt of said request. Your request is hereby
satisfied.
Your OPRA request sought access to the documents indicated.
Health Benefits of Elected Officials: see attached
The records are being provided in their entirety and are responsive to
your request.
The following legal basis applies to responses that include redactions. "
A government record shall not include the following information which is
deemed to be confidential for the purposes of P.L. 1963, c 73 (C.47:1A-1
et seq.) as amended and supplemented: that portion of any document which
discloses the social security number, credit card number, unlisted
telephone number or driver license number of any person..."
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Clark to deny access.
At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior
Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records
Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may
contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O.
Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by email at [email address], or at their
website at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions
about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court
should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Clark Resident, OPRA Machine;
The CFO Jennifer Kobliska stated that she only has spreadsheets from 2014
to current which that outlines the costs incurred by the Township.
If you have further questions, please contact the Finance Office at
732-428-8403.
Dawn DelVecchio
Clerk’s Office
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Avenue
Clark, NJ 07066
(P) 732-388-3669
WARNING: Email received by or sent to Township officials is subject to the
Open Public Records Act [OPRA]. This means that absent some specific
privilege, all such communications are considered a public record and are
subject to publication and/or dissemination to the public upon request.