Immediate Access - sent 6/27/2024 - at 6:26 PM due Friday 6/28/2024 - Kindly return via a PDF Only.

Dear Kevin O'Shea - Central Regional School District,

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:

May I please have a copy of the current contract with your Health Broker. I will put in a separate request for the broker for 2020 - 2023.

I saw a report today from the Comptroller's Office and I am wondering who it is. Here is the link.

https://www.nj.gov/comptroller/reports/2...

The Comptroller's Office requested that the district and its broker provide documentation of the total compensation amount paid to the broker for the period July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2022. We were not provided with this documentation by the District or the broker. We were able to obtain documentation through the joint insurance fund (JIF)[5] and found that compensation paid to the broker was approximately $253,000 for FY 2022. The District violated the PSCL by failing to obtain quotes for brokerage services. This fundamental failure to obtain competition reduced the likelihood that the District obtained the best price for services. The lack of a written contract, formally approved by the Board and specifying the scope of the broker’s duties and the terms on which the broker will be compensated, resulted in less transparency to the public than required by law.

Betsy Cross