Health Insurance for Elected Officials for the year of 2022
Dear Bridgewater 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:
The following documents are requested for calendar year starting Jan 2022 to Jan 2023:
Documents identifying any elected official who was covered by health insurance paid for (in whole or in part) by the Township of Bridgewater for any portion of the year, and for each such person, documents indicating the following:
1. The amount paid by the Township of Bridgewater for the health insurance during that year, net of any contribution by the elected official;
2. The amount contributed by the elected official for the health insurance during that year;
3. The type of coverage, e.g. individual, family or couple;
4. The services covered, e.g. medical, prescription, dental, vision, etc.
Notes:
A. This request is for information pertaining to elected officials only.
B. This request seeks information solely pertaining to insurance coverage and does not seek health or medical information for any person.
Yours faithfully,
Patti Selikoff
Dear Ms. Selikoff;
The Human Resources Office has reviewed OPRA Request 23-170 and has denied
the request because it is overbroad. This request impermissibly asks
questions or seeks information rather than identifiable government
records. See MAG Entertainment, LLC v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage
Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005) (finding that OPRA “is not
intended as a research tool litigants may use to force government
officials to identify and siphon useful information . . . agencies are
required to disclose only ‘identifiable’ government records not otherwise
exempt ... In short, OPRA does not countenance open-ended searches of an
agency's files”); See also, Donato v. Twp. of Union, GRC Complaint No.
2005-182 (January 2007). This request is now closed. Thank you.
Best regards,
Christine Madrid
Director of Human Services
Township of Bridgewater
100 Commons Way
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
908.725.6300 Ext. 5045
[1]www.bridgewaternj.gov
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