keith branning

Dear Records Custodian,

In response to your request to narrow the scope of my OPRA request, I am submitting the following revised request:

I am requesting all emails sent to or from Howell Township email accounts that contain any of the following keywords:

“shared services”

“ILSA”

“inter-local service agreement”

“consolidation”

“911 dispatch”

"medstar"

This request is limited to emails dated from January 1, 2019 through the date of fulfillment.

This request is intended to be fulfilled through an electronic keyword search of Township email systems and includes both internal and external communications.

Please include all responsive emails, along with any attachments.

If any portion of this request is denied, please provide the specific legal basis for the denial.

If further clarification is needed to process this request, I am willing to reasonably cooperate to narrow the scope.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,
Keith Branning

Jill Abernathy, Howell Township

Good morning,

I have forwarded this to Police Records to see if the changes will help to narrow down the responses. I will let you know when I hear back from them.

Thank you.

JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241

-----Original Message-----
From: keith branning <[OPRA #91035 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 8:43 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - In response to your request to narrow the scope of my OPRA request

Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91035 email]>

You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.

Dear Records Custodian,

In response to your request to narrow the scope of my OPRA request, I am submitting the following revised request:

I am requesting all emails sent to or from Howell Township email accounts that contain any of the following keywords:

“shared services”

“ILSA”

“inter-local service agreement”

“consolidation”

“911 dispatch”

"medstar"

This request is limited to emails dated from January 1, 2019 through the date of fulfillment.

This request is intended to be fulfilled through an electronic keyword search of Township email systems and includes both internal and external communications.

Please include all responsive emails, along with any attachments.

If any portion of this request is denied, please provide the specific legal basis for the denial.

If further clarification is needed to process this request, I am willing to reasonably cooperate to narrow the scope.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Keith Branning

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"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.

For more information, contact us at: ‪(732) 707-1628‬ or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."

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This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Howell. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Township, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.

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Jill Abernathy, Howell Township

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Good morning,

Please note that the changes to your request 26-0890 still resulted in millions of records.

This request has been closed as it is overly broad.

Thank you.

JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241

-----Original Message-----
From: keith branning <[OPRA #91035 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 8:43 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - In response to your request to narrow the scope of my OPRA request

Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91035 email]>

You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.

Dear Records Custodian,

In response to your request to narrow the scope of my OPRA request, I am submitting the following revised request:

I am requesting all emails sent to or from Howell Township email accounts that contain any of the following keywords:

“shared services”

“ILSA”

“inter-local service agreement”

“consolidation”

“911 dispatch”

"medstar"

This request is limited to emails dated from January 1, 2019 through the date of fulfillment.

This request is intended to be fulfilled through an electronic keyword search of Township email systems and includes both internal and external communications.

Please include all responsive emails, along with any attachments.

If any portion of this request is denied, please provide the specific legal basis for the denial.

If further clarification is needed to process this request, I am willing to reasonably cooperate to narrow the scope.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Keith Branning

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:

[OPRA #91035 email]

Is [Howell Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Howell Township? If so, please contact us using this form:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...

View this OPRA request & responses online:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.

For more information, contact us at: ‪(732) 707-1628‬ or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."

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NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Howell. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Township, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.

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Jill Abernathy, Howell Township

1 Attachment

Good morning,

Please note that the changes to your request 26-0891 still resulted in millions of records.

This request has been closed as it is overly broad.

Thank you.

JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241

-----Original Message-----
From: keith branning <[OPRA #91035 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 8:43 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - In response to your request to narrow the scope of my OPRA request

Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91035 email]>

You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.

Dear Records Custodian,

In response to your request to narrow the scope of my OPRA request, I am submitting the following revised request:

I am requesting all emails sent to or from Howell Township email accounts that contain any of the following keywords:

“shared services”

“ILSA”

“inter-local service agreement”

“consolidation”

“911 dispatch”

"medstar"

This request is limited to emails dated from January 1, 2019 through the date of fulfillment.

This request is intended to be fulfilled through an electronic keyword search of Township email systems and includes both internal and external communications.

Please include all responsive emails, along with any attachments.

If any portion of this request is denied, please provide the specific legal basis for the denial.

If further clarification is needed to process this request, I am willing to reasonably cooperate to narrow the scope.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Keith Branning

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Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:

[OPRA #91035 email]

Is [Howell Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Howell Township? If so, please contact us using this form:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...

View this OPRA request & responses online:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.

For more information, contact us at: ‪(732) 707-1628‬ or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."

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NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Howell. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Township, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.

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