Joseph A. Manfredi & Associates Contract, Bills, and Vendor Report
Charlie Kratovil made this OPRA request to Harrison Housing Authority as part of a batch sent to 9 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Harrison Housing Authority,
Under OPRA and the common law right of access, please provide:
1) a copy of the current contract for Joseph A. Manfredi & Associates
2) copies of all bills received from the above firm for work done during the calendar year 2022
3) a vendor report showing the amounts of all payments made to this vendor (under their current name listed above and prior name "Manfredi & Pellechio") from the time they were first hired by the authority until present day.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Harrison Housing Authority,
Please confirm you received my request. When can I expect a response?
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
We are processing your request
Executive Director
Raymond Lucas
Harrison Housing Authority
(973)-483-1488
End of business tomorrow Mr. Kratovil
Executive Director
Raymond Lucas
Harrison Housing Authority
(973)-483-1488
Dear Mr. Kratovil
In response to your request, I have attached Manfredi's bills for 2022 which have been redacted, a copy of Mr. Manfredi new contract, and our letter forwarding same. I am going to forward another email for the Vender reports from 4/1/2007 to current that you asked for but this email is too large to attached them to. You will be getting the email within two (2) minutes. Maureen
Maureen Gilmore, Adm. Services Manager
Harrison Housing Authority
788 Harrison Ave., Adm. Office
Harrison, NJ 07029
(973)483-1488
Dear Mr. Kratovil
Attached please find the Vender Reports that I couldn’t attached to my
other email. Please confirm that we have forwarded you everything that
you requested. Thank you. Maureen
Maureen Gilmore, Adm. Services Manager
Harrison Housing Authority
788 Harrison Ave., Adm. Office
Harrison, NJ 07029
(973)483-1488
Dear Ms. Gilmore,
Thank you for the records. To clarify, my request made on May 3 was seekingthe "current" contract with the firm. However, the contract provided is not effective until June 1, 2023. Please provide a copy of the current contract.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Morning Mr. Kratovil:
Attached please find last year's contract plus an Addendum to his last
year's contract as you requested. Maureen
Maureen Gilmore, Adm. Services Manager
Harrison Housing Authority
788 Harrison Ave., Adm. Office
Harrison, NJ 07029
(973)483-1488
Dear Ms. Gilmore,
Thank you for the records you provided on May 30. I have reviewed them and see that the oldest bill from the firm dates to 4/11/2007. Be advised the firm has indicated they worked for Harrison Housing Authority since 2003. Can you confirm if there are any bills from 2003-2006, and/or any additional bills from 2007 that were not itemized in the records provided? Thanks very much for your assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Ms. Gilmore,
Just following up on my request. I haven't received anything further since September 27.
Have a nice day.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Mr. Kratovil
Please be advised that I did respond to your email of September 27^th,
please see below. Maureen
Maureen Gilmore, Adm. Services Manager
Harrison Housing Authority
788 Harrison Ave., Adm. Office
Harrison, NJ 07029
(973)483-1488
From: Maureen Gilmore [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 2:24 PM
To: 'Charlie Kratovil' <[email address]>
Cc: '[Harrison Housing Authority request email]' <[Harrison Housing Authority request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA Request
Good Afternoon Mr. Kratovil
In response to your request, the Harrison Housing Authority does not
maintain records back to the time frame you requested. Maureen
Maureen Gilmore, Adm. Services Manager
Harrison Housing Authority
788 Harrison Ave., Adm. Office
Harrison, NJ 07029
(973)483-1488
From: Charlie Kratovil [[1]mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2018 1:02 PM
To: [2][email address]
Cc: CJ Griffin <[3][email address]>
Subject: Re: OPRA Request
Hello Ms. Gilmore,
As I indicated, I do not wish to pay a special service charge, which is
why I dramatically narrowed the scope of my original request. There is
simply not an "extraordinary expenditure of time and effort" required to
produce the 24 pages of bills requested, and I suspect that they do not
require "significant redaction" because only the portions which are truly
privileged or confidential can be redacted legally. I highly doubt there
is privileged/confidential information on every single one of the 24 pages
requested, but even if that is the case, 1.2 hours is simply not an
"extraordinary" amount of time.
I respectfully decline to pay the special service charge. Please produce
the records immediately or I will be forced to file litigation challenging
this as a violation of the Open Public Records Act.
Sincerely,
Charles Kratovil
Editor, New Brunswick Today