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Dear Manchester Township 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:
A digital list of all employees hired by the district. Please include their job title (non abbreviated) and union affiliation, department they work in, hire date, and salary. Please include full time staff, part time staff, substitutes, or temporarily/seasonally employed workers. This list can be broken up if one record does not exist containing all the requested information. But please include all the requested information in the OPRA request. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
The Curious Taxpayer
Dear Manchester Township School District,
Please confirm you have obtained this request.
Yours faithfully,
The Curious Taxpayer
Which request are you referring to? I do not see it included in
this email.
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 4:50 AM The Curious Taxpayer
<[1][OPRA #54094 email]> wrote:
Dear Manchester Township School District,
Please confirm you have obtained this request.
Yours faithfully,
The Curious Taxpayer
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Dear Manchester Township 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:
A digital list of all employees hired by the district. Please include their job title (non abbreviated) and union affiliation, department they work in, hire date, and salary. Please include full time staff, part time staff, substitutes, or temporarily/seasonally employed workers. This list can be broken up if one record does not exist containing all the requested information. But please include all the requested information in the OPRA request. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
The Curious Taxpayer
******copy of original email dated 10/14/2023
Good morning,
Please see the response below regarding your request.
Access to the requested information is denied as overbroad. N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1 et seq. requires the individual requesting access to communicative
records identify with specificity the employee drafting the specific
correspondence. See MAG Entm’t, LLC v. Div. of Alcohol Beverage Control,
375 N.J. Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005);The Court held that “[w]hile OPRA
provides an alternative means of access to government documents not
otherwise exempted from its reach, it is not intended as a research tool
litigants may use to force government officials to identify and siphon
useful information. Rather, OPRA simply operates to make identifiable
government records ‘readily accessible for inspection, copying, or
examination.’ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.” (emphasis added). The Court further held
that “under OPRA, 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.” Id. at 549
(emphasis added); see also Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J. Super.
30 (App. Div. 2005): The Court affirmed the GRC’s decision (GRC Complaint
No. 2004-78) that the complainant’s request was broad and unclear (“any
and all”). The Council ruled that the information sought did not amount to
an identifiable government record. Here, you have a requested access to a
“a digital list of all employees hired by the district. Please include
their job title (non-abbreviated) and union affiliation, department they
work in, hire date, and salary. Please include full time staff, part time
staff, substitutes, or temporarily/seasonally employed workers. This list
can be broken up if one record does not exist containing all the requested
information. But please include all the requested information in the OPRA
request.” The district does not have a list for all employees hired, their
union affiliation, department they worked in, hire date, and salary. There
is no responsive document to produce to your request, and thus to satisfy
your request the district would be forced to siphon through its records,
research the requested information and compile the information into a
document responsive to your request. Furthermore, the district has hired
hundreds, if not thousands of employees since it was established, and your
request is left open ended to an indeterminate time period. As a result,
this request is overbroad. See Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J.
Super. 30 (App. Div. 2005): N.J. Builders Ass’n v. N.J. Council on
Affordable Housing., 390 N.J. Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007): Schuler v.
Borough of Bloomsbury, GRC Complaint No. 2007-151 (Interim Order dated
December 19, 2007): Elcavage v. West Milford Twp. (Passaic), GRC Complaint
No. 2009-07 (April 2010): Burnett v. County. of Gloucester, 415 N.J.
Super. 506 (App. Div. 2010); Burke v. Brandes, 429 N.J. Super. 169 (App.
Div. 2012):
Access to the requested information is further denied because this is a
request for information as opposed to a document as required by N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1.1. As explained above, to respond to this request, the district
would be forced to research its documents, siphon useful information, and
create a list for this request. Matthews v. City of Atlantic City
(Atlantic), GRC Complaint No. 2008-123 (February 2009); Librizzi v. Twp.
of Verona Police Dep’t, GRC Complaint No. 2009-213 (August 2010); Goeckel
v. Chatham Borough Police Dep’t (Morris), GRC Complaint No. 2013-356 (July
2014); Blau v. Union Cnty., GRC Complaint No. 2003-75 (January 2005); Paff
v. v. Neptune Twp. Hous. Auth. (Monmouth), GRC Complaint No. 2010-307
(Interim Order dated April 25, 2012); Delbury v. Greystone Park
Psychiatric Hosp. (Morris), GRC Complaint No. 2013-240 (Interim Order
dated April 29, 2014).”
Access to the requested information is further denied as to satisfy this
request, the custodian would be required to research the district's files
to figure out which records, if any, might be responsive to the broad OPRA
request in accordance with MAG and N.J. Builders. Donato v. Twp. of Union,
GRC Complaint No. 2005-182 (February 2007): Verry v. Borough of South
Bound Brook (Somerset), GRC Complaint No. 2013-43 et seq. (Interim Page 26
Updated 08/2019 Order dated September 24, 2013).
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 Manchester Township Board of
Education 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 e-mail
at [1][email address], or at their web site at [2]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.
Respectfully,
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 12:53 PM The Curious Taxpayer
<[3][OPRA #54094 email]> wrote:
Dear Manchester Township 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:
A digital list of all employees hired by the district. Please include
their job title (non abbreviated) and union affiliation, department they
work in, hire date, and salary. Please include full time staff, part
time staff, substitutes, or temporarily/seasonally employed workers.
This list can be broken up if one record does not exist containing all
the requested information. But please include all the requested
information in the OPRA request. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
The Curious Taxpayer
******copy of original email dated 10/14/2023
-----Original Message-----
Which request are you referring to? I do not see it included in
this email.
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contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. It is
intended solely for the addressee. If the reader of this message is not
the intended recipient or the agent thereof, you are hereby notified that
any use, distribution, copying or other retention of this message is
unauthorized and prohibited. If you receive this message in error please
notify the sender immediately by electronic message. No confidentiality
or privilege is waived or lost by miss transmission to an unintended
recipient.
The Manchester Township School District reserves the right to monitor all
electronic communications through its network. Any views stated in this
message are those of the individual sender, except where the message
indicates otherwise and the sender is duly authorized by the Manchester
Township School District to make such statements.
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Dear Mr. Lorentzen,
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.
I am looking to obtain the following record(s):
A digital list of all active employees hired by the Manchester Township School District.
Please include their
job title ,
department they work in,
hire date,
base salary and overtime pay.
Please include full time staff, part time staff, and, temporarily/seasonally employed workers.
I understand that records cannot be created so please send me the closest record in similarity to my request or compile separate lists as needed. Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
OPRA Information Requester
Dear Mr. Lorentzen,
Please confirm that my request has been obtained. Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
The Curious Taxpayer
It was received. The request is being reviewed by our attorney. I will
send you a response as soon as I hear back.
On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 3:08 PM The Curious Taxpayer
<[1][OPRA #54094 email]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Lorentzen,
Please confirm that my request has been obtained. Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
The Curious Taxpayer
-----Original Message-----
Good morning,
Please see the response below regarding your request.
Access to the requested information is denied as overbroad. N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1 et seq. requires the individual requesting access to
communicative
records identify with specificity the employee drafting the specific
correspondence. See MAG Entm’t, LLC v. Div. of Alcohol Beverage
Control,
375 N.J. Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005);The Court held that “[w]hile OPRA
provides an alternative means of access to government documents not
otherwise exempted from its reach, it is not intended as a research
tool
litigants may use to force government officials to identify and siphon
useful information. Rather, OPRA simply operates to make identifiable
government records ‘readily accessible for inspection, copying, or
examination.’ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.” (emphasis added). The Court further
held
that “under OPRA, 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.” Id. at 549
(emphasis added); see also Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J.
Super.
30 (App. Div. 2005): The Court affirmed the GRC’s decision (GRC
Complaint
No. 2004-78) that the complainant’s request was broad and unclear (“any
and all”). The Council ruled that the information sought did not amount
to
an identifiable government record. Here, you have a requested access to
a
“a digital list of all employees hired by the district. Please include
their job title (non-abbreviated) and union affiliation, department
they
work in, hire date, and salary. Please include full time staff, part
time
staff, substitutes, or temporarily/seasonally employed workers. This
list
can be broken up if one record does not exist containing all the
requested
information. But please include all the requested information in the
OPRA
request.” The district does not have a list for all employees hired,
their
union affiliation, department they worked in, hire date, and salary.
There
is no responsive document to produce to your request, and thus to
satisfy
your request the district would be forced to siphon through its
records,
research the requested information and compile the information into a
document responsive to your request. Furthermore, the district has
hired
hundreds, if not thousands of employees since it was established, and
your
request is left open ended to an indeterminate time period. As a
result,
this request is overbroad. See Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J.
Super. 30 (App. Div. 2005): N.J. Builders Ass’n v. N.J. Council on
Affordable Housing., 390 N.J. Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007): Schuler
v.
Borough of Bloomsbury, GRC Complaint No. 2007-151 (Interim Order dated
December 19, 2007): Elcavage v. West Milford Twp. (Passaic), GRC
Complaint
No. 2009-07 (April 2010): Burnett v. County. of Gloucester, 415 N.J.
Super. 506 (App. Div. 2010); Burke v. Brandes, 429 N.J. Super. 169
(App.
Div. 2012):
Access to the requested information is further denied because this is a
request for information as opposed to a document as required by
N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1.1. As explained above, to respond to this request, the district
would be forced to research its documents, siphon useful information,
and
create a list for this request. Matthews v. City of Atlantic City
(Atlantic), GRC Complaint No. 2008-123 (February 2009); Librizzi v.
Twp.
of Verona Police Dep’t, GRC Complaint No. 2009-213 (August 2010);
Goeckel
v. Chatham Borough Police Dep’t (Morris), GRC Complaint No. 2013-356
(July
2014); Blau v. Union Cnty., GRC Complaint No. 2003-75 (January 2005);
Paff
v. v. Neptune Twp. Hous. Auth. (Monmouth), GRC Complaint No. 2010-307
(Interim Order dated April 25, 2012); Delbury v. Greystone Park
Psychiatric Hosp. (Morris), GRC Complaint No. 2013-240 (Interim Order
dated April 29, 2014).”
Access to the requested information is further denied as to satisfy
this
request, the custodian would be required to research the district's
files
to figure out which records, if any, might be responsive to the broad
OPRA
request in accordance with MAG and N.J. Builders. Donato v. Twp. of
Union,
GRC Complaint No. 2005-182 (February 2007): Verry v. Borough of South
Bound Brook (Somerset), GRC Complaint No. 2013-43 et seq. (Interim Page
26
Updated 08/2019 Order dated September 24, 2013).
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 Manchester Township Board of
Education 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 e-mail
at [1][email address], or at their web site
at [2][2]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.
Respectfully,
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message is not an intended recipient or the agent of the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this
communication in error and that any review, distribution or copying of
this message is prohibited. If you received this communication in error,
please notify the sender..
The information contained and transmitted in this electronic message may
contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. It is
intended solely for the addressee. If the reader of this message is not
the intended recipient or the agent thereof, you are hereby notified that
any use, distribution, copying or other retention of this message is
unauthorized and prohibited. If you receive this message in error please
notify the sender immediately by electronic message. No confidentiality
or privilege is waived or lost by miss transmission to an unintended
recipient.
The Manchester Township School District reserves the right to monitor all
electronic communications through its network. Any views stated in this
message are those of the individual sender, except where the message
indicates otherwise and the sender is duly authorized by the Manchester
Township School District to make such statements.
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Dear Mr. Lorentzen,
I am inquiring to know the status of my open public records act request. Last you said your attorney was reviewing the legality of my request. Can I please be provided an update?
Yours sincerely,
The Curious Taxpayer
I did hear back from our attorney. While I do not have a report that
includes all the information you requested. I do have a report I can send
you with most of this information. I will send that out to you this
afternoon.
On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 9:29 PM The Curious Taxpayer
<[1][OPRA #54094 email]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Lorentzen,
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.
I am looking to obtain the following record(s):
A digital list of all active employees hired by the Manchester Township
School District.
Please include their
job title ,
department they work in,
hire date,
base salary and overtime pay.
Please include full time staff, part time staff, and,
temporarily/seasonally employed workers.
I understand that records cannot be created so please send me the
closest record in similarity to my request or compile separate lists as
needed. Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
OPRA Information Requester
-----Original Message-----
Good morning,
Please see the response below regarding your request.
Access to the requested information is denied as overbroad. N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1 et seq. requires the individual requesting access to
communicative
records identify with specificity the employee drafting the specific
correspondence. See MAG Entm’t, LLC v. Div. of Alcohol Beverage
Control,
375 N.J. Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005);The Court held that “[w]hile OPRA
provides an alternative means of access to government documents not
otherwise exempted from its reach, it is not intended as a research
tool
litigants may use to force government officials to identify and siphon
useful information. Rather, OPRA simply operates to make identifiable
government records ‘readily accessible for inspection, copying, or
examination.’ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.” (emphasis added). The Court further
held
that “under OPRA, 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.” Id. at 549
(emphasis added); see also Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J.
Super.
30 (App. Div. 2005): The Court affirmed the GRC’s decision (GRC
Complaint
No. 2004-78) that the complainant’s request was broad and unclear (“any
and all”). The Council ruled that the information sought did not amount
to
an identifiable government record. Here, you have a requested access to
a
“a digital list of all employees hired by the district. Please include
their job title (non-abbreviated) and union affiliation, department
they
work in, hire date, and salary. Please include full time staff, part
time
staff, substitutes, or temporarily/seasonally employed workers. This
list
can be broken up if one record does not exist containing all the
requested
information. But please include all the requested information in the
OPRA
request.” The district does not have a list for all employees hired,
their
union affiliation, department they worked in, hire date, and salary.
There
is no responsive document to produce to your request, and thus to
satisfy
your request the district would be forced to siphon through its
records,
research the requested information and compile the information into a
document responsive to your request. Furthermore, the district has
hired
hundreds, if not thousands of employees since it was established, and
your
request is left open ended to an indeterminate time period. As a
result,
this request is overbroad. See Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J.
Super. 30 (App. Div. 2005): N.J. Builders Ass’n v. N.J. Council on
Affordable Housing., 390 N.J. Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007): Schuler
v.
Borough of Bloomsbury, GRC Complaint No. 2007-151 (Interim Order dated
December 19, 2007): Elcavage v. West Milford Twp. (Passaic), GRC
Complaint
No. 2009-07 (April 2010): Burnett v. County. of Gloucester, 415 N.J.
Super. 506 (App. Div. 2010); Burke v. Brandes, 429 N.J. Super. 169
(App.
Div. 2012):
Access to the requested information is further denied because this is a
request for information as opposed to a document as required by
N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1.1. As explained above, to respond to this request, the district
would be forced to research its documents, siphon useful information,
and
create a list for this request. Matthews v. City of Atlantic City
(Atlantic), GRC Complaint No. 2008-123 (February 2009); Librizzi v.
Twp.
of Verona Police Dep’t, GRC Complaint No. 2009-213 (August 2010);
Goeckel
v. Chatham Borough Police Dep’t (Morris), GRC Complaint No. 2013-356
(July
2014); Blau v. Union Cnty., GRC Complaint No. 2003-75 (January 2005);
Paff
v. v. Neptune Twp. Hous. Auth. (Monmouth), GRC Complaint No. 2010-307
(Interim Order dated April 25, 2012); Delbury v. Greystone Park
Psychiatric Hosp. (Morris), GRC Complaint No. 2013-240 (Interim Order
dated April 29, 2014).”
Access to the requested information is further denied as to satisfy
this
request, the custodian would be required to research the district's
files
to figure out which records, if any, might be responsive to the broad
OPRA
request in accordance with MAG and N.J. Builders. Donato v. Twp. of
Union,
GRC Complaint No. 2005-182 (February 2007): Verry v. Borough of South
Bound Brook (Somerset), GRC Complaint No. 2013-43 et seq. (Interim Page
26
Updated 08/2019 Order dated September 24, 2013).
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 Manchester Township Board of
Education 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 e-mail
at [1][email address], or at their web site
at [2][2]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.
Respectfully,
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If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your
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-------------------------------------------------------------------
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The information contained in this email is intended for
the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient named above.
This message is intended for the recipient only. If the reader of this
message is not an intended recipient or the agent of the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this
communication in error and that any review, distribution or copying of
this message is prohibited. If you received this communication in error,
please notify the sender..
The information contained and transmitted in this electronic message may
contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. It is
intended solely for the addressee. If the reader of this message is not
the intended recipient or the agent thereof, you are hereby notified that
any use, distribution, copying or other retention of this message is
unauthorized and prohibited. If you receive this message in error please
notify the sender immediately by electronic message. No confidentiality
or privilege is waived or lost by miss transmission to an unintended
recipient.
The Manchester Township School District reserves the right to monitor all
electronic communications through its network. Any views stated in this
message are those of the individual sender, except where the message
indicates otherwise and the sender is duly authorized by the Manchester
Township School District to make such statements.
References
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To whom it may concern,
As per your request, I've attached a report that provides information on
active staff in the district, hire date, job title and salary. We do not
have temporary or seasonal employees.
Thank you
On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 9:29 PM The Curious Taxpayer
<[1][OPRA #54094 email]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Lorentzen,
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.
I am looking to obtain the following record(s):
A digital list of all active employees hired by the Manchester Township
School District.
Please include their
job title ,
department they work in,
hire date,
base salary and overtime pay.
Please include full time staff, part time staff, and,
temporarily/seasonally employed workers.
I understand that records cannot be created so please send me the
closest record in similarity to my request or compile separate lists as
needed. Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
OPRA Information Requester
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Good morning,
Please see the response below regarding your request.
Access to the requested information is denied as overbroad. N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1 et seq. requires the individual requesting access to
communicative
records identify with specificity the employee drafting the specific
correspondence. See MAG Entm’t, LLC v. Div. of Alcohol Beverage
Control,
375 N.J. Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005);The Court held that “[w]hile OPRA
provides an alternative means of access to government documents not
otherwise exempted from its reach, it is not intended as a research
tool
litigants may use to force government officials to identify and siphon
useful information. Rather, OPRA simply operates to make identifiable
government records ‘readily accessible for inspection, copying, or
examination.’ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.” (emphasis added). The Court further
held
that “under OPRA, 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.” Id. at 549
(emphasis added); see also Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J.
Super.
30 (App. Div. 2005): The Court affirmed the GRC’s decision (GRC
Complaint
No. 2004-78) that the complainant’s request was broad and unclear (“any
and all”). The Council ruled that the information sought did not amount
to
an identifiable government record. Here, you have a requested access to
a
“a digital list of all employees hired by the district. Please include
their job title (non-abbreviated) and union affiliation, department
they
work in, hire date, and salary. Please include full time staff, part
time
staff, substitutes, or temporarily/seasonally employed workers. This
list
can be broken up if one record does not exist containing all the
requested
information. But please include all the requested information in the
OPRA
request.” The district does not have a list for all employees hired,
their
union affiliation, department they worked in, hire date, and salary.
There
is no responsive document to produce to your request, and thus to
satisfy
your request the district would be forced to siphon through its
records,
research the requested information and compile the information into a
document responsive to your request. Furthermore, the district has
hired
hundreds, if not thousands of employees since it was established, and
your
request is left open ended to an indeterminate time period. As a
result,
this request is overbroad. See Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J.
Super. 30 (App. Div. 2005): N.J. Builders Ass’n v. N.J. Council on
Affordable Housing., 390 N.J. Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007): Schuler
v.
Borough of Bloomsbury, GRC Complaint No. 2007-151 (Interim Order dated
December 19, 2007): Elcavage v. West Milford Twp. (Passaic), GRC
Complaint
No. 2009-07 (April 2010): Burnett v. County. of Gloucester, 415 N.J.
Super. 506 (App. Div. 2010); Burke v. Brandes, 429 N.J. Super. 169
(App.
Div. 2012):
Access to the requested information is further denied because this is a
request for information as opposed to a document as required by
N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1.1. As explained above, to respond to this request, the district
would be forced to research its documents, siphon useful information,
and
create a list for this request. Matthews v. City of Atlantic City
(Atlantic), GRC Complaint No. 2008-123 (February 2009); Librizzi v.
Twp.
of Verona Police Dep’t, GRC Complaint No. 2009-213 (August 2010);
Goeckel
v. Chatham Borough Police Dep’t (Morris), GRC Complaint No. 2013-356
(July
2014); Blau v. Union Cnty., GRC Complaint No. 2003-75 (January 2005);
Paff
v. v. Neptune Twp. Hous. Auth. (Monmouth), GRC Complaint No. 2010-307
(Interim Order dated April 25, 2012); Delbury v. Greystone Park
Psychiatric Hosp. (Morris), GRC Complaint No. 2013-240 (Interim Order
dated April 29, 2014).”
Access to the requested information is further denied as to satisfy
this
request, the custodian would be required to research the district's
files
to figure out which records, if any, might be responsive to the broad
OPRA
request in accordance with MAG and N.J. Builders. Donato v. Twp. of
Union,
GRC Complaint No. 2005-182 (February 2007): Verry v. Borough of South
Bound Brook (Somerset), GRC Complaint No. 2013-43 et seq. (Interim Page
26
Updated 08/2019 Order dated September 24, 2013).
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 Manchester Township Board of
Education 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 e-mail
at [1][email address], or at their web site
at [2][2]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.
Respectfully,
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Dear Mr. Lorentzen,
Thank you, have a nice rest of your evening.
Yours sincerely,
The Curious Taxpayer