Dear Sharon Navaro,

Thank you for registering with the Kearny OPRA Center. Below you will find
your login and a link to verify your email address and set your
personalized password. Please log in to the OPRA Center to update any
contact or password information and to track the progress of your request.
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Dear Sharon Navaro:

Thank you for your interest in open public records of  Town of Kearny. 
This will serve to acknowledge receipt of your Open Public Records Act
(OPRA) request.  Your request was received in this office on 5/2/2025. 

Kindly refer to the reference number W013171-050225 when communicating
with our office in this regard.  Your request mentioned:

From: Sharon Hoffman-Navarro
<[OPRA #75659 email]> Sent: Thursday, May
1, 2025 11:08 AM To: Carpenter, Patricia <[Town of Kearny request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Minutes/Records of all PILOT agreement votes Dear
Town of Kearny, Please accept this electronic request for public records
made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to
fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit
my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a
requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form
shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record
request. I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the
laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States. I WILL NOT use
the requested government records for a commercial purpose. I AM NOT
seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding. Records requested:
***I request all the records/minutes for all the votes on the PILOT
agreements made in town, including the vote records and all statements
made by the Mayor and Councilmembers. My preferred delivery method for
response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm
you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records,
please forward my request to that person and provide their email address
to me for future reference. Yours faithfully, Sharon Navarro
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deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for
all replies to this request:
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Your request will be forwarded to the relevant City department(s) to
locate the information you seek and to determine the volume and any costs
associated with satisfying your request. You will be contacted about the
availability and/or provided with copies of the records in question. 

PLEASE NOTE: The State Public Information Act does not require a
governmental body to create new information, to do legal research, or to
answer questions.

Sincerely,

The Town of Kearny

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Dear Requester: 
An extension of time through May 16, 2025, is required for review and
processing of your OPRA Request. You will be notified via email as soon as
responsive records if any area available and the cost of duplication (if
any).
TOWN OF KEARNY

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Dear Sharon Navarro:  

The Town of Kearny official Records Custodian, Patricia Carpenter received
your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) W013171-050225 request on May 2,
2025. By way of update to your records request, please be advised OPRA
allows public agencies to impose special service charges whenever the
nature, format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record
embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or
copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be
reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business
size or when fulfilling a request requires an extraordinary expenditure of
time and effort. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.c.  Special service charges must be
based upon the actual direct cost of providing the copy or copies. 

OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the opportunity to review and
object to the charge prior to it being incurred. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.c.
As such, a detailed estimate is provided below:

The Records Analyst in the Clerk's Office is capable of fulfilling the
request, their direct hourly rate is $39.276, the number of hours
anticipated to complete request is ten (10) and the total
estimated special service charge is $392.76.  Kindly respond in writing
with your acceptance or rejection of this estimated charge.  We will not
begin to process this request until we receive your written acceptance.
Should the Town of Kearny no hear back from you or receive a reply from
you by May 6, 2025, the request will be closed and the matter considered
resolved. 

TOWN OF KEARNY

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Dear Sharon Navarro:

The Town of Kearny official Records Custodian, Patricia Carpenter received
your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) W013171-050225 request on May 2,
2025. By way of update to your records request, please be advised OPRA
allows public agencies to impose special service charges whenever the
nature, format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record
embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or
copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be
reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business
size or when fulfilling a request requires an extraordinary expenditure of
time and effort. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.c.  Special service charges must be
based upon the actual direct cost of providing the copy or copies. 

OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the opportunity to review and
object to the charge prior to it being incurred. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.c.
As such, a detailed estimate is provided below:

The Records Analyst in the Clerk's Office is capable of fulfilling the
request, their direct hourly rate is $39.276, the number of hours
anticipated to complete request is ten (10) and the total
estimated special service charge is $392.76.  Kindly respond in writing
with your acceptance or rejection of this estimated charge.  We will not
begin to process this request until we receive your written acceptance.
Should the Town of Kearny no hear back from you or receive a reply from
you by May 19, 2025, the request will be closed and the matter considered
resolved. 

TOWN OF KEARNY