Municipal Budget for Calendar Year 2025
Dear Clark Township,
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:
Municipal Budget for Calendar Year 2025
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,
John Greaves
To: John Greaves <[OPRA #73758 email]>
From: Terri Mazzarella, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA Request Municipal Budget for Calendar Year 2025
Date: March 19, 2025
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request
on March 18, 2025. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received
your OPRA Request on March 19, 2025. As such, the seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request is March 28, 2025. This response to
your request is being provided to you on the same business day after the
custodian's receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to :
Municipal Budget for Calendar Year 2025
Response:
There are no records responsive to your request at this time. The Budget
is in the final preparation stages. Once the Budget is introduced it will
be posted on the Township website. Go to [1]www.ourclark.com click on
Departments, click on Finance Department, click on Budgets. If you prefer,
you can submit another request after the Budget has been introduced and it
will be sent to you.
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 Township of Clark 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 PO Box
819, Trenton, NJ 08625, by email at [email address], or at their
website at 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.
References
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1. http://www.ourclark.com/