Good morning, 
The Borough of Madison received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on September 4, 2024.  The official Records Custodian, Elizabeth
Osborne, received your OPRA request on September 4, 2024.  As such, the
seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is September
13, 2024.  This response to your request is being provided to you on the
0 business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
 
Your OPRA request sought access to the following:
 
'water and electric billing information for property located on 28 WALNUT
ST block 1601 lot 42.'

Currently, your request fails to identify with reasonable clarity the
specific government records sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford
Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div.  2005). At this time,
we request clarification of your OPRA request.  Please respond in writing
and identify the specific government records sought so that we may process
your request.   Failure to provide written clarification of your request
will result in the closure of this OPRA request. Please identify the
record and provide a time frame.
 
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 Borough of Madison 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 [email address], or at their
web site 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.
 
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Osborne
Borough Clerk
Borough of Madison
HDM 50 Kings Road
Madison, NJ 07940
973-593-3041

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From: KOZIOL LUKASZ <[OPRA #66198 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 10:38 AM
To: Elizabeth Osborne <[email address]>
Subject: OPRA request - Need water and electric billing info
 
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Dear Madison Borough,

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:

Please provide me with water and electric billing information for property
located on 28 WALNUT ST block 1601 lot 42.

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,

KOZIOL LUKASZ

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