OPRA
Dear Wallington 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:
Water & Tax payments for 56 Mt Cedar Ave Wallington from 01/01/2023 to 03/01/2025
property record card for 56 Mt Cedar Ave Wallington
All CAD reports for 56 Mt Cedar Ave Wallington between 05/01/2024-02/01/2025
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,
WallyWatchdog45
Mr. Sir/Madam
I am the Borough attorney for the Borough of Wallington. I am responding to your below OPRA request dated March 18, 2025. Please be advised, the employee who is responsible for responding to OPRA requests is no longer with the Borough and we are currently transitioning personnel. The Borough will need additional time to search its files and respond to this request. The Borough will provide a further response by Tuesday April 8, 2025.
If your request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific government records, same is not a valid OPRA request. When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency's documents. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request.
Regards
Mark
Mark A. DiPisa, Esq.
DIPISA & LAGO, LLC
249 Boulevard
Hasbrouck Hts, NJ 07604
Tel: (201) 426-5666
Fax: (201) 426-5667
Email: [email address]
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Mr. Sir/Madam
I am responding to your below OPRA request dated March 18, 2025. The Borough is responding within the extended time period requested. Attached please find documents responsive to your request.
If your request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific government records, same is not a valid OPRA request. When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency's documents. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request.
This shall conclude the Borough's response
Regards
Mark A. DiPisa, Esq.
DIPISA & LAGO, LLC
249 Boulevard
Hasbrouck Hts, NJ 07604
Tel: (201) 426-5666
Fax: (201) 426-5667
Email: [email address]