OPRA Request

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Highlands Borough should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Highlands Borough,

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:

1 All e-mails to or from any member of the governing body from [email address]; [email address]; [email address]; from January 1, 2017 through present.
2 All e-mails to or from Michael Muscillo of the governing body from [email address] from January 1, 2017 through present.
3 All e-mails to or from any member of the governing body from [email address] from January 1, 2016 through present;
4 All e-mails to or from Michael Muscillo of the governing body from [email address] from January 1, 2016 through present.
5 All e-mails to or from any member of the governing body from [email address] from January 1, 2016 through present;
6 All e-mails to or from Michael Muscillo of the governing body from [email address] from January 1, 2016 through present.

Yours faithfully,

T. Clark

Michelle Hutchinson, Municipal Clerk, Highlands Borough

Thank you for contacting the Highlands Borough Clerk's Office.  I will be
out of the office begining 7/19/2021 and returning 7/26/2021.  If you need
assistance please contact Nancy Tran, Deputy Clerk.

 

You may contact Ms. Tran at 732-872-1224 x204

or via email [email address]

 

*Please note that there will be no available appointments for marriage
applications for vital record services from July 19, 2021 to July 23,
2021.

 

Thank you.

Michelle Hutchinson

Borough Clerk

 

Highlands Borough Public Records,

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Highlands Borough Public Records
Your first Highlands Borough record request (request
number #21-172) has been submitted. It is currently
unpublished and is not available for the general public to
view.

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Highlands Borough Public Records,

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Highlands Borough Public Records
Record request #21-172 has been closed. The closure reason
supplied was:

Please be advised that this request is denied in its
entirety since in order to properly identify email
correspondence in an OPRA request, a requestor must
provide “1) [the] content and/or subject of the email; 2)
the specific date or range of dates during which the email
was transmitted or the emails were transmitted; and 3)
[the] identity [of] the sender and/or recipient of said
emails.” Elcavage v. West Milford Township, GRC Complaint
No. 2009-07 (April 2010); see also Serringer v. Office of
Governor of State, A-0837-15T2, 2017 WL 2610646 (App. Div.
June 16, 2017)). These items all fail to set forth the
content and/or subject of the email correspondence sought.

Statement:

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 Highlands 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.

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