OPRA Request
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:
Fire Damage List
- A list of all property addresses that the fire department has received an emergency call to in the last 90 days.
Code Violation
- A list of property addresses that have received any code violations in the last 6 months
Vacant List
- A list of all properties that the city deems to be currently vacant or abandoned.
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,
Nathan
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with the Open Public Records Act.
Edith L. Merkel, RMC
Township Clerk
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Ave.
Clark, NJ 07066
(732) 388-3669
To: Nathan Stallone <[OPRA #66327 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: September 13, 2024
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on Friday, September 06, 2024 5:20 PM. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on September 9, 2024. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is September 18, 2024. This response to your request is being provided to you on the fourth business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to:
Fire Damage List
- A list of all property addresses that the fire department has received an emergency call to in the last 90 days.
Code Violation
- A list of property addresses that have received any code violations in the last 6 months
Vacant List
- A list of all properties that the city deems to be currently vacant or abandoned.
Response: The records below and attached are responsive to your request and provided in their entirety.
From: Elaina Lambert <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2024 9:43 AM
To: Terri Mazzarella <[email address]>
Subject: Code Violations
As of today, this office does not have a list of property addresses with code violations for the last 6 months.
Have a great day,
Elaina Lambert
Technical Assistant to the
Construction Official
Dear Clerk's Dept.,
Hi! do you have the fire or code violation list?
Yours sincerely,
Nathan
Today's question: "Hi! do you have the fire or code violation list?"
Response: Below is the response I sent to you on September 13. The fire list was in the body of the email. There are no code violations, which was also stated in the body of the email.
Edith L. Merkel, RMC
Township Clerk
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Ave.
Clark, NJ 07066
(732) 388-3669