Opra Request
Dear Freehold 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 use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Tax Delinquent
- A list of all property addresses that have an unpaid property tax bill for the last 6 months. Please also include in the list or separately a list of properties whose property tax bill was liened against the property.
Water Shut Off / Utility Liens
- A list of all property addresses that have had their water bill liened against the property, have failed to pay their water bill, or have had the water shut off at any point in the last 12 months.
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
Good morning,
Please see the following responses pertaining to the OPRA request below:
• On behalf of the Tax Collector please see the following attached responsive records
> Delinquent Tax Report
> Liens
> Disc Properties
> Lawn Maintenance
• On behalf of the Construction Department please see the attached Code Complaints report for the last 6 months
• On behalf of Utilities there are no responsive records to report
• In reference to "A list of all property addresses that the fire department has received an emergency call to in the last 90 days" you would need to obtained that information directly from fire department
• On behalf of the Clerk's office please be advised that while the Township does not maintain a Vacant Property Registration List, an ordinance (see below links) exists which requires that an out-of-state creditor notify the Township’s Clerks Office of an in-state representative as outlined in T.O. 245-24.
Chapter 245: Property Maintenance
§ 245-23 Duty of creditors.
http://www.ecode360.com/29528275
Chapter 245: Property Maintenance
§ 245-24 Representatives for out-of-state creditors.
http://www.ecode360.com/29528276
Chapter 245: Property Maintenance
§ 245-26 Violations and penalties.
http://www.ecode360.com/29528278
Best regards,
Shelly Romano, CMR
Deputy Clerk
Freehold Township
1 Municipal Plaza
Freehold, NJ 07728
Office: (732) 294-2014
Fax: (732) 462-7910
[email address]
http://www.twp.freehold.nj.us