Dear River Edge 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 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 12 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 6 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

Melissa Demczuk, River Edge Borough

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The Borough of River Edge Records Custodian received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on January 26, 2026 seeking a copy of the following records:

1. Tax Delinquent
2. Water Shut Off/Utility Liens
3. Fire Damage List
4. Code Violation
5. Vacant List

As such, the 14th business day deadline to respond to your request is February 17, 2026. Therefore, the Borough is timely in responding to your request.

The following records are being provided to you in their entirety and are responsive to your request:

1. Borough of River Edge – Tax Delinquent
2. Borough of River Edge - Water Shut Off/Utility Liens
3. Borough of River Edge - Vacant Properties
4. Borough of River Edge - Fire Emergency Calls
5. Borough of River Edge - Code Violation

With respect to the portion of your request seeking open and active code enforcement properties, the Property Maintenance Officer provided the following information:

335 Kinderkamack Rd. Non conforming fence
110 Voorhis Ave. Overgrown weeds
117 Manning Ave. Sidewalk maintenance

With respect to the portion of your request seeking water shut-offs and utility liens, please note that water and utilities are private.

These records are being transmitted to you via email, as per your request. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.b., there is no cost associated with this request as the documents are being transmitted to you electronically.

Your OPRA request is now deemed answered and closed. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Melissa Demczuk
Administrative Assistant
Borough of River Edge
705 Kinderkamack Road
River Edge, NJ 07661
[email address]
201-599-6311

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