Opra Request
Dear Hopewell Township (Mercer),
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-5(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 10 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
Thank you for your email. I am currently away from the office and will be
returning on Tuesday, April 28 at 8:30 a.m. I will be checking my email
on a limited basis during my absence; however, please expect a delay in my
response. I will prioritize all pending matters in the order they were
received once I am back at my desk on Tuesday morning.
Thank you for your patience.
Good morning,
Your request stated, "a list of property addresses that have received any
code violations in the last 6 months." Unfortunately, the Health
Department does not have this information. OPRA Statue states that the
record keepers are not required to create lists, if they do not exist.
Thank you,
Kate Mendel
Health Department Secretary
Township of Hopewell, Mercer County, NJ
Direct: (609) 537-0257
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Please be advised that Hopewell Township does not maintain a list of vacant/abandoned properties.
Katherine Fenton-Newman, RMC
Municipal Clerk, JIF Fund Commissioner
Township of Hopewell
201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
609-737-0605, Ext. 6760
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Per your OPRA request, attached are the Tax Collector’s responsive
documents. Additional documentation may be forthcoming from different
departments on or before May 13^th.
Katherine Fenton-Newman
Katherine Fenton-Newman, RMC
Municipal Clerk, JIF Fund Commissioner
Township of Hopewell
201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
609-737-0605, Ext. 6760
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Good afternoon,
The opra request for a list of all properties with fire damage in the last
90 days is too broad.
Please refine your request and resubmit it.
Respectfully,
Andrew J. Fosina, Jr. BS, CFPS
Fire Official - FM50
Hopewell Valley Bureau of Fire Safety
201 Washington Crossing Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
Phone 609-730-8156 x4120
Direct 609-537-0212
Fax 609-730-1563
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