Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

The Township of Union has received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request dated 12/08/2020. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is 12/17/2020. This response to your request is
being provided to you on business day 1 after custodian's receipt of said
request.

Your OPRA Request sought access to the following:

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

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 Township of Union 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 [email address], or at their
web site at 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.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk

Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

This email is to notify you that your request requires clarification. This
response to your request is being provided to you on business day 1 after
custodian's receipt of said request.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

Department Reviewing: Fire

Comments:

This request does not completely identify specific government records.  A
proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those
documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by
simply requesting "any" or "all" information. Custodians are not required
to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request. 
See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 
2005). Wholesale requests for general information to be analyzed, collated
and compiled are not "encompassed" by OPRA, See New Jersey Builders
Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super.
166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). 

Currently, your request fails to identify with reasonable clarity the
specific government records sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford
Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div.2005). At this time, we
request clarification of your OPRA request. Please respond in writing and
identify the specific government records sought so that we may process
your request. Failure to provide written clarification of your request
will result in the closure of this OPRA request.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk

Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

Please find the below response to your OPRA Request. They are being
transmitted to you via Email as per your requested delivery method.

Additional Notes:

Fire Department: Request to vague, street address needed.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

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 Township of Union 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 [email address], or at their
web site at 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.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk

Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

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

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

The records are being transmitted to you via Email as per your request.

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 Township of Union 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 [email address], or at their
web site at 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.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk

Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

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

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

The records are being transmitted to you via Email as per your request.

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 Township of Union 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 [email address], or at their
web site at 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.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk

Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

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

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

The records are being transmitted to you via Email as per your request.

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 Township of Union 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 [email address], or at their
web site at 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.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk

Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

This email is to notify you that your request requires clarification. This
response to your request is being provided to you on business day 6 after
custodian's receipt of said request.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

Department Reviewing: Health

Comments:

This request does not completely identify specific government records.  A
proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those
documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by
simply requesting "any" or "all" information. Custodians are not required
to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request. 
See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 
2005). Wholesale requests for general information to be analyzed, collated
and compiled are not "encompassed" by OPRA, See New Jersey Builders
Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super.
166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). 

Currently, your request fails to identify with reasonable clarity the
specific government records sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford
Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div.2005). At this time, we
request clarification of your OPRA request. Please respond in writing and
identify the specific government records sought so that we may process
your request. Failure to provide written clarification of your request
will result in the closure of this OPRA request.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk

Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

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

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

The records are being transmitted to you via Email as per your request.

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 Township of Union 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 [email address], or at their
web site at 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.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk

Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

Please find the below response to your OPRA Request. They are being
transmitted to you via Email as per your requested delivery method.

Additional Notes:

Fire Department: Request to vague, street address needed.
Tax Assessor:  No documents responsive.
Tax Collector:  Reports attached.
Building Dept: Attached is our list of Vacant Properties.  No documents
responsive to a list of violations.
Health Department:  Request is too broad.  Please be more specific. 
Clarification needed.
DPW:  See attached.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

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 Township of Union 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 [email address], or at their
web site at 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.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk

Reference # OPR-2020-02747

Dear Nathan Stallone,

Please find the below response to your OPRA Request. They are being
transmitted to you via Email as per your requested delivery method.

Additional Notes:

Clarification was requested, no response was given. Therefore, your opra
is now closed.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:

Records requested: 1. A list of properties that, as of today, have
delinquent property taxes and open property liens. If the property owner
currently has an unpaid tax balance or has an open lien on the property,
please add them ot the list. This list needs to include amounts of
balances owed.
2. A list of proeprties that have recieved any code violations since the
beginning of the year. Please provide the type of violation.
3. A list of all properties that are currently vacant of abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include.
4. A list of all residential properties that had been inherited since the
beginning of the year.
Please put all lists in separate Excel files. PDF is okay too. If
up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently
available information.

Address:

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 Township of Union 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 [email address], or at their
web site at 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.

Sincerely,

Eileen Birch

Township Clerk