OPRA Request—Certificates
Dear Mount Olive Township,
*This request is intended for the Building Department or the appropriate custodian of the requested records. If you are not the correct recipient, please forward this request to the appropriate department or individual that holds these records.
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
*Certificates of Occupancy
*Certificates of Continued Occupancy
*Certificates of Approval
*Certificates of Compliance
*Please provide records for all submissions made within the last 60 days, limited to commercial properties or spaces, in a spreadsheet or CSV format.
You are the best.
Yours faithfully,
Salem
Dear Mount Olive Township,
I apologize for not including this information in my original request.
I am writing to add the following disclosures regarding my recent OPRA request:
1. I have not been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
2. I intend to use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
3. I am not seeking these records in connection with a legal proceeding.
4. I am not requesting these records under common law.
Thank you for your attention.
Yours faithfully,
Salem
Hello Salem,
When did you submit your request? I don't seem to have record of it.
Sincerely,
Susan Gouveia
Susan Gouveia, Township Clerk
Township of Mount Olive
(973) 691-0900, ext. 7291
Dear Gouveia, Susan,
Here is the original request:
*This request is intended for the Building Department or the appropriate custodian of the requested records. If you are not the correct recipient, please forward this request to the appropriate department or individual that holds these records.
This is a request for public records made under OPRA. I am not required to fill out an official form.
Records requested:
*Certificates of Occupancy
*Certificates of Continued Occupancy
*Certificates of Approval
*Certificates of Compliance
*Please provide records for all submissions made within the last 60 days, limited to commercial properties or spaces, in a spreadsheet or CSV format.
You are the best.
Yours faithfully,
Salem
Received.
Susan Gouveia
Susan Gouveia, Township Clerk
Township of Mount Olive
(973) 691-0900, ext. 7291
Good morning Salem,
I sent your request to the Building Department. The system they use will not allow them to convert the report into Excel or CSV. Also, there is not a way to separate out just commercial properties. Would you like us to send the report containing all properties?
Sincerely,
Susan Gouveia
Susan Gouveia, Township Clerk
Township of Mount Olive
204 Flanders-Drakestown Road
PO Box 450
Budd Lake, NJ 07828
(973) 691-0900, ext. 7291
www.mountolivetwpnj.org
Dear Gouveia, Susan,
Yes please. Send as is if that’s the case.
Thank you for your attention.
Yours sincerely,
Salem
Good morning,
I'm just following up on the email I sent to you last week. Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
Sincerely,
Susan Gouveia
Susan Gouveia, Township Clerk
Township of Mount Olive
(973) 691-0900, ext. 7291
Dear Gouveia, Susan,
Yes. Please send the report containing all properties.
Yours sincerely,
M. Salem
Dear Mr. Salem,
Please see my email below asking for clarification on how we should proceed with your request. Please let me know as soon as possible so we can get your request processed.
Sincerely,
Susan Gouveia
Susan Gouveia, Township Clerk
Township of Mount Olive
(973) 691-0900, ext. 7291
Dear Gouveia, Susan,
I'm not sure if you're catching my emails.
You can send a PDF of all the properties, whether commercial or not. Additionally, providing the Certificate of Occupancies and the Continued Certificate of Occupancies will be sufficient enough.
Yours sincerely,
Salem
Dear Mr. Salem,
I have reached out to you on May 30th and June 4th and to date, have not heard back from you. Without you providing clarification, I am not able to process your request, therefore, your request is denied. See Herron v. NJ Dep’t of Education, GRC Complaint No. 2011-364 (December 2012).
If you would like, please complete a new request providing clarification as previously requested and we will get it processed.
Sincerely,
Susan Gouveia
Susan Gouveia, Township Clerk
Township of Mount Olive
204 Flanders-Drakestown Road
PO Box 450
Budd Lake, NJ 07828
(973) 691-0900, ext. 7291
www.mountolivetwpnj.org