OPRA Request for Cannabis Revenue
Dear Office of the Clerk,
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 NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Following cannabis-related data for the years 2021 to 2024:
- local cannabis transfer tax,
- cannabis user tax,
- social responsibility revenue, and
- any additional sources of local revenue, such as cannabis application fees.
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,
Prakash Kandel
PhD Candidate in Public Affairs | Community Development
Department of Public Policy and Administration
Rutgers University-Camden
Please let me know that you've received this and if we can be of further assistance. Thank you.
Information received from the Town's CFO:
Cannabis Tax
Q3 2024: 20,130
Q4 2024: 33,212
Q1 2025: 33,875
Total to date: $87,217
Elizabeth Bonsiewich, RMC
Town Clerk
973-402-9410 ext 624
Dear Ms. Bonsiewich (Municipal Clerk),
Thank you for the data. By the way, do you have annual data on application/registration fee?
Thank you once again.
Yours sincerely,
Prakash Kandel
We may not understand your request. But if it is registration/application fees for cannabis related facilities, we only have the one existing location in town which would not be applying/registering at this point.
So in that regard, we have collected 0 fees.
Please let me know that you've received this e-mail and if we, in fact, have answered your question.
Thank you.
Elizabeth Bonsiewich, RMC
Town Clerk
973-402-9410 ext 624