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
Dear Town of Dover,
This is just a follow-up to my earlier request for documents/data related to cannabis revenue.
Yours faithfully,
Prakash Kandel
Good Afternoon,
You submitted an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request Form to the Town
of Dover which was received by the Municipal Clerk on 6/4/2025. Pursuant
to the Act, the Town has 7 business days, beginning the day after receipt
of the request by the Records Custodian, within which to respond. As such,
the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is
6/13/2025. Please accept this email as the Town’s response to your
request.
Your request sought access to the following:
• Cannabis-related data for the years 2021 to 2024:
◦ local cannabis transfer tax
◦ cannabis user tax
◦ social responsibility revenue
◦ any additional sources of local revenue, such as cannabis
application fees
Attached, please find the records that to the best of my knowledge are
believed to be responsive to your request.
There are no other records responsive to your OPRA Request. This request
is now deemed complete and closed.
Thank you,
Kayla Wrigley
Deputy Municipal Clerk
Town of Dover
37 North Sussex Street
Dover, NJ 07801
(973) 366-2200 ext. 1114