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 as per NJSA 47:1A-6(f).
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.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Prakash Kandel
PhD Candidate in Public Affairs | Community Development
Department of Public Policy and Administration
Rutgers University-Camden
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on May 22, 2025. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is June 4, 2025.
Thank you.
Maryann Matteo
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
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Prakash Kandel:
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on May 22, 2025. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is June 4, 2025. This response to your request is being provided to you on the 2nd business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Request: For Cannabis-Related Data: See attached OPRA Request Email.
Response: Included in attached pdf entitled “OPRA – Kandel 5.22.25 - Cannabis” please find document provided as responsive to your request.
END OF REQUESTED ITEMS
By this letter of response, the Township of Scotch Plains will consider your OPRA request received on May 22, 2025, complete unless otherwise informed.
If you have any questions, please contact the Finance Department at 908-322-6700, ext. 200.
Thank you.
Maryann Matteo
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Scotch Plains. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the sender is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.