The Borough of Stratford received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on 5/28/2020. Assembly legislature no. 3849 has modified the Open Public Records Act by providing that during times of states of emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the 7-business day response deadline shall not apply; however records custodians must make a reasonable effort to respond to an OPRA request. This response to your request is being provided to you on the 2nd day of the custodian’s receipt of said request.

Your OPRA request seeks the following:
“For all employees who worked in the police department at any point of time from 2012-2019:

Please provide the name, hire date, current status (whether active or separated), and date of separation.”

The response to the remainder of your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days to fulfill because of the size of the request. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i. Specifically, OPRA states that, “the requestor shall be advised by the custodian when the record can be made available. If the record is not made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied.”

Your request requires an extension of time until 7/9/2020.

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 Borough of Stratford 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 xxx@xxx.xxxxx.xx.xx, 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.

Michaela Bosler

Acting Borough Clerk/Alt. Deputy Registrar

Borough of Stratford

307 Union Ave.

Stratford, NJ 08084

Phone: (856) 783-0600

Fax: (856) 783-7949

stratfordnj.org

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From: Taeho Kim [opra+xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 8:02 AM
To: Angeli, Ben
Subject: OPRA request - OPRA request: police payroll records 2012-2019

Dear Stratford Borough,

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:

For all employees who worked in the police department at any point of time from 2012-2019:
Please provide the name, hire date, current status (whether active or separated), and date of separation.

Yours faithfully,

Necon

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