Planning Board Application for Michael Bonaccorso, Jr
Dear Clark Township,
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:
Planning Board Application for Michael Bonaccorso, Jr, who was listed as Alternate 1 on Planning Board minutes dated as recently as December 2020.
Yours faithfully,
James M
To: James M <[OPRA #32051 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: May 18, 2022
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on May 18, 2022. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on May 18, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is May 27, 2022. This response to your request is being provided to you on the same business day as the custodian’s receipt of said request.
The attached document is responsive to your request.
The following legal basis applies to responses that include redactions. “A government record shall not include the following information which is deemed to be confidential for the purposes of P.L.1963, c. 73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented: that portion of any document which discloses the social security number, credit card number, unlisted telephone number or driver license number of any person…”
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 Township of Clark 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 [email address], 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.