Police CBAs & MOAs
Dear Middlesex Borough,
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:
I am seeking all Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) between the Borough of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association covering the period of 2025 and prior/beyond.
I am also seeking all Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) between the Borough of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association for collective negotiations agreements (CNAs) covering the period of 2025 and beyond.
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,
Anonymous
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Dear Anonymous,
The Borough of Middlesex received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on March 20, 2025. The official Custodial of Records, Linda
Chismar, received your request on March 20, 2025. As such, the Seven (7)
business day deadline to respond to your request is March 31, 2025.
Your request sought access to the following:
I am seeking all Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) between the
Borough of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association
covering the period of 2025 and prior/beyond.
I am also seeking all Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) between the Borough
of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association for
collective negotiations agreements (CNAs) covering the period of 2025 and
beyond.
Thank you,
[3]Middlesex_Logo_Final.png Kelsey Meixner
Clerk’s Department
Phone: 732.356.7400 x236
Fax: 732.356.7954
[4][email address]
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Dear Anonymous,
This email is in regards to the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request
received on 3/20/2025.
The OPRA request sought access to the following:
I am seeking all Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) between the
Borough of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association
covering the period of 2025 and prior/beyond.
I am also seeking all Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) between the Borough
of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association for
collective negotiations agreements (CNAs) covering the period of 2025 and
beyond.
Currently, your request fails to identify with reasonable clarity the
specific government records sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford
Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). At this time,
we request clarification of your OPRA request. Please respond by email to
[3][email address] and identify the specific government
records sought so that we may process your request. Failure to respond in
writing within the next seven (7) business days may result in the closure
of your OPRA request.
Please note the following comment(s) from the Custodian of Records:
When a request does not name specifically identifiable records or is
overly broad, a custodian may deny access pursuant to the following court
decisions: MAG Entertainment, LLC v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage
Control, 375 N.J.Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005). A proper request under OPRA
must identify with reasonable clarity those documents sought. A custodian
is obligated to search and find the identifiable government records listed
in the Complainant`s OPRA request. A custodian is not required to research
her files to figure out which records, if any, might be responsive to a
broad and unclear OPRA request. Please respond in writing within seven
(7) business days to clarify the exact government records you are
requesting with regards to `prior/beyond`. The seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request begins the day after said
clarification is received.
Please be advised that the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to
your request begins again from the day after the Custodian of Records
receipt of your clarification.
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 Middlesex 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
[4][email address], or at their web site at [5]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.
Thank you,
[6]Middlesex_Logo_Final.png Kelsey Meixner
Clerk’s Department
Phone: 732.356.7400 x236
Fax: 732.356.7954
[7][email address]
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Dear Kelsey Meixner,
There was nothing unclear about my request and it did not fail to identify specific government records.
I specifically requested a collective bargaining agreement which is a contract and any memorandums of agreement between the Borough of Middlesex and the police union for which the supervisors are members of. Specific timeframes were also provided to help narrow the request.
Please provide all current collective bargaining agreements (aka contracts) and memorandums of agreement (MOAs) between police unions representing the Middlesex Borough police officers and supervisors and the Borough of Middlesex.
Failure to provide the specific requested records will result in further action with the GRC and Superior court.
Yours sincerely,
Anonymous
Dear Kelsey Meixner,
If there are no current CBA, Contract, and/or MOA, I am requesting the most recent CBA, MOA, and/or Contract between the local police unions (I.e., PBA/SOA/FOP) and the Borough of Middlesex.
Yours sincerely,
Anonymous
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Dear Anonymous,
The Borough of Middlesex requested clarification of your OPRA request on
03/27/2025. Clarification of said request was received by the Official
Custodian of Records, the Middlesex Borough Clerk, on 03/27/2025.
The Request from Requestor:
I am seeking all Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) between the
Borough of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association
covering the period of 2025 and prior/beyond.
I am also seeking all Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) between the Borough
of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association for
collective negotiations agreements (CNAs) covering the period of 2025 and
beyond.
See clarification provided below:
If there are no current CBA, Contract, and/or MOA, I am requesting the
most recent CBA, MOA, and/or Contract between the local police unions
(I.e., PBA/SOA/FOP) and the Borough of Middlesex.
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 Middlesex 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
[3][email address], or at their web site at
[4]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.
Thank you,
[5]Middlesex_Logo_Final.png Kelsey Meixner
Clerk’s Department
Phone: 732.356.7400 x236
Fax: 732.356.7954
[6][email address]
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Dear Anonymous,
The Borough of Middlesex received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on March 20, 2025. The official Records Custodian, Linda Chismar,
received your OPRA requests on March 20, 2025. As such, the seven (7)
business day deadline to respond to your requests is March 31, 2025. This
response is being provided to you on the 5th business day after
custodian’s receipt of said request.
Your request sought access to the following:
I am seeking all Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) between the
Borough of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association
covering the period of 2025 and prior/beyond.
I am also seeking all Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) between the Borough
of Middlesex and the Middlesex Superior Officers Association for
collective negotiations agreements (CNAs) covering the period of 2025 and
beyond.
Attached, please find records found on file responsive to your request.
At this time, I believe your request has been fulfilled.
Thank you,
[3]Middlesex_Logo_Final.png Kelsey Meixner
Clerk’s Department
Phone: 732.356.7400 x236
Fax: 732.356.7954
[4][email address]
This e-mail and its attachments (if any) are intended solely for the use
of the addresses hereof. In addition, this message and the attachments
(if any) may contain information that is confidential, privileged and
exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended
recipient of this message, you are prohibited from reading, disclosing,
reproducing, distributing, disseminating or otherwise using this
transmission. Delivery of this message to any person other than the
intended recipient is not intended to waive any rights or privilege. If
you have received this message in error, please promptly notify the sender
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