Property Records
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, and thank you for your consideration of the following matter.
Public records requested:
1. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are marked as vacant and/or abandoned
2. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are marked as condemned
3. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that have had a notice of abatement issued, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
4. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are fire damaged, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
5. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent property taxes, specifically for the past 2 quarters
6. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent water and sewer bills, specifically for the past 2 quarters
7. Addresses of all residential properties with an active municipal owned lien
8. Addresses of all residential properties that have had a code enforcement compliant opened for high grass and/or junk/debris, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
You may redact all confidential and personal information under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, but I am requesting the addressees of such properties. I am requesting the above public records in electronic form, preferably in Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Omar
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with the Open Public Records Act.
Dawn DelVecchio
Clerk’s Office
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Avenue
Clark, NJ 07066
(P) 732-388-3669
(F) 732-388-1241
To: Omar, OPRA Machine
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request-Property Records
Date: July 1, 2022
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request
on June 24, 2022. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received
your OPRA request on June 24, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request is July 6, 2022. The response to your
request is being provided to you on the 4th business day after the
custodian's receipt of said request. Your request is hereby satisfied.
Your OPRA request sought access to the documents indicated.
1. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are
marked as vacant and/or abandoned: see attached
2. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are
marked as condemned
From: Health & Vitals Dept <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2022 1:24 PM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: RE: 2022 OPRA Request Property Records OPRA Machine Omar td
June 4, 2022
Good Afternoon:
The Clark Health Department does not have the authority to condemn any
property. Therefore, I have no records.
Nancy Raymond
Health Officer
From: Angela Bove <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 10:58 AM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: RE: 2022 OPRA Request Property Records OPRA Machine Omar td
Dawn,
We do not keep an ongoing record in this office for items #2 & # 8
Angela Bove
Construction Dept
3. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that have
had a notice of abatement issued, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the
present day
Tax Assessor Response
From: Mike Ross <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2022 6:39 PM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: RE: 2022 OPRA Request Property Records OPRA Machine Omar td
Hi dawn,
1. We have no abatements on Class 2 properties.
2. I would not know which Class 2 properties are condemned.
Mike
4. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are
fire damaged, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day: see attached
5. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent property taxes,
specifically for the past 2 quarters: see attached
6. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent water and sewer
bills, specifically for the past 2 quarters: see attached
7. Addresses of all residential properties with an active municipal owned
lien
From: Laura Caliguire <[email address]>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2022 2:53 PM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: RE: 2022 OPRA Request Property Records OPRA Machine Omar td
Attached are the other two lists .
We do not have any open Municipal Liens.
Thank you
Laura Caliguire
Certified Tax Collector
8. Addresses of all residential properties that have had a code
enforcement compliant opened for high grass and/or junk/debris,
specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
From: Angela Bove <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 10:58 AM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: RE: 2022 OPRA Request Property Records OPRA Machine Omar td
Dawn,
We do not keep an ongoing record in this office for items #2 & # 8
Angela Bove
Construction Dept
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 email at [email address], or at their
website 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.