Public Records Request
Dear River Edge 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:
1. 2025 Final Adopted Municipal Budget
2. 2025 Final Adopted Municipal User Friendly Budget
3. 2024 Annual Financial Statement
4. 2024 Annual Debt Statement
5. 2024 Report of Audit
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,
NJRecordsReview
The Borough of River Edge Records Custodian received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on July 30, 2025 seeking a copy of the following documents:
1. 2025 Final Adopted Municipal Budget
2. 2025 Final Adopted Municipal User Friendly Budget
3. 2024 Annual Financial Statement
4. 2024 Annual Debt Statement
5. 2024 Report of Audit
As such, the 7th business day deadline to respond to your request is August 8, 2025. Therefore, the Borough is timely in responding to your request.
The records that you have requested can be found online by clicking on the following link:
https://www.riveredgenj.org/departments/...
Please be advised that as per Rodriguez v. Kean Univ., GRC Complaint No. 2013-69 (March 2014): The Council reversed its prior decision in Kaplan v. Winslow Twp. Bd. of Educ. (Camden), Complaint No. 2009-148 (Interim Order dated June 29, 2010) by providing that custodians have the ability to refer requestors to the exact location on the Internet where a responsive record can be located. Id. at 3- 4. The Council noted that a custodian’s ability to direct a requestor to the specific location of a government record on the Internet is contingent upon on the requestor’s ability to electronically access the records. A custodian is not absolved from providing the record in hardcopy if the requestor is unable to obtain the information from the Internet and makes it known to the custodian within seven (7) business days after receipt of the custodian’s response, in which case the custodian will have seven (7) business days from the date of such notice to disclose the record(s) in hardcopy. Id. at 4. I
Your OPRA request is now deemed answered and closed. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Melissa Capolete
Administrative Assistant
Borough of River Edge
705 Kinderkamack Road
River Edge, NJ 07661
[email address]
201-599-6311