Public Safety Director
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:
- Name of the current Public Safety Director for the Township of Clark;
- Date of appointment of current Public Safety Director for the Township of Clark;
- Duties and Responsibilities of the Clark Township's Public safety Director. ( If in the code book of township ordinances https://ecode360.com/CL2905?needHash=true. referring to the appropriate and specific page, section and code will suffice)
Yours faithfully,
Clark Resident
To: Clark Resident <[OPRA #31524 email]>
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request
Date: May 5, 2022
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on May 5, 2022. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on May 5, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is May 16, 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 link to the Code of the Township of Clark and the attached Oath are responsive to your request:
Township of Clark, NJ Code
Chapter 3: Administration of Government
§ 3-28: Department of Public Safety.
https://ecode360.com/13975830
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.