Recreation collection
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:
At the town easter egg hunt, containers existing to collect money to help offset costs of the event. Can I please have an accounting of the money collected and also proof of it being deposited into the Township budget.
Also any resolutions of the town council accepting this money and applying it to the budget.
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous Resident
I will be out of the office from Tuesday, March 19 returning Wednesday,
March 27. For immediate assistance or to send an Open Public Records
Request contact [email address] or [email address]
Edith L. Merkel, RMC
Township Clerk
Township of Clark
732-388-3669
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with the Open Public Records Act.
Edith Merkel
Township Clerk
Township of Clark
732-388-3669
To: Anonymous Resident -
[1][OPRA #59870 email]
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request Recreation Collection
Date: March 25, 2024
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request
on March 25, 2024. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received
your OPRA request on March 25, 2024. As such, the seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request is April 4, 2024. The response to your
request is being provided to you on the same day of the custodian's
receipt of said request. Your request is hereby satisfied.
Your OPRA request sought access to the documents indicated – Easter Egg
Hunt Donation/Recreation Collection
CFO’s response:
From: Jennifer Kobliska <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 12:18 PM
To: Clerk's Dept. <[Clark Township request email]>; Dawn Delvecchio
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Recreation collection
Please see attached. The recreation department collected $196 at the
event, and the funds were deposited into the Townships Recreation Trust
account.
Thank you,
Jennifer E. Kobliska, MPA, CFO, CMR, CRP, QPA CFO/Purchasing/Recycling
Coordinator Township of Clark
(P): 732-388-3600 X3019 (F): 732-388-0581
The records are being provided in their entirety and are responsive to
your request.
If you should have any questions regarding the documents, please contact
the Finance Office at 732-428-8403.
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..."
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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.
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