acknowledged
Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Assistant Borough Administrator
Certified Municipal Registrar
Borough of Spring Lake Heights
555 Brighton Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey  07762
 
732.449.3500 phone
732.449.3535 fax

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Dear Mr. Windsor

 I am in receipt of your Open Public Records Request dated November 19,
2020 via email for the following records; my responses are shown in bold.

1) Construction permit logs for 2018 – attached labeled as 2018 Permit Log
2) Construction permit logs for 2019 – attached labeled as 2019 Permit Log
3) Construction permit logs for 2020 (all permits issued for 2020 up
11/19/20) – attached labeled as 2020 Permit Log
4) Delinquent taxes as of 11/19/20. – attached labeled as 11.19.20
Delinquent Taxes
5) Tax Title Liens year to date log – attached labeled as 11.20.20 Tax
Lien Year to date
6) Property maintenance complaints or code violations for the entire
borough for 2018 to 2020. – attached labeled as 2019 – 2020 Violation
Letters
Be advised that the Borough of Spring Lake Heights offices were closed for
the holiday on Thursday November 26, 2020 and Friday, November 27, 2020.

Pursuant to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq (hereinafter “Open
Public Records Act” or OPRA) we herewith provide the following response to
your Open Public Records Act Request.  Please note that the Custodian of
the Records has sought and is producing only those records defined as
follows:

“Government record” or “record” means any paper, written or printed book,
document, drawing, map, plan, photograph, microfilm, data processed or
image processed document, information stored or maintained electronically
or by sound-recording or in a similar device, or any copy thereof, that
has been made, maintained or kept on file in the course of his or its
official business by any officer, commission, agency or authority of the
State or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate
boards thereof, or that has been received in the course of his or its
official business by any such officer, commission, agency, or authority of
the State or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate
boards thereof”.

Please be advised that N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6 provides that a person who is
denied access to a government record by the custodian of the record, at
the option of the requestor, may institute a proceeding to challenge the
custodian's decision by filing an action in Superior Court which shall be
heard in the vicinage where it is filed by a Superior Court Judge who has
been designated to hear such cases because of that judge's knowledge and
expertise in matters relating to access to government records; or in lieu
of filing an action in Superior Court, file a complaint with the
Government Records Council established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-7.

The right to institute any proceeding shall be solely that of the
requestor. Any such proceeding shall proceed in a summary or expedited
manner. The public agency shall have the burden of proving that the denial
of access is authorized by law. If it is determined that access has been
improperly denied, the court or agency head shall order that access be
allowed. A requestor who prevails in any proceeding shall be entitled to a
reasonable attorney's fee.

 Very truly yours

Janine Gillis

Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Assistant Borough Administrator
Certified Municipal Registrar
Borough of Spring Lake Heights
555 Brighton Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey  07762
 
732.449.3500 phone
732.449.3535 fax

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