Request for records related to the Scottish Rite Theater
Dear Collingswood 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.
Please provide the following records:
The Borough of Collingswood’s lease for the Scottish Rite Theater, including current and past leases.
Current and past sub-leases between the borough and the Collingswood Foundation for the Arts.
A list of all payments and transfers between the Borough of Collingswood and the Collingswood Foundation for the Arts.
All invoices, purchase orders, or other documentation and communication related to each payment and transfer between the Borough of Collingswood and the Collingswood Foundation for the Arts.
Any resolution, ordinance, and meeting minutes related to contracts or agreements entered by the Borough of Collingswood with the Collingswood Foundation for the Arts.
Any resolution, ordinance, and meeting minutes related to the approval or any payments and transfers between the Borough of Collingswood and the Collingswood Foundation for the Arts.
This request for email communications includes all responsive records to and from Commissioner Maley's professional email address -- [email address] -- when those emails were sent or received in the course of Commissioner Maley’s business as public official.
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,
Collingswood Resident
Dear Collingswood Borough,
This and other requests are now two weeks overdue, and the borough is in violation of the law. Please now provide the requested records publicly as attachments to the submissions on this form. If I don't receive a response within one week, I will file a complaint with the state.
Yours faithfully,
Collingswood Resident
Resident,
Please see the attached response that was sent on Feb 6, 2026 and returned undeliverable on Feb 7th. Please see email below and the attached . This request is fulfilled. If you have any trouble accessing any of the attachments in the email, please reach out at your convenience.
K. Holly Mannel
Borough of Collingswood
RMC, CMR
678 Haddon Avenue
Collingswood, NJ 08108
(856) 854-0720 ext. 2115
(856) 854-0632 Fax
WARNING:
Email received by or sent to Borough officials is subject to the Open Public Records Act [OPRA]. This means that absent some specific privilege, all such communications are considered a public record and are subject to publication and/or dissemination to the public upon request.
Dear [email address],
This request is not fulfilled. Please post the actual attachments referenced in the emails for this and my two other requests. Time span for all requests is the past 10 years. I am receiving email notification of these updates, so you should be able to re-send the original emails as well. Again, if you continue to experience technical difficulties, you can simply post all records to the original public submissions, as you do for other requests.
Yours sincerely,
Collingswood Resident
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By law, Collingswood Borough should have responded to this request by February 05, 2026. The Borough has responded to other requests during this period.