Resolution R-26-172
Dear Howell Township,
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-5(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. all supporting documentation and emails from June 2025 to today concerning R-26-172.
2. All emails and texts between township manager, attorney, governing body member or township employee to or from any employee of Heyer Gruel Associates for the past 12 months.
3. Copy of any proposal received from Heyer Gruel Associates in the past 12 months relating to services to be rendered to Howell Township.
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,
Tommy Shelby
Good morning,
Your OPRA request is under review. You should receive a response by the end of business on 5/27/26.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy Shelby <[OPRA #91541 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 10:34 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91541 email]>
You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.
Dear Howell Township,
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-5(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. all supporting documentation and emails from June 2025 to today concerning R-26-172.
2. All emails and texts between township manager, attorney, governing body member or township employee to or from any employee of Heyer Gruel Associates for the past 12 months.
3. Copy of any proposal received from Heyer Gruel Associates in the past 12 months relating to services to be rendered to Howell Township.
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,
Tommy Shelby
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Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #91541 email]
Is [Howell Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Howell Township? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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View this OPRA request & responses online:
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Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."
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This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Howell. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Township, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i
If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/5/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy Shelby <[OPRA #91541 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 10:34 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91541 email]>
You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.
Dear Howell Township,
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-5(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. all supporting documentation and emails from June 2025 to today concerning R-26-172.
2. All emails and texts between township manager, attorney, governing body member or township employee to or from any employee of Heyer Gruel Associates for the past 12 months.
3. Copy of any proposal received from Heyer Gruel Associates in the past 12 months relating to services to be rendered to Howell Township.
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,
Tommy Shelby
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #91541 email]
Is [Howell Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Howell Township? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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View this OPRA request & responses online:
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Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."
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This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Howell. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Township, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an additional extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/16/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 4:31 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/5/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy Shelby <[OPRA #91541 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 10:34 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91541 email]>
You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.
Dear Howell Township,
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-5(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. all supporting documentation and emails from June 2025 to today concerning R-26-172.
2. All emails and texts between township manager, attorney, governing body member or township employee to or from any employee of Heyer Gruel Associates for the past 12 months.
3. Copy of any proposal received from Heyer Gruel Associates in the past 12 months relating to services to be rendered to Howell Township.
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,
Tommy Shelby
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #91541 email]
Is [Howell Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Howell Township? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
View this OPRA request & responses online:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."
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NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Howell. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Township, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an additional extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/26/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2026 4:28 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an additional extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/16/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 4:31 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/5/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy Shelby <[OPRA #91541 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 10:34 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91541 email]>
You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.
Dear Howell Township,
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-5(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. all supporting documentation and emails from June 2025 to today concerning R-26-172.
2. All emails and texts between township manager, attorney, governing body member or township employee to or from any employee of Heyer Gruel Associates for the past 12 months.
3. Copy of any proposal received from Heyer Gruel Associates in the past 12 months relating to services to be rendered to Howell Township.
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,
Tommy Shelby
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #91541 email]
Is [Howell Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Howell Township? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
View this OPRA request & responses online:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."
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NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Howell. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Township, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an additional extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 7/8/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
Jill Abernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 4:03 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an additional extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/26/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2026 4:28 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an additional extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/16/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 4:31 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/5/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy Shelby <[OPRA #91541 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 10:34 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91541 email]>
You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.
Dear Howell Township,
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-5(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. all supporting documentation and emails from June 2025 to today concerning R-26-172.
2. All emails and texts between township manager, attorney, governing body member or township employee to or from any employee of Heyer Gruel Associates for the past 12 months.
3. Copy of any proposal received from Heyer Gruel Associates in the past 12 months relating to services to be rendered to Howell Township.
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,
Tommy Shelby
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #91541 email]
Is [Howell Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Howell Township? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
View this OPRA request & responses online:
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."
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NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Howell. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Township, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.
Good afternoon,
Attached, please find the documents in response to your OPRA request 26-1183.
Please note that your request for emails has been denied. The request requires research rather than identifying specific records. OPRA obligates the custodian to produce identifiable government records; it does not require the custodian to search the agency’s files, analyze their contents, and exercise judgment to determine which records "concern" a given subject. See MAG Entertainment, LLC v. Div. of ABC, 375 N.J. Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005); Bent v. Stafford Police Dep't, 381 N.J. Super. 30 (App. Div. 2005). Moreover, you request for emails does not meet OPRA's specificity requirements for electronic correspondence. OPRA requires that a request for emails identify the specific individuals who sent or received the correspondence, the subject matter, and a time period. Your request does not meet those requirements.
This request is complete.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2026 4:25 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an additional extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 7/8/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
Jill Abernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 4:03 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an additional extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/26/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2026 4:28 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an additional extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/16/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill Abernathy
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 4:31 PM
To: 'Tommy Shelby' <[OPRA #91541 email]>; clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that in order to fulfill your OPRA request 26-1183 an extension is required. Your request requires additional time beyond the seven (7) business days. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i If the documents are available prior to the extension to 6/5/26 they will be sent to you.
Thank you.
JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241
-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy Shelby <[OPRA #91541 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 10:34 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Resolution R-26-172
Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91541 email]>
You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.
Dear Howell Township,
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-5(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. all supporting documentation and emails from June 2025 to today concerning R-26-172.
2. All emails and texts between township manager, attorney, governing body member or township employee to or from any employee of Heyer Gruel Associates for the past 12 months.
3. Copy of any proposal received from Heyer Gruel Associates in the past 12 months relating to services to be rendered to Howell Township.
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,
Tommy Shelby
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