Resolutions and Council Meeting minutes
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:
- 1)Resolution for the settlement agreement between Susan Ricci and Township of Clark , 2)agenda and 3)minutes for council meeting during which said resolution was voted on
- 1)Resolution for the settlement agreement between Glenn Griffin and Township of Clark , 2)agenda and 3)minutes for council meeting during which said resolution was voted on
Yours faithfully,
Stephen S
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with the Open Public Records Act.
Edith L. Merkel, RMC
Township Clerk
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Ave.
Clark, NJ 07066
(732) 388-3669
To: Stephen S - opramachine 31200-b5dd77d4
From: Edith Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA - Resolutions/Council Meeting minutes
Date: April 28, 2022
Robert F. Varady, Attorney at Law, has been retained by the Township to represent us in regard to your OPRA request. You should be receiving correspondence from him in the near future. If you would like to contact him directly, he can be reached at 908-810-0500 or [email address]
Dear Clerk's Dept.,
Please be advised you response with the requested records was due on 4/29/22. As of date, I have not received any records nor any communication from the mentioned law firm.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen S
Dear Stephen S.,
Attached please find correspondence regarding your OPRA request in
connection with the above referenced matter.
Very truly yours,
Miriam Stone
Paralegal
La Corte, Bundy, Varady & Kinsella
989 Bonnel Court
Union, NJ 07083
Tel: (908) 810-0500
Fax: (908) 810-0513
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Dear Miriam Stone,
PLease be advised that your response is not related to my request. Please compare both and reply with the correct records.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen S
Dear Stephen S.,
Please address all communications to Mr. Varady and please copy me. In reviewing records, we are not quite sure what you want. Please resend the request and what you say we sent you and we will correct any error if any exists. We thank you for your cooperation.
Very truly yours,
Miriam Stone
Paralegal
La Corte, Bundy, Varady & Kinsella
989 Bonnel Court
Union, NJ 07083
Tel: (908) 810-0500
Fax: (908) 810-0513
[email address]
Dear Miriam Stone,
Below is what I requested from the Clark's Township Clerk on 4/20/22, which I have not yet received, Today you sent me a letter responding to a different request about a Susan Ricci and two docket numbers on her settlement. According to the Clark Code, Resolutions and Minutes for council meeting are kept at the Office of the Township Clerk and are readily available for inspection, therefore it should not take this long to get copies of said records, if they exist.
- 1)Resolution for the settlement agreement between Susan Ricci and Township of Clark , 2)agenda and 3)minutes for council meeting during which said resolution was voted on
- 1)Resolution for the settlement agreement between Glenn Griffin and Township of Clark , 2)agenda and 3)minutes for council meeting during which said resolution was voted on
Yours sincerely,
Stephen
Dear Miriam Stone,
Can you please confirm that you received my last email clarifying your email from 5/4/22.
Like I stated before, this request is severey overdue and we wooild like to obtain copies of said records that, according to the township’s municipal code, are readily available for inspection and in the custody of the clerk’s office at the municipal building.
On 4/21/22, the municipal Clerk acknowledged receiving our request sent on 4/20/22, which was due on 4/29/22. We again request the correct records to our request, unlike the response you sent us, which was related to another request about an unrelated township employee.
Thank you for taking the time to look into this matter
Yours sincerely,
Stephen S
Yours sincerely,
Stephen S
Dear Stephen S.
Please see the attached correspondence in connection with the above
referenced matters.
Very truly yours,
Miriam Stone
Paralegal
La Corte, Bundy, Varady & Kinsella
989 Bonnel Court
Union, NJ 07083
Tel: (908) 810-0500
Fax: (908) 810-0513
[1][email address]
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Dear Stephen S.,
Please see the attached correspondence and documents in connection with
your OPRA request.
Very truly yours,
Miriam Stone
Paralegal
La Corte, Bundy, Varady & Kinsella
989 Bonnel Court
Union, NJ 07083
Tel: (908) 810-0500
Fax: (908) 810-0513
[1][email address]
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Dear Stephen S.,
Please see the attached correspondence and documents in connection with
your OPRA request.
Very truly yours,
Miriam Stone
Paralegal
La Corte, Bundy, Varady & Kinsella
989 Bonnel Court
Union, NJ 07083
Tel: (908) 810-0500
Fax: (908) 810-0513
[1][email address]
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Dear Miriam Stone,
Good morning. Please Advise Mr. Varady that I cannot direct the email to him because I am only able to respond to he person that sends me the emails, which is you. That is out o my control.
Would you kindly forward this email to Mr. Varady seeking the following clarifications and missing documents.
1- In reference to the Susan Ricci Settlement, your office provided a Council Agenda for 4/18/11 (pages 1-3). After examining the agenda in its entirety, no where does it list or mentioned the Susan Ricci Agreement was scheduled to be voted on by the council. Upon examining the Minutes of that meeting (pages 5-41), it appears the resolution in question 11-71 was voted under "NEW BUSINESS". but again, is not listed in that section of the Agenda. Would your office be able to clarify if the Township of Clark has an updated agenda with Resolution 11-71 listed, or if the resolution was voted on as an add on and without any discussion from any of the council members and the township attorney,
2- In reference to the Glenn Griffin Settlement, my original request dated 4/20/22, which was clarified on 5/4/22 after receiving the wrong information, was for the following:
- Resolution for the settlement agreement between Glenn Griffin and Township of Clark ,
- agenda and minutes for council meeting during which said resolution was voted on.
Instead your office provided a copy of the Settlement Agreement and a copy of the Civil complaint, which neither were requested. In addition, your attached letter did not provide an explanation of the Township's inability to produce said records.
Again, please accept my apologizes for sending this email directly to Ms. Stone but as I explained before, I cannot add, remove or forward the email to any other recipients other than the individual that sent the email, which is Ms. Stone.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen S
Dear Miriam Stone,
Can your office please acknowledge the receipt of my previous email dated 5/11/22 requesting clarification on missing records for the request "Resolutions and Council Meeting Minutes"? Thank you
Yours sincerely,
Stephen S
Dear Stephen S.,
Please see the attached correspondence in connection with your OPRA
request.
Very truly yours,
Miriam Stone
Paralegal
La Corte, Bundy, Varady & Kinsella
989 Bonnel Court
Union, NJ 07083
Tel: (908) 810-0500
Fax: (908) 810-0513
[1][email address]
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1. mailto:[email address]
Dear Stephen S.,
Please see the attached correspondence in connection with your OPRA
request.
Very truly yours,
Miriam Stone
Paralegal
La Corte, Bundy, Varady & Kinsella
989 Bonnel Court
Union, NJ 07083
Tel: (908) 810-0500
Fax: (908) 810-0513
[1][email address]
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1. mailto:[email address]