Dear requestor,
The Township of Berkeley is in receipt of your OPRA request for:

1. All emails by township administration including Mayor within the past 6 months regarding "Field Use" and/or "§ 26-1.8 Picnic and Beach Fees" and/or "Veterans".
2. All emails by township administration including Mayor within the past 6 months regarding "baseball" and/or "football" and/or "soccer".
Emails to be searched From today back to June 1. 2024
[email address]

[email address]

[email address]

[email address]

[email address]

Please be advised that fulfillment of this request will require an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort.
Search and retrieval of the documents will require the engagement of an outside vendor. The cost to search the email server for the request is $249.38 - 1.75 hours @ $142.50/hour.
Review, redaction and production of the requested documents will require an estimated 19 hours to complete at a rate of pay of $19.82 per hour for a total of $376.58. This is only an estimate and the actual time expended will potentially exceed that number. The total estimated charge for the production of documents for this request is estimated to be $625.96. In addition, the Township will charge an $.05 per page for any documents that require redaction and copying.
OPRA allows public agencies to impose special service charges whenever the nature, format, manner of collation, or volume of a government record embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business size or when fulfilling a request requires an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.c. Special service charges must be based upon the actual direct cost of providing the copy or copies.

OPRA mandates that the requestor shall have the opportunity to review and object to the charge prior to it being incurred. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.c. As such, a detailed estimate is provided below:
The total estimated special service charge is $625.96.
Kindly respond in writing with your acceptance or rejection of this estimated charge within five business days. If the Township does not hear from you or receive payment in five business days, we will consider this request competed and closed. We will not begin to process this request until we receive your written acceptance and a deposit of 50% of the estimated charge, or the amount of $312.98

<[OPRA #69704 email]>
Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 9:18 PM
To: Karen Stallings <[Berkeley Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Salaries and Benefits

Dear Berkeley 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-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.

Records requested:

Please provide the current salaries, wages, and benefits for Mayor John Bacchione, Business Administrator Scott Tirella, Gina Russo, Stacy Georgaklis and Lauren Pellegrino to include any contracts and/or collective bargaining agreements governing these employees.

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,

SomethingsFishy

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Dear requestor,

The Township of Berkeley is in receipt of your OPRA request for the following information:

“ the current salaries, wages, and benefits for Mayor John Bacchione, Business Administrator Scott Tirella, Gina Russo, Stacy Georgaklis and Lauren Pellegrino”

As well as a request for documents: “ to include any contracts and/or collective bargaining agreements governing these employees.”

Although OPRA does not countenance requests for information, attached please find a salary report for Lauren Pellegrino detailing her current salary as well as Resolution 24-326 R detailing the Mayor’s salary.
Attached hereto are the employment contracts for Business Administrator Scott Tirella, Gina Russo and Stacy Georgaklis.

This request is now closed.

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