Salary guide for all employees of the Nutley Department of Health for years 2024 and 2025
Dear Nutley 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: Salary guide for all Nutley Department of Health employees fore the years of 2024 and 2025.
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,
George Burr, JR
Business Agent
Teamsters Local 97
Mr. Burr,
The Municipal Clerk's Office is in receipt of your request for records. While we are still processing your request, I am writing to seek clarification.
Your request states that you are seeking the "salary guide" for all Nutley Department of Health employees. Can you please explain what is meant by "salary guide"? Are you seeking the salary amounts for these employees for 2024 and 2025?
As soon as I have received your response, I can continue to process your request.
Thank you,
Lucy Jacobs
OPRA Liaison
Township of Nutley
Dear OPRA,
I am seeking the salary amounts of all Nutley Health Department employees.
Yours sincerely,
George Burr, JR
Mr. Burr,
Thank you for letting me know. Please be advised that additional time will be required in order to retrieve, review, and prepare the requested records for production. We will require an extension through October 31, 2025; please expect a response on or before this date.
Thank you,
Lucy Jacobs
OPRA Liaison
Township of Nutley
Mr. Burr,
This correspondence shall serve as Nutley Township (the “Township”)’s
response to your request for access to government records pursuant to the
Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, et seq. (“OPRA”), which was
received by the Township on October 15, 2025 during regular office hours.
Attached is a copy of your request for records, and below is the
Township’s response to the same:
Please see attached the Township records responsive to your request.
To the extent that you have also requested access to the above government
records under the common law, your stated interest in obtaining the
records must be balanced against the Township of Nutley’s interest in
nondisclosure. See Loigman v. Kimmelman, 102 N.J. 98 (1986). The foregoing
response to your request for access to government records incorporates the
aforementioned balancing test. Please note that "a party's status as a
litigant does not enlarge its access to government records under OPRA”.
MAG Entm't, LLC v. Div. of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super.
534, 545-46 (App. Div. 2005). The Township reserves its right to deny any
request for records that are the subject of any discovery, subpoena or
court order pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5. Moreover, the Township may
restrict access to records sought for a commercial purpose. Id. The
Township reserves the right to raise any other grounds for denial not
raised in this response. Failure of the Township to assert an exemption or
privilege does not act as a waiver of any grounds for denial. Furthermore,
a reviewing Court or the Government Records Council ("GRC") may deem a
denial of access to be authorized on grounds other that those advanced by
a custodian. See Paff v. Twp. of Plainsboro, A-2122- 05T2, 2007 WL 957289,
at *2 (App. Div., Apr. 2, 2007), affirming, Paff v. Township of
Plainsboro, GRC Complaint No. 2005-29 (March 2006). If your request for
access to a government record has been denied or unfilled, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township to deny access. At your
option, you may either initiate a proceeding in the Superior Court of New
Jersey or file a complaint with the GRC by completing the Denial of Access
Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at
866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at
[1][email address], or on its website at [2]//www.state.nj.us/grc. The
GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding
complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk
in your County.
Sincerely,
Lucy Jacobs
OPRA Liaison
Department of Revenue and Finance
Township of Nutley, NJ
Office: 973-284-4951 x2222
1 Kennedy Drive
Nutley, New Jersey 07110
[3]www.nutleynj.org
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