Settlement agreement or release that resolved Gross v. City of Salem, Docket No. SLM-L-179-14
Dear Salem City,
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:
Settlement agreement or release that resolved Gross v. City of Salem, Docket No. SLM-L-179-14
Yours faithfully,
John Paff
Dear Mr. Paff,
The City of Salem received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request (OPRA REQUEST #2020-10-11) on 1-30-2019. The official Records Custodian, Ben Angeli, RMC, received your OPRA request on 10-22-2020. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is 11-2-2020. This response to your request is being provided to you on the 2nd business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
As per the Attorney handling this matter, the release has not been finalized yet.
Once I receive an executed version, I will forward that to you.
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Sincerely,
Ben Angeli, RMC
City of Salem
City Administrator/Clerk
856-935-0373 Ext. 219
Cell: 609-774-6498
[email address]
Dear Mr. Angeli:
Thank you very much for your response. I look forward to receiving the finalized release.
Yours sincerely,
John Paff
Dear Ben Angeli,
Mr. Angeli:
As you will recall, I submitted an OPRA request through the OPRAMachine on or about 10/22/2020 for the Settlement agreement or release that resolved Gross v. City of Salem, Docket No. SLM-L-179-14. I received your 10/26/20 response that said "as per the Attorney handling this matter, the release has not been finalized yet. Once I receive an executed version, I will forward that to you."
Has this happened yet? I would like to get this record immediately.
Yours sincerely,
John Paff
John, I will follow up with the attorney and get you the document ASAP. Thank you for your patience.
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I sent an email to the attorney today and asked for a copy of the settlement.
I will forward this to you ASAP.
Ben Angeli, RMC
City of Salem
City Administrator/Clerk
856-935-0373 Ext. 219
Cell: 609-774-6498
[email address]
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Mr. Paff,
I received an email from the attorney handling this matter. I copied his response below.
"There is no settlement agreement executed by the plaintiff to date."
I will make sure that he understands that as soon as a settlement is finalized, that he provide a copy that I can forward to you.
Thank you,
Ben Angeli, RMC
City of Salem
City Administrator/Clerk
856-935-0373 Ext. 219
Cell: 609-774-6498
[email address]
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Dear Ben Angeli,
Thank you for your diligence. Instead of keeping this request open, let's mark it as being denied because "no responsive record exists." I'll mark my calendar to make another request for the same record in a few months. If you happen to receive the settlement, I'd appreciate it if you'd sent it to me if you happen to remember.
For now, I think it's easiest for both of us if we just close this request.
Yours sincerely,
John Paff