Shaun Golden- Salaries, Benefits, and Reimbursements
Anonymous made this OPRA request to Monmouth County Sheriff's Office This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Monmouth County Sheriff's Office,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
1) documents or statements sufficient to show the current annual salary of Shaun Golden.
2) documents or statements sufficient to show the salary paid to Shaun Golden during the year 2017.
3) documents or statements sufficient to show all benefits bestowed upon Shaun Golden during the year 2017, including but not limited to health insurance, pension benefits, government vehicles, EZPass/parking permits, stipends/allowances, bonuses, cell phone bill reimbursement or other perks.
4) documents of statements sufficient to show all benefits bestowed upon Shaun Golden during the year 2018, including but not limited to health insurance, pension benefits, government vehicles, EZPass/parking permits, stipends/allowances, bonuses, cell phone bill reimbursement or other perks.
5) documents, statements, or invoices sufficient to show all reimbursement payments made to Shaun Golden during the year 2017.
6) documents, statements, or invoices sufficient to show all reimbursement payments made to Shaun Golden during the year 2018.
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous
I hope this is the correct address this time. Please let me know. Thank you. I apologize for the confusion on my part.
Dear Patricia Quelch,
It has been past 7 business days since this OPRA request was filed. Please advise as to the status of this request.
Dear Monmouth County Sheriff's Office,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
1) documents or statements sufficient to show the current annual salary of Shaun Golden.
2) documents or statements sufficient to show the salary paid to Shaun Golden during the year 2017.
3) documents or statements sufficient to show all benefits bestowed upon Shaun Golden during the year 2017, including but not limited to health insurance, pension benefits, government vehicles, EZPass/parking permits, stipends/allowances, bonuses, cell phone bill reimbursement or other perks.
4) documents of statements sufficient to show all benefits bestowed upon Shaun Golden during the year 2018, including but not limited to health insurance, pension benefits, government vehicles, EZPass/parking permits, stipends/allowances, bonuses, cell phone bill reimbursement or other perks.
5) documents, statements, or invoices sufficient to show all reimbursement payments made to Shaun Golden during the year 2017.
6) documents, statements, or invoices sufficient to show all reimbursement payments made to Shaun Golden during the year 2018.
Yours sincerely,
Anonymous
I thought I’d sent you an email for an extension until next Friday. It must have been one of the requests I confused due to the emails. I will forward the original request to you later today. I apologize for the mix up.
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Dear Patricia Quelch,
I'm not granting any extensions. Please comply with my OPRA request, dated May 4, 2018, that is legally overdue at this point.
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Yours sincerely,
Anonymous
The information is not available as I informed you previously. It will be available as I indicated.
Dear Anonymous,
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g) and (i), the custodian is entitled to additional time in order to respond to OPRA requests which are voluminous and would disrupt the working of the agency if required to respond within the seven-day time period. As I indicated, your request is voluminous and involves different agencies within the County Government to gather the information requested, all of which takes time.
Further, pursuant to N.J. Builders Assoc. v. NJCOAH, 390 N.J. Super. 166, 182-84 (App. Div. 2007), certif. denied, 190 N.J. 394 (2007), your permission is not necessary for an extension when such a request has been made.
Patricia B. Quelch, Esq.
Special County Counsel
Dear Patricia Quelch,
Please comply with my OPRA request, dated May 4, 2018, that is legally OVERDUE at this point. I never received any response from you until Friday, May 19, 2018. I'm not granting any extensions especially after the legal due date of May 15, 2018 that passed already. I will be contacting my attorney to see what steps that I can pursue legally.
Patricia Quelch, May 19, 2018
I thought I’d sent you an email for an extension until next Friday. It must have been one of the requests I confused due to the emails. I will forward the original request to you later today. I apologize for the mix up.
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Yours sincerely,
Anonymous
I did forward the emails to you on Saturday confirming that I had sent you an email prior to the due date indicating that the County would need additional time in which to respond. Have your attorney contact me and we can discuss this issue.
Dear Patricia Quelch,
I will be contacting my attorney to file a possible OPRA lawsuit against Monmouth County for failure to comply with an OPRA request. You can contact my attorney if legal litigation regarding this matter is filed with the courts.
Yours sincerely,
Anonymous
Anonymous,
Attached is the response to Items 1 and 2 of your request for the current
annual salary of Shaun Golden and the salary paid to Shaun Golden for the
year of 2017.
The New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits is a State agency.
Therefore, any information concerning pension benefits must be made
directly to that agency. The mailing address is below:
New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits
P. O. Box 295
Trenton, NJ 08625-0295.
The remaining requested information is being compiled as I indicated in my
previous emails.
Anonymous:
In response to Item 3, Sheriff Golden was enrolled in the county’s
healthcare and pharmacy plan with an annual premium cost of $16,358.16 for
2017 for which he contributed $7760.64. Sheriff Golden possessesd and used
a County vehicle in 2017 up to today.
I am in the process of obtaining documentation of this information and for
the remainder of your request, which I am providing piecemeal as I obtain
it.
Patricia B. Quelch, Esq.
Special County Counsel
Anonymous:
I understand your stance on the County’s need for extensions in which to
comply with your request concerning Sheriff Golden. Nonetheless, I am
informing you that the County needs additional time in which to pull
documents concerning some of the benefits and the invoices for
reimbursement. I anticipate that the documents should be available no
later than June 8, 2018.
Patricia B. Quelch, Esq.
Special County Counsel
ASK NJ Media Co.:
As a follow-up to my prior emails concerning your request for information
concerning Sheriff Shaun Golden, I have been advised for Items 5 and 6,
that the Sheriff has not submitted any vouchers for reimbursement during
2017 or 2018. Therefore, there are no responsive documents to those items.
I believe that was the last item of this request. If I am incorrect,
please let me know to remedy the omission.
Sincerely,
Patricia B. Quelch, Esq.
Special County Counsel