Spending
Dear Watchung Borough,
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:
All fire alarm and fire extinguisher invoices (Service, Installation, Inspections Etc.) from 2019 to present
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,
Tony Michael
Greetings,
I am in receipt of your OPRA request. It will be routed to the appropriate department(s) for a search of any relevant disclosable records. Should we require additional time past the 7 or 14 business day deadline, we will reach out to request an extension.
Thank you,
Edith G. Gil, RMC
Records Custodian
Borough of Watchung
15 Mountain Boulevard
Watchung, New Jersey 07069
Office: (908) 756-0080
Email: [Watchung Borough request email]
Click here to view open/closed permit info online!
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the Borough of Watchung to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (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 [email address], or at their web site at 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.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Michael <[OPRA #82534 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 1:21 AM
To: Edith Gil <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] OPRA request - Spending
Dear Watchung Borough,
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:
All fire alarm and fire extinguisher invoices (Service, Installation, Inspections Etc.) from 2019 to present
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,
Tony Michael
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #82534 email]
Is [Watchung Borough request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Watchung Borough? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://opramachine.com/help/officers
View this OPRA request & responses online:
https://opramachine.com/request/spending...
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."
-------------------------------------------------------------------
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
Greetings:
Regarding your OPRA Request please see the attached records responsive to
your request.
Your request is now satisfied in full.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Borough of Watchung to deny access.
You may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey
or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (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 at their web site 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 Somerset County.
Regina DeLeonibus
Deputy Borough Clerk
Borough of Watchung
15 Mountain Boulevard
Watchung, NJ 07069
908-756-0080, ext. 221
[3][email address]
Sign up for Resident Communications!
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Michael
<[4][OPRA #82534 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 1:21 AM
To: Edith Gil <[5][email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] OPRA request - Spending
Dear Watchung Borough,
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:
All fire alarm and fire extinguisher invoices (Service, Installation,
Inspections Etc.) from 2019 to present
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,
Tony Michael
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:
[6][OPRA #82534 email]
Is [7][Watchung Borough request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Watchung
Borough? If so, please contact us using this form:
[8]https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[9]https://opramachine.com/help/officers
View this OPRA request & responses online:
[10]https://opramachine.com/request/spending...
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New
Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New
Brunswick, NJ 08903."
-------------------------------------------------------------------
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not
click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know
the content is safe.
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc
3. mailto:[email address]
4. mailto:[OPRA #82534 email]
5. mailto:[email address]
6. mailto:[OPRA #82534 email]
7. mailto:[Watchung Borough request email]
8. https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
9. https://opramachine.com/help/officers
10. https://opramachine.com/request/spending...
Greetings:
Please see the below OPRA Response regarding your OPRA Request.
Your request is now satisfied in full.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Borough of Watchung to deny access.
You may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey
or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (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 at their web site 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 Somerset County.
Regina DeLeonibus
Deputy Borough Clerk
Borough of Watchung
15 Mountain Boulevard
Watchung, NJ 07069
908-756-0080, ext. 221
[3][email address]
[4]Sign up for Resident Communications!
OPEN VIOLATIONS – Property Maintenance
31 Tuttle – Unsafe Structure and trash and debris (Open and ongoing for
years).
Martha Levins
Block 7001 Lot 13
14-13.2 Responsibility.
14-14.1 Sanitation.
100 Skyline (Vacant lot, fallen trees & debris) (open and schedule for
court in December)
Patel, Mayank & Vaishali Etal
Block 6908 Lot 13
14-13.2 Responsibility.
14-14 EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS.
131 Cedar Rd (trash and debris everywhere in driveway, overgrown weeds and
house in disrepair) (Open and ongoing for years currently in court).
George Grefe
Block 3401 Lot 10
14-13.2 Responsibility.
144 Lakeview Drive – Dead tree (open letter sent in October)
Watchung, NJ 07069
Block 3801 Lot 6
14-13.2 Responsibility.
The owner of the premises shall maintain the structures
and exterior property in compliance with these requirements, except as
otherwise provided for in Sections 14-18 and 14-19. The owner or operator
is required to keep the premises free of hazards which include dead and
dying trees and limbs or other natural growth, which, by reason of rotting
or deteriorating conditions or storm damage, constitute a hazard to the
persons in the vicinity thereof. Trees shall be kept pruned and trimmed
to prevent such conditions. The owner or operator is also required to
keep the premises free of brush, weeds, broken glass, stumps, roots,
obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash, refuge and debris. A person
shall not occupy as owner/occupant or permit another person to occupy
premises which do not comply with the requirements of this chapter and
until a certificate of occupancy has been issued. (Ord. No. 99/08 §
PM-201.2)
708 Somerset Street – Trash and debris in alley (ongoing and open
scheduled for court in December)
Watchung, NJ 07069
Block 4701 Lot 6
14-13.2 Responsibility.
The owner of the premises shall maintain the structures
and exterior property in compliance with these requirements, except as
otherwise provided for in Sections 14-18 and 14-19. The owner or operator
is required to keep the premises free of hazards which include dead and
dying trees and limbs or other natural growth, which, by reason of rotting
or deteriorating conditions or storm damage, constitute a hazard to the
persons in the vicinity thereof. Trees shall be kept pruned and trimmed
to prevent such conditions. The owner or operator is also required to
keep the premises free of brush, weeds, broken glass, stumps, roots,
obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash, refuge and debris. A person
shall not occupy as owner/occupant or permit another person to occupy
premises which do not comply with the requirements of this chapter and
until a certificate of occupancy has been issued. (Ord. No. 99/08 §
PM-201.2)
14-14 EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS.
14-14.1 Sanitation.
All exterior property and premises shall be maintained in
a clean, safe and sanitary condition. The occupant shall keep that part
of the exterior property which such occupant occupies or controls in a
clean and sanitary condition. (Ord. No. 99/08 § PM-202.1)
167 Mountain Blvd – Trash and debris, broken car port, inoperable vehicle,
hazardous tree (ongoing and open for the past year)
Watchung, NJ 07069
Block 2201 Lot 1
14-14 EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS.
14-14.1 Sanitation.
All exterior property and premises shall be maintained in
a clean, safe and sanitary condition. The occupant shall keep that part
of the exterior property which such occupant occupies or controls in a
clean and sanitary condition. (Ord. No. 99/08 § PM-202.1)
Parking of Commercial, Inoperable or Unregistered Vehicles in
Single-Family Residential Zones. The following restrictions shall apply to
the parking of commercial, inoperable or unregistered vehicles in the R-R,
R-A, R-B, R-M-L I, R-M-L II, R-M-L III and R-M-L IV Residential Zoning
Districts:
§ 22-901TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND TEMPORARY STORAGE.
§ 22-901.1Temporary Structures.
Temporary structures shall be erected for a period of less than 180 days.
Temporary structures shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or
lateral movement resulting from hydrostatic loads, including the effects
of buoyancy, during conditions of the base flood. Fully enclosed temporary
structures shall have flood openings that are in accordance with ASCE 24
to allow for the automatic entry and exit of flood waters.
§ 22-901. [Amended 4-10-2023 by Ord. No. 23/02]
160 Hill Hollow – Dead Tree (Letter sent October, open)
Block: 6904 Lot 22
[5]§ 14-13.2Responsibility.
[Ord. [6]§ 24-5DEAD, DYING OR DISEASED TREES.
[Ord. No. OR:11/14]
No. 99/08 § PM-201.2]
125 Vail Lane –( Dead/ Hazardous Tree, letter sent October 27^th open)
Block: 7301 Lot 13
[7]§ 14-13.2Responsibility.
[Ord. [8]§ 24-5DEAD, DYING OR DISEASED TREES.
[Ord. No. OR:11/14]
No. 99/08 § PM-201.2]
69 WASHINGTON ROCK ROAD Dead/ Hazardous Tree, letter sent October 20^th
open)
Watchung, NJ 07069
Block: 501 Lot 3
[9]§ 14-13.2Responsibility.
[Ord. [10]§ 24-5DEAD, DYING OR DISEASED TREES.
[Ord. No. OR:11/14]
No. 99/08 § PM-201.2]
441 Valley Road (Dead Dying trees, letter sent October 6^th).
Block 4310 Lot 7.02
[11]§ 14-13.2Responsibility.
[Ord. [12]§ 24-5DEAD, DYING OR DISEASED TREES.
[Ord. No. OR:11/14]
No. 99/08 § PM-201.2]
59 Johnston Drive – Dead/Dying Trees (Open since June)
Block: 4501 Lot: 12
[13]§ 14-13.2Responsibility.
[Ord. [14]§ 24-5DEAD, DYING OR DISEASED TREES.
[Ord. No. OR:11/14]
No. 99/08 § PM-201.2]
35 Deer Run (Dead Tree, letter sent 09/29/2025)
Block: 1302 Lot 4
[15]§ 14-13.2Responsibility.
[Ord. [16]§ 24-5DEAD, DYING OR DISEASED TREES.
[Ord. No. OR:11/14]
No. 99/08 § PM-201.2]
45 Scott Drive (currently in the courts)
Block 1604 Lot 9
[17]§ 14-13.2Responsibility.
[Ord. [18]§ 24-5DEAD, DYING OR DISEASED TREES.
[Ord. No. OR:11/14]
No. 99/08 § PM-201.2]
-----Original Message-----
From: Evelyn <[19][email address]>
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2025 1:27 AM
To: Edith Gil <[20][email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] OPRA request - Code Violation List Request
Dear Watchung Borough,
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 use the requested government records for a commercial purpose (Real
Estate).
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Code Violation List Request for 09/25/2025 to 11/02/2025. I kindly request
a list of all UNRESOLVED or OPEN code violations (please do not include
closed violations) for all properties in the city during this time period,
specifically related to property maintenance, structural issues, and
weeds. Please include descriptions of the violations, property addresses,
and violation dates. I also prefer for the document to be sent here in
OPRA not in my email (sometimes it does not appear in my inbox). Thank you
so much!
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,
Evelyn
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:
[21][email address]
Is [22][Watchung Borough request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Watchung
Borough? If so, please contact us using this form:
[23]https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[24]https://opramachine.com/help/officers
View this OPRA request & responses online:
[25]https://opramachine.com/request/code_vio...
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New
Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: (732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New
Brunswick, NJ 08903."
-------------------------------------------------------------------
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not
click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know
the content is safe.
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc
3. mailto:[email address]
4. https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/...
5. https://ecode360.com/35409717#35409717
6. https://ecode360.com/35407190#35407220
7. https://ecode360.com/35409717#35409717
8. https://ecode360.com/35407190#35407220
9. https://ecode360.com/35409717#35409717
10. https://ecode360.com/35407190#35407220
11. https://ecode360.com/35409717#35409717
12. https://ecode360.com/35407190#35407220
13. https://ecode360.com/35409717#35409717
14. https://ecode360.com/35407190#35407220
15. https://ecode360.com/35409717#35409717
16. https://ecode360.com/35407190#35407220
17. https://ecode360.com/35409717#35409717
18. https://ecode360.com/35407190#35407220
19. mailto:[email address]
20. mailto:[email address]
21. mailto:[email address]
22. mailto:[Watchung Borough request email]
23. https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
24. https://opramachine.com/help/officers
25. https://opramachine.com/request/code_vio...