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Dear Madison 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 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
Dear Mr. Michael,
The Borough of Madison received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on October 21, 2025. The official Records Custodian, Elizabeth
Osborne, received your OPRA request on October 21, 2025. As such, the
seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is October 30,
2025. This response to your request is being provided to you on the 6th
business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request. The link to
the documents is listed below.
The table below identifies the records that are being denied in part, as
well as the legal basis for each denial, as is required by N.J.S.A.
47:1A-6.
If records
List of all If records are were denied List the legal
records List of all disclosed with in their explanation and
responsive to records redactions, entirety, statutory
OPRA request provided, with give a general give a citation for the
(include the redactions, or nature general denial of access
number of denied in their description of nature to records in
pages for entirety. the description their entirety or
each record). redactions. of the with redactions.
record.
N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1.1
10) Emergency or
security
information or
procedures for
any buildings or
facility which,
if disclosed,
Redactions would jeopardize
All fire alarm were made only security of the
and fire to delete the building or
extinguisher information N/A facility or
invoices from pertaining to persons therein.
2019 to present issue of 11) Security
security measures and
surveillance
techniques which,
if disclosed,
would create a
risk to the
safety or
persons,
property,
electronic data
or software.
* A list of OPRA’s exemptions is attached to this response letter.
These records are being transmitted to you via email, as per your
request. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.b., the cost associated with this
request is 0.00.
e Council 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,
Elizabeth Osborne
Borough Clerk
Borough of Madison
HDM 50 Kings Road
Madison, NJ 07940
973-593-3041
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