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Dear Scott Reich,
 
Thank you for registering with Toms River Open Public Records Center.
 
Your Login ID is:  [OPRA #89759 email]
 
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track and monitor the status of your request, and receive any documents in
response to your request.
 
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may request a temporary password here: [1]Request Temporary Password
 
Please login to "[2]My Request Center" to update your account information,
track the status of your request and receive requested records when they
become available.

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Dear Scott Reich:

Thank you for your interest in public records of Toms River Township. Your
request has been received and is being processed in accordance with the
New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Your request was received in
this office on 4/14/2026 and given the reference number R031903-041426 for
tracking purposes.

Records Requested: via opramachine:
Records requested:

Total accounting of taxpayer funds expended in lawsuit settlements from
1/1/2025 to present 

Your request will be forwarded to the relevant department(s) to locate the
information you seek and to determine the volume and any costs associated
with satisfying your request. You will be contacted about the availability
and/or provided with copies of the records in question. PLEASE NOTE: The
State Public Information Act does not require a governmental body to
create new information, to do legal research, or to answer questions.

You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll
receive an email when your request has been completed. Again, thank you
for using the Open Public Records Center.

Toms River Township

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The departments are currently working on your request and will require
additional time.  The new due date for your request will be May 4, 2026.

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Good afternoon,

Regarding your request, please be advised that OPRA is a request for a
specific government record.  A proper request under OPRA must identify
with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party
cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency's
documents on a given topic.  See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381
N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div.  2005).

OPRA is not a research tool to force government entities to identify and
siphon off information. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381
N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div.  2005).  Your request does not identify a
specific government record but rather picks a topic and then asks the
Township to research whether or not any of these records exist.    As
such, your request is an invalid OPRA request.  When a request is
"complex" because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought,
then that request is not "encompassed" by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders
Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super.
166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). 

Please clarify your request to identify specifically what record you are
seeking.  As previously noted, Township's are not required to conduct
research.  Please note requests for "any and all" records are not valid.
Please see MAG Entm't LLC v. Div. of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J.
Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005).

 
Thank you,
Toms River Clerk's Office

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