Township Employee Records for 2017
Dear Nutley Township,
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:
Records of any and all employees for the year of 2017. Each employee record should contain: an individual’s name, title, position, salary (and longevity pay, overtime pay if applicable), payroll record, length of service, date of separation and the reason for such separation, and the amount and type of any pension received.
Yours faithfully,
A. JINCI
Dear Nutley Township,
Please provide response in spreadsheet format if possible. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
A. JINCI
Dear Nutley Township,
Please provide the records associated with this request. It is more than a week beyond the date set by law.
Yours faithfully,
A. JINCI
Dear Nutley Township,
This is my 2nd and final request to receive the Township employee records for 2017 (spreadsheet format preferred).
Yours faithfully,
A. JINCI
Mr. A. Jinci,
Pursuant to OPRA Request, please note that your request is broad and
unclear. You must specify a time frame as well the specific document you
are requesting.
OPRA defines a government record as a record "made, maintained or kept on
file . . . or that has been received in the course of . . . official
business . . ." N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Also, OPRA requires a custodian to
grant or deny access as soon as possible but no later than seven (7)
business days from receipt of the request. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i). OPRA
further requires that custodians inform requestors of the lawful basis for
any denial of government records. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6.
As to your request you for " the Township employee records for 2017
spreadsheet format preferred " that is not a specific public record. This
is not a valid OPRA Request. Please identify a record. OPRA deals with
requests for existing public records, not for the Custodian of Records to
create a record.
If a request does not name specifically identifiable records or is overly
broad, a custodian may deny access pursuant to the following court
decisions: MAG Entertainment, LLC v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage
Control, 375 N.J .Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005), Bent v. Stafford Police
Department, 381 N.J. Super. 30 (App. Div. 2005), New Jersey Builders
Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J. Super.
166 (App. Div. 2007), and Schuler v. Borough of Bloomsbury, GRC Complaint
No. 2007-151 (February 2009). Requestors shall identify types of records,
dates, parties to correspondence, subject matter, etc. A custodian is
obligated to search their files to find the identifiable government
records listed in the complainant’s OPRA request. A custodian is not
required to research their files to figure out which records, if any,
might be responsive to a broad and unclear OPRA request.
Thank you,
Eleni Pettas
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Eleni Pettas, RMC
Municipal Clerk
Department of Revenue and Finance
One Kennedy Drive
Nutley, New Jersey 07110
(973) 284-4955 Office | (973) 284-0640 Fax
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Dear Eleni Pettas,
My follow-up request today was with regard to my original, unanswered request, submitted on May 7, 2018, a copy if which I enclose below:
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Dear Nutley Township,
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:
Records of any and all employees for the year of 2017. Each employee record should contain: an individual’s name, title, position, salary (and longevity pay, overtime pay if applicable), payroll record, length of service, date of separation and the reason for such separation, and the amount and type of any pension received.
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Please note, the exact wording of my request appears in OPRA requests submitted to other municipalities, who gave been able to provide these records in spreadsheet format. If you are unable to provide this information, please indicate why.
If there is anything further that you need to fulfill this request please feel free to ask.
Yours sincerely,
A. JINCI
Dear Eleni Pettas,
A history of this OPRA request and subsequent communications can be viewed here:
https://opramachine.com/request/township...
Please note there was a request for spreadsheet format, and 2 follow-up emails.
Please *ACKNOWLEDGE* receipt of this correspondence and confirm that the OPRA request is being processed. Thank you
Yours sincerely,
A. JINCI
Dear Eleni Pettas,
Please CONFIRM that you have received my reply and clarification.
Please CONFIRM that you are processing this LONG OVERDUE OPRA request.
Please provide the anticipated return date for the information requested.
Yours sincerely,
A. JINCI