Township Employees salaries
Dear North Bergen Township,
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:
Please provide the name, position and salary for the top ten township employees by salary that have a “Clerk 1” designation such as Aimee Focaraccio.
Also, please provide the most recent township ordinance that sets the salary guide for these positions.
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,
NBNEEDSTOKNOW
Good Afternoon,
The Township of North Bergen (the “Township”) received your request dated
10/7/2025 under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”), N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1 et seq.
Records requested:
Please provide the name, position and salary for the top ten township
employees by salary that have a “Clerk 1” designation such as Aimee
Focaraccio.
Response: A records custodian is not required to create a record in
response to an OPRA request. See, e.g., Matthews v. City of Atlantic City
(Atlantic), GRC Complaint No. 2008-123 (February 2009); Paff v. Galloway
Twp., 229 N.J. 340 (2017). The Township has no record responsive to your
request for a list of the “top ten” Clerk-1 salaries. Nevertheless,
attached please find a record of all salaries for employees with the title
of Clerk 1.
Also, please provide the most recent township ordinance that sets the
salary guide for these positions.
Response: Attached please find the salary range ordinance.
As with any OPRA request, you have the right to challenge the decision by
the Township. 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
PO Box 819, Trenton, NJ 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at its
web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The 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 Hudson County.
Thank you.
Erin Barillas, RMC
Township Clerk
Township of North Bergen
4233 Kennedy Blvd
North Bergen, NJ 07047
e: [North Bergen Township request email]
o: 201-392-2024
f: 201-330-7694
www.northbergen.org