Unallocated employee Benefits
Dear Lacey Township School District,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
On the CAFRA report there is a line item called Unallocated employee benefits. I am seeking the report which would list all employees by name and the financial value on the books of the unused sick/Personal/Vacation days which the School District carries on its books. Please send the most current report available.
Yours faithfully,
RICHARD A. BIDNICK
Mr. Bidnick.
Good morning.
This email confirms that as the district’s official Custodian of Records,
I received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request via email on
Thursday, August, 22, 2019.
Regarding your request for "the report which would list all employees by
name and the financial value on the books of the unused
sick/personal/vacation days which the School District carries on its
books", attached to this email is the following record:
• OPRA Request - Bidnick - FY18 Compensated Absences
Regarding this record, please note the following:
• Compensated Absences is the liability the district carries on its GAAP
Based Balance Sheet for the value of sick and vacation days which
retirees have earned and will receive over the next 3 to 5 school
years.
• The record is prepared annually by the district to assist the
district's independent auditor in creating the FY18 CAFR.
• There is no value to personal days. As such, they are not included in
this computation.
• Employee birth dates have been redacted from this record.
This record is deemed to be responsive to your request, and is being
transmitted to you via email PDF. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.b., the
cost associated with this request is $0.
Thank you.
Dear DeGeorge, Patrick,
Thank you for the report for 2018 which showed the employees currently receiving payouts for unused sick days/vacation time etc. Can you please supply me with the 2017, 2016 and 2015 reports also so I have the four years to compare info.
Thank you
Yours sincerely,
RICHARD A. BIDNICK
Mr. Bidnick,
Good morning.
This email confirms that as the district’s official Custodian of Records,
I received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request via email on
Friday, September 6, 2019.
In accordance with the law, I have seven (7) business days to either
provide the information requested or a valid reason why the information
requested cannot be provided. The seventh (7th) business day deadline to
respond to your request is Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
Thank you.
Mr. Bidnick,
Good morning.
Regarding your OPRA Request received by me on Friday, September 6, 2019
requesting "2017, 2016 and 2015 (compensated absence) reports", please
find attached to this email the following records:
• 1 PDF entitled, "2016-2017 Compensated Absences"
• 1 PDF entitled, "2015-2016 Compensated Absences"
• 1 PDF entitled, "2014-2015 Compensated Absences"
These records are deemed to be responsive to your request, and are being
transmitted to you via email PDF. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.b., the
cost associated with this request is $0.