Unauthorized Payments made under the Supervision of Business Administrator (Nicholas Brown)
Dear Pinelands Regional 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:
Per the Board of Education Meeting on February 14th, 2022 and the Corrective Action Plan set forth please provide the following information for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30th, 2021:
1.) Number of unauthorized payments made by your office.
2.) Who signed off on each of those payments.
3.) Who the payees were on each payment and the monetary amount they were for.
4.) Date quarterly taxes were due and when they were actually paid.
5.) Any penalty charged to the school by the IRS for your negligence in filing the school's taxes improperly.
Since this is all information readily available, I should not expect you would need an extension and would be able to provide said information immediately; since in your own words at this Board Meeting this is a Corrective Action Plan that you made for yourself.
Yours faithfully,
Stephanie Johnson
Dear Pinelands Regional School District,
This is my second request for the below information. Mr. Brown, you have failed on every one of my OPRA requests to follow proper timelines and have failed to provide information requested in each. I request you follow through with all requested information. Please respond.
Per the Board of Education Meeting on February 14th, 2022 and the Corrective Action Plan set forth please provide the following information for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30th, 2021:
1.) Number of unauthorized payments made by your office.
2.) Who signed off on each of those payments.
3.) Who the payees were on each payment and the monetary amount they were for.
4.) Date quarterly taxes were due and when they were actually paid.
5.) Any penalty charged to the school by the IRS for your negligence in filing the school's taxes improperly.
Since this is all information readily available, I should not expect you would need an extension and would be able to provide said information immediately; since in your own words at this Board Meeting this is a Corrective Action Plan that you made for yourself.
Yours faithfully,
Stephanie Johnson
Good Evening,
As you are aware, I am the Business Administrator for the Pinelands Board
of Education (the “Board”), which conducts and supervises the schools of
the Pinelands School District (the “District”). As such, I am in receipt
of your April 5, 2022 OPRA request, which was sent after business hours,
and was therefore received on April 6, 2022. Due to the District’s closure
for spring break, the seventh business day to respond to your request is
today. I have also received your April 19, 2022 follow up request. Your
request sought the following:
1.) Number of unauthorized payments made by your office.
2.) Who signed off on each of those payments.
3.) Who the payees were on each payment and the monetary amount they were
for.
4.) Date quarterly taxes were due and when they were actually paid.
5.) Any penalty charged to the school by the IRS for your negligence in
filing the school's taxes improperly.
Please be advised that your request is hereby denied, as you have not
identified a specific document which you are requesting. If you revise
your request to include such information, I will reconsider your request.