Union County - OPRA Request
Dear Scotch Plains Township,
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:
1) A list of all properties with taxes that are delinquent in amounts of at least $1,500 and beyond that date back to 2021 or prior years. Please include full property location, owner name, amounts, and Class 2 & 1 properties only, if possible.
2) A separate list of all properties with Utilities that are delinquent in amounts of at least $250 and beyond, that date back to 2021 or prior. Please include full property location, owner name, amounts, and Class 2 & 1 properties only, if possible.
3) A list of all properties with open liens in amounts of at least $500 and beyond, that date back to 2021 or prior years. Please include full property location, owner name, amounts, and Class 2 & 1 properties only.
4) A list of all properties that are currently vacant or abandoned. If the
property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include. Please include full property location, owner name, and Class 2 & 1 properties only, if possible.
5) A list of all properties that have received code violations for high grass/junk/unkept property that are still active or open. Please do not include closed cases, and provide the type of violation. Also, please include full property location, owner name, and Class 2 & 1 properties only, if possible.
If possible, please put all lists in separate Excel files. If up-to-date
data is not available, please provide the most recently available.
I appreciate your time and efforts.
Yours faithfully,
S. Carrero
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on June 21, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is June 30, 2022.
Thank you.
Maryann Matteo
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
[Scotch Plains Township request email]
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S. Carrero:
The Township of Scotch Plains received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on June 21, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline
to respond to your request is June 30, 2022. This response to your
request is being provided to you on the 4th business day after the
custodian’s receipt of said request.
Request: See attached OPRA Request Form in pdf entitled: “OPRA
– Carrero 6.21.22 – LISTS”.
Response: Included in attached pdfs entitled “OPRA – Carrero
6.21.22 – LISTS”, “OPRA – Carrero 6.21.22 – DELINQUENT LIST AS OF
6.23.22”, and “OPRA – Carrero 6.21.22 – OPEN LIENS AS OF 62322” please
find all documents provided as responsive to your request.
END OF REQUESTED ITEMS
By this letter of response, the Township of Scotch Plains will consider
your OPRA request dated June 21, 2022, complete unless otherwise
informed.
If you have any questions, please contact the Tax Collector at
908-322-6700 ext. 210, Engineering ext. 306, Violations ext. 503.
Thank you.
Maryann Matteo
OPRA Compliance Clerk
Township of Scotch Plains
430 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
908.322.6700 (office) ext. 213
908.322.1663 (fax)
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advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential
information or privileged communications of the Township of Scotch
Plains. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the
intended recipient(s) is not authorized. If you are not the intended
recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action
taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written
consent of the sender is prohibited. If you have received this message in
error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this
message or any information contained in this message in any way and you
should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it.
Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this
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