Use of Brewer Recreation Center
Dear Clark 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:
Please provide all applications for use of the Brewer Recreation Center in accordance with Clark town code 240-5 for the years 2020 to present. Please include organization's application, certificate of insurance, and fee paid.
Yours faithfully,
James M
To: James M <[OPRA #31584 email]>
From: Edith Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA - Use of Brewer Recreation Center
Date: May 10, 2022
The attached documents are responsive to your request.
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on May 6, 2022. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel, received your OPRA request on May 6, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is May 17, 2022. This response to your request is being provided to you on the 2nd business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
The following legal basis applies to responses that include redactions. “A government record shall not include the following information which is deemed to be confidential for the purposes of P.L.1963, c. 73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented: that portion of any document which discloses the social security number, credit card number, unlisted telephone number or driver license number of any person…”
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