Videos of Council Meetings Missing from YouTube
Dear Clark 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-5(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:
video of council meetings from the following months:
12-2020
01-2021
02-2021
03-2021
04-2021
reorganization meetings:
2021
2022
2023
My best efforts were not able to locate these on youtube. My apologies if I am mistaken. If a video is indeed available on youtube please provide the link.
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,
John Greaves
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with the Open
Public Records Act.
Nicole Castellucci
Acting Township Clerk
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Avenue
Clark, New Jersey 08766
(732) 388-3669
[1][email address]
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To: John Greaves
From: Nicole Castellucci, Acting Township Clerk, Township of Clark
RE: OPRA request
Date: August 19, 2026
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on
August 17, 2026. The official Records Custodian, Nicole Castellucci, received
your OPRA request on August 17, 2026. As such, the seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request is August 26, 2026. This response to your
request is being provided to you on the 2nd business day after the custodian’s
receipt of said request.
Your OPRA request sought access to:
video of council meetings from the following months:
12-2020
01-2021
02-2021
03-2021
04-2021
reorganization meetings:
2021
2022
2023
Response:
1. There are no responsive records for the videos of 12-2020, 1-2021, 2-2021,
3-2021, 4-2021 and reorganization meeting 2021
2. For reorganization meeting 2023 it is on the YouTube channel.
3. For reorganization meeting 2022 and 2023, I have these videos on a flash
drive should you wish to pick up at Townhall in the Clerk’s Office, Room
28. The files are too large to email.
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…”
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled
within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to
challenge the decision by the Township of Clark to deny access. 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 P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at
[email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can
also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints
filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Dear Nicole Castellucci,
I wil try to stop by and pick up the flash drive tomorrow around lunch time.
Since there were many videos that were not available I would like to request the following:
1. Any Records Disposal Authorization, disposal request, or related correspondence with the New Jersey Records Management Services (Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services) covering the destruction of audio or video recordings of Township council meetings held between December 1, 2020 and May 1, 2021, including the date of authorization and the date of destruction. (Under the Destruction of Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:3-15 et seq., public records may be destroyed only with such authorization.)
2. Any audio recording made by or for the Clerk's office in connection with preparing the minutes of the council meetings of December 7, 2020; December 21, 2020; January 1, 2021 (reorganization); January 19, 2021; February 16, 2021; March 15, 2021; and April 19, 2021. If no audio recording of any of these meetings was ever made, please state so.
Yours sincerely,
John Greaves
Good morning,
Thank you for your reply. The office is open Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4 PM.
Regarding the additional information you are seeking, kindly complete a new OPRA for this request.
Regards,
Nicole Castellucci
Acting Township Clerk
Township of Clark
430 Westfield Avenue
Clark, New Jersey 08766
(732) 388-3669
[email address]