The City has received your Request for records under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA).  As you know, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a health emergency currently exists and all City employees  have been ordered to remain at home.  Moreover, many other employees who have been classified as essential employees are performing these essential services from their homes through remote access.  Due to the current health emergency, you should expect to experience delays, possibly significant delays, in the City being able to respond to your OPRA Request.  However, be assured that the City will make an effort to respond as soon as possible.

Thank in advance for your consideration. 

Best regards,

City of Camden
Office of the City Clerk

-----Original Message-----
From: Ellen Pavlacka [mailto:[OPRA #14154 email]]
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2020 7:57 PM
To: OPRARequest <[email address]>
Subject: OPRA request - Waste Disposal Contract Record Request

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Dear Camden City,

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.

Pursuant to the Open Public Records Act, I am requesting the following public records:

1) The Municipality’s current contract for waste disposal services.

2) If not specified in the contract itself, records indicating the cost of disposal (in dollars per ton) for each year under the contract, such as a Price Bid Form.

3) If not specified in the contract itself, the term of the contract and the terms for any renewal periods and notifications required for activating or canceling such renewal periods.

For purposes of this request, the term "records" means information of any kind, including, but not limited to, documents (handwritten, typed, electronic or otherwise produced, reproduced, or stored), letters, e-mails, text messages, facsimiles, memoranda, correspondence, notes, databases, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, maps, forms, minutes of meetings, electronic and magnetic recordings, and any other compilation of data from which information can be obtained, no matter the media upon which it is stored or whether communications took place on public or private electronic devices or phone or email accounts.

If the Municipality believes the records exist that are responsive to this request, but those records or portions of those records are believed to be exempt from disclosure, please identify the records that are being withheld. Please state the basis for the denial for each record being withheld including statute, regulation or court decision. Please cite that law or case, including the specific section or sections you rely upon, in your written response. In addition, please provide the nonexempt portion of the records.

If the Municipality does not possess or control these records but knows or believes that another entity does, please forward this request to the appropriate person and inform me that you have done so.

I ask that fees be waived in the public interest, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552). Camden for Clean Air is a coalition of neighbors and environmental activists who are rightfully concerned about the air pollution associated with the Camden Covanta incinerator, the largest source of air pollution in Camden. This information would be used to advance the public interest in understanding the current waste disposal system relating to this facility.

If the Municipality wishes to assess fees, please provide an estimate of those fees and the basis of that estimate. If fees are to be assessed due to a complete or partial denial of this fee waiver request, I ask that no expenses be incurred without first conferring with me and providing an estimate of the non-waived fees.

N.J.S.A.47:1A-5(d) states: "A custodian shall permit access to a government record and provide a copy thereof in the medium requested if the public agency maintains the record in that medium. If the public agency does not maintain the record in the medium requested, the custodian shall either convert the record to the medium requested or provide a copy in some other meaningful medium." Pursuant to 47:1A-5(d), please provide the records in searchable, commonly-available electronic formats, such as text or HTML formatted emails, PDF files, CSV spreadsheets, or Microsoft Office formats. Files already in any of these formats are requested to be provided in their native formats for ease of use and for minimal burden on Municipality staff. Please know that electronic records that are printed and scanned, making them unsearchable will be deemed a denial of this request and will leave the Municipality to legal appeal.

Please provide these records here. If files are unusually large, please consult me to arrange the least-cost method for transmitting the files. I will only accept paper copies of files that do not exist in readable electronic formats.

Please respond within 7 business days per N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i). Please transmit the materials to me as they become available, rather than wait for all records to become available to dispense. If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me.

Finally, please confirm receipt of this Open Public Records Act request.

Sincerely,

Ellen Pavlacka

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Please use deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #14154 email]

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https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

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Good afternoon,

 

Thank you for your patience.  

 

Per our Law Department, "The current contract for waste disposal is with
Waste Management (#03-19-129)."

 

The requested information is available to the public via the City's online
database system CORA. It is also a large file to send through email.  The
following weblink will take you to the City's database system where the
requested information is located-
[1]http://docstar-ecm/EclipseWeb/#Retrieve/...

 

The Username is: [email address]

The Password is: CORA123*

 

Below are screen shots of what you will see if you go to the CORA database
home screen and search by contract number #03-19-129, and also what you
will see when you click the above link.

 

 

 

If you should require anything further or need additional assistance, feel
free to contact us.

 

Your OPRA request is now closed.

 

Thank you

 

Open Public Records Act

Elena Guzman

Office of the Municipal Clerk

City Hall, Suite 105  P.O. Box 95120

Camden, NJ 08101

Tele: 856-757-7223    Fax: 856-757-7220

(website) [2]http://www.ci.camden.nj.us/

[3]CC Seal With Ring copy

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: OPRARequest
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020 9:40 AM
To: 'Ellen Pavlacka'
<[OPRA #14154 email]>
Cc: Jason J. Asuncion <[email address]>; Timothy J. Galanaugh
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Waste Disposal Contract Record Request

 

The City has received your Request for records under the Open Public
Records Act (OPRA).  As you know, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a
health emergency currently exists and all City employees  have been
ordered to remain at home.  Moreover, many other employees who have been
classified as essential employees are performing these essential services
from their homes through remote access.  Due to the current health
emergency, you should expect to experience delays, possibly significant
delays, in the City being able to respond to your OPRA Request.  However,
be assured that the City will make an effort to respond as soon as
possible.

 

Thank in advance for your consideration. 

 

 

Best regards,

 

City of Camden

Office of the City Clerk

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Ellen Pavlacka
[[4]mailto:[OPRA #14154 email]]

Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2020 7:57 PM

To: OPRARequest <[5][email address]>

Subject: OPRA request - Waste Disposal Contract Record Request

 

Saturday, May 30, 2020

 

Dear Camden City,

 

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.

 

Pursuant to the Open Public Records Act, I am requesting the following
public records:

 

1)       The Municipality’s current contract for waste disposal services.

 

2)       If not specified in the contract itself, records indicating the
cost of disposal (in dollars per ton) for each year under the contract,
such as a Price Bid Form.

 

3)       If not specified in the contract itself, the term of the contract
and the terms for any renewal periods and notifications required for
activating or canceling such renewal periods.

 

For purposes of this request, the term "records" means information of any
kind, including, but not limited to, documents (handwritten, typed,
electronic or otherwise produced, reproduced, or stored), letters,
e-mails, text messages, facsimiles, memoranda, correspondence, notes,
databases, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, maps, forms, minutes of
meetings, electronic and magnetic recordings, and any other compilation of
data from which information can be obtained, no matter the media upon
which it is stored or whether communications took place on public or
private electronic devices or phone or email accounts.

 

If the Municipality believes the records exist that are responsive to this
request, but those records or portions of those records are believed to be
exempt from disclosure, please identify the records that are being
withheld. Please state the basis for the denial for each record being
withheld including statute, regulation or court decision. Please cite that
law or case, including the specific section or sections you rely upon, in
your written response. In addition, please provide the nonexempt portion
of the records.

 

If the Municipality does not possess or control these records but knows or
believes that another entity does, please forward this request to the
appropriate person and inform me that you have done so.

 

I ask that fees be waived in the public interest, in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552). Camden for Clean Air is a
coalition of neighbors and environmental activists who are rightfully
concerned about the air pollution associated with the Camden Covanta
incinerator, the largest source of air pollution in Camden. This
information would be used to advance the public interest in understanding
the current waste disposal system relating to this facility.

 

If the Municipality wishes to assess fees, please provide an estimate of
those fees and the basis of that estimate. If fees are to be assessed due
to a complete or partial denial of this fee waiver request, I ask that no
expenses be incurred without first conferring with me and providing an
estimate of the non-waived fees.

 

N.J.S.A.47:1A-5(d) states: "A custodian shall permit access to a
government record and provide a copy thereof in the medium requested if
the public agency maintains the record in that medium. If the public
agency does not maintain the record in the medium requested, the custodian
shall either convert the record to the medium requested or provide a copy
in some other meaningful medium." Pursuant to 47:1A-5(d), please provide
the records in searchable, commonly-available electronic formats, such as
text or HTML formatted emails, PDF files, CSV spreadsheets, or Microsoft
Office formats. Files already in any of these formats are requested to be
provided in their native formats for ease of use and for minimal burden on
Municipality staff. Please know that electronic records that are printed
and scanned, making them unsearchable will be deemed a denial of this
request and will leave the Municipality to legal appeal.

 

Please provide these records here. If files are unusually large, please
consult me to arrange the least-cost method for transmitting the files. I
will only accept paper copies of files that do not exist in readable
electronic formats.

 

Please respond within 7 business days per N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i). Please
transmit the materials to me as they become available, rather than wait
for all records to become available to dispense. If you have any questions
regarding this request, please contact me.

 

Finally, please confirm receipt of this Open Public Records Act request.

 

Sincerely,

 

Ellen Pavlacka

 

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Please use deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE
address for all replies to this request:

[6][OPRA #14154 email]

 

Is [7][Camden City request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to
Camden City? If so, please contact us using this form:

[8]https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[9]https://opramachine.com/help/officers

 

View this OPRA request & responses online:

[10]https://opramachine.com/request/waste_di...

 

 

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

 

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

 

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