Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Checking on the Englewood Cliffs Board of Education

I made the following request today via e-mail to mwelfel@englewoodcliffs.org I'll post the outcome when I receive it.

Please accept this e-mail/fax as my request for government records in accordance with the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and the common law right of access. Please respond and send all responsive documents to me via e-mail at paff@pobox.com. If e-mail is not possible, please fax responses and responsive records to me at 908-325-0129. Also, I would appreciate it if you would acknowledge your receipt of this e-mail/fax.

Records requested:

1. The minutes of three most recently held nonpublic (i.e. "closed" or "executive") municipal governing body meetings for which minutes are available for public disclosure in either full or redacted form.

2. The resolutions, as required by N.J.S.A. 10:4-13, that authorized the three nonpublic meetings for which minutes were provided in response to #1 above. (If the resolutions are spread out in full in the public meeting minutes (as opposed to "free standing" resolutions), please furnish only those pages of the public meeting minutes that contain the resolutions.)

3. The resolutions, as required by N.J.S.A. 10:4-13, that authorized the municipal governing body's three most recently held nonpublic meetings, regardless of whether minutes of those meetings are publicly disclosable in either full or redacted form. (If the resolutions are spread out in full in the public meeting minutes (as opposed to "free standing" resolutions), please furnish only those pages of the public meeting minutes that contain the resolutions.)

Thank you,

John Paff
(voice - 732-873-1251)

2 comments:

  1. I called the Board's office today (02/23/12) to follow up on my OPRA request, to which I never received a response. I received a call back from Cheryl, who is the secretary to Business Administrator/Board Secretary Mary Welfel. She said that Ms. Welfel may not have received my original e-mail request. I faxed Cheryl another copy of the same request and she has acknowledged receipt. I will post the results when I receive them.

    John Paff

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    1. Rule number 1 for OPRA requests in Englewood Cliffs is ALWAYS get delivery confirmation.

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