Borough of South Toms River

Office of the Municipal Clerk

144 Mill Street

South Toms River, N.J. 08757

 

 

A request for a copy of Public Records must be submitted on this form which has been

adopted by the Municipal Clerk as Custodian of Records. Some records will be imme-

diately available during normal business hours. Some records will require time to compile and to make the copies requested, but will normally be available within seven (7) business days. If any document or copy which has been requested is not a public record or cannot

be provided within the seven (7) business days. you will be provided with a response with that information within the seven (7) business days. Some records requested have specific fees or other response times established by statute and that information is set forth on this form or will be included in any response to the request. There is no fee involved in simply inspecting a document during normal business hours.

 

1   . Person/Entity Requesting information:

 

        Address:____________________                             Telephone Day:____________________

 

                       ___________________                             Telephone Eves:___________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________

  

   2.  Type of Information Sought:

 

( ) Copy of Minutes - Specify board of entity, date, topic or other identifying information.

                   

                   ________________________________________________________________________

 

                  _________________________________________________________________________

( ) Copy of Ordinance or Resolution - Specify board or entity, date, topic or other identifying

 information._________________________________________________________________

 

 ____________________________________________________________________________ 

            ( ) Police Accident Report                                   Fee:_________________________

Date & Names:_______________________________________________________

 

( ) Zoning Permit________________________________________________________

 

( ) License information:______________________________________________________

Specify

 

( ) Other:

 

( ) Adjacent Property Others (200’) Lot _____Block_____

                        As provided in N.J.S.A. 4055d-12                                                                                         s10.00

 

         ( ) Municipal Lien Search Certificate -- Lot        Block_____                     S10.00

Municipal Lien Searches are provided by the designated search officer and wilt be provided within 15 days after the request is received and the fee paid as provided in N.JS.A. 54:5-11. et seq.

 

 

 

( ) Finance Office______________________________________________________________

 

 

3. Date on which the Borough will endeavor to have information ready: ______________________

 

4. Approximate # of Pages  ______

 

5., Approximate cost for reproduction: $______________________________________________

“Final cost shall be determined at time of reproduction and no document shall be released without payment of any

  copying and/or related costs.”

 

The information requested will be ready on        ____________________________________

 

Estimated Number of Pages                                      __________________________________________________________________

 

Estimated Cost                                                            ____________________________________

 

The public records requested will normally be available in accordance with PL. 2001, . c. 404,

 within seven (7) business days. Some records will be immediately available. In general:

 

1. .     Immediate access ordinarily shall be granted to budgets, bills. vouchers. contracts. includ­ing collective negotiations agreements and individual employment contracts. and public employee salary and overtime information. Minutes of public meetings will be generally available immediately after the minutes have been approved by the Council or Board;

2. .     Records which are not readily available or which will require a search of records will be made available as soon as possible and the applicant will be provided with an interim report within seven (7) business days indicating the amount of time which will be required to complete the search of the records.

3.   Except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, the fee assessed for the duplication of a printed record shall be: first page to tenth page, S0.75 per page: eleventh pace to twentieth page, $0.50 per page; all pages, over twenty, 50.25 per page;

4.   Where a request is for a copy in a format other than a photocopy, reasonable efforts will be made to provide the information in the format requested. The cost will be based on the costs involved in providing the copy in the format requested.

5.   Where a legal determination must be made as to whether records are ~public records” as provided by law, the request will be reviewed by the Municipal Attorney and will be gen­erally provided immediately after the municipal official receives the determination from the Municipal Attorney or a Court that the records should be provided.

 

The term ‘pubic records” generally includes those records determined to be public in accordance with P.L. 2001. c. 404. The term does not include employee personnel files, police investigation records, public assistance

files   or other matters in which there is a right of privacy or confidentiality or which is specifically’ exempted

by law.

 

The Applicant hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of this form with the date on which the information is expected to be available and the estimated cost. The applicant hereby certifies that he or she has not been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of this State. any other state of the United States and is not seeking government records containing personal information pertaining the victim or the victim’s family as provided by FL. 2001. c. 404.

 

This completed form, when signed by the municipal official shall constitute a receipt for the deposit made by the applicant.

 

           __________________________________                   ___________________________________

                                   Applicant                                       Municipal Official

 

           __________________________________                 ____________________________________  

             Individual Seeking Public Records                     Municipal Clerk or Designee

 

             Date:       _______________________         Date: _________________________________

 

THE APPLICANT AND THE   BOROUGH  CLERK OR  DESIGNEE  HEREBY  ACKNOWLEDGE   RECEIPT  OF  A COPY OF THIS COMPLETED FORM.