From:
Christopher Pianese
To:
[email protected]
Subject:
FW: MEMO from June 2015.......OPMA S. 781/OPRA S. 782 Legislation Memo June 2015
Date:
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 1:04:56 PM
Attachments:
OPMA S. 781OPRA S. 782 Legislation Memo June 2015.docx
Mike, busy day here, I will try giving you a call later this afternoon.

Attached, you will find our comments, prepared by Jon Boguchwal back in 2015 on the original bills.

Chris

From: jboguchwal (via Google Docs) <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 9:22 AM
To: Christopher Pianese <[email protected]>
Subject: MEMO from June 2015.......OPMA S. 781/OPRA S. 782 Legislation Memo June 2015

[email protected] has attached the following document:
OPMA S. 781/OPRA S. 782 Legislation Memo June 2015
this was the last memo i did on it from june 2015. obviously different bill numbers.
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From:
Galland, Kevin
To:
Diane Pflugfelder ([email protected]); Gore, Eileen ([email protected]);
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
[email protected]; [email protected]
Subject:
FW: Updated OPRA Amendments
Date:
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 7:09:05 PM
Attachments:
N209_0001.pdf
Please see page 24 of the attachment.

From: Galland, Kevin
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2019 7:02 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: FW: Updated OPRA Amendments

Thank you Shane and please thank the Senator for me. The revision is certainly a compromise and
that’s what makes our meetings worthwhile.

As you are aware I believe the proposed Committee should take on this task now, but a 24 month
delay needs to be seen as a half-a-loft is better than none.

Best regards and enjoy your summer,

Kevin Galland
Administrator/Municipal Clerk
Borough of Woodland Park
5 Brophy Lane
Woodland Park, NJ 07424
973-345-8100 ext. 201
Fax 973-345-8194

From: Mitchell, Shane [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2019 4:18 PM
To: Galland, Kevin
Subject: Updated OPRA Amendments

Hey Kevin,

Hope you’re doing well! As mentioned, we’re putting in a study commission to review the law and
make recommendations. Otherwise, this should be the same as the last document I sent. Senator
Weinberg is going to try to move this through Senate Budget Committee this month (perhaps as
early as the 13th), but is not going to try to move the bill on the floor until at least the fall.

Happy to discuss any time!

Best,
--
Shane Mitchell
Legislative Director
Senator Loretta Weinberg
Senate Majority Leader
(201) 928-0100
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From:
Jonathan DeJoseph
To:
[email protected]
Subject:
j dejoseph opra request
Date:
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 9:27:38 PM
Attachments:
NJLM OPRA Blank 12 42019-signed.pdf
Mr. Marshall
Please find the attached opra request. Advise if you need anything further.
Warm regards,
Jonathan M. DeJoseph

From:
[email protected]
To:
[email protected]
Subject:
League Website OPRA Request Page
Date:
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 4:09:57 PM
Attachments:
image001.png
image003.png
League OPRA Request Form.pdf
League OPRA Request Form.doc
Amy – We received an OPRA request last week from someone using the
form we have available on our website and I noticed that the League’s
form was not properly updated to be League specific. This was a model
OPRA request form provided by the GRC that should have had the “Name
of Agency” placeholder replaced with the League information. Attached
is an updated pdf and word copy reflecting this change.

Can you update the website with this new page, please and thank you?

Thanks,
Frank

Frank Marshall, Esq. | Staff Attorney
New Jersey State League of Municipalities
222 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608
609-695-3481 x. 137
NJLM is subject to the Open Public Records Act; any email sent or received may be
subject to a records request.

From:
[email protected]
To:
[email protected]
Cc:
[email protected]
Subject:
OPRA OPMA
Date:
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 2:18:10 PM
Attachments:
image009.png
image011.png
privacy_study_commission_report_homeaddress_phonenos.pdf
privacy_study_commission_public_hearing_transcripts.pdf
privacy_study_commission_report_122004.pdf
Oppose S-106 S-107 njlm.pdf
mcanj 0619 s106 s107.pdf
Michaelle,

It was a pleasure speaking with you earlier today on the OPRA and OPMA
bills.  Following up on our conversation attached please find:
  ·    NJLM Letter to Senators on S-106 & S-107
·    Municipal Clerks Association of New Jersey letter to Senators on S-
106 & S-107
·    Finale Report of the Privacy Study Commission
·    Privacy Study Commission Report on Home Addresses & Phone
Numbers
·    Privacy Study Commission Public Hearing Transcript

The contact information for Immediate Past President of the Municipal
Clerks Association Kevin Galland, Woodland Park Municipal Clerk, is 973-
345-8100 x100 or [email protected].

The legislation creating the OPRA Study Commission is A4894.

If you have any questions or need additional information please do not
hesitate to contact me.

Lori

NJLM has recently changed its web and email addresses to njlm.org (previously
njslom.org). Please update your email safe lists and saved web bookmarks.

Lori Buckelew | Senior Legislative Analyst
New Jersey State League of Municipalities
222 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608
609-695-3481 extension #112
NJLM is subject to the Open Public Records Act; any email sent or received may be
subject to a records request.

From:
[email protected]
To:
[email protected]
Subject:
OPRA Proposed Amendments
Date:
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 3:27:27 PM
Attachments:
image001.png
image003.png
N209_0001.pdf
Stephan,

As we discussed.

Lori

NJLM has recently changed its web and email addresses to njlm.org (previously
njslom.org). Please update your email safe lists and saved web bookmarks.

Lori Buckelew | Senior Legislative Analyst
New Jersey State League of Municipalities
222 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608
609-695-3481 extension #112
NJLM is subject to the Open Public Records Act; any email sent or received may be
subject to a records request.

From:
[email protected]
To:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject:
OPRA SBA Summary
Date:
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 4:29:53 PM
Attachments:
S107 opra summary 061819 SBA amendments.docx
FYI, attached is the summary of OPRA to reflect the SBA amendments.
The SBA amendments are in red.

If you have any questions or need additional information please let me
know.

Lori

From:
[email protected]
To:
[email protected]; [email protected]
Subject:
RE: Follow-up OPRA Requests
Date:
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 4:17:32 PM
Attachments:
subcommittees 062019.docx
S107 opra summary 061819 SBA amendments.docx
s106 opma summary 061719 SBA amendments.docx
Mayor,

10am works for me. In the meantime, I am attaching a copy of my notes that summarizes each section of the
bill that is up to date to include the Sen Budget and Appropriations Committee amendments. I am also
attaching a detail position piece on subcommittees. I am working for one on the other issues.

In the meantime, please call or email me if you have any questions or would like additional information.

Lori

From: Gary Passanante [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 1:54 PM
To: Michael F. Cerra; Lori Buckelew
Subject: FW: Follow-up OPRA Requests

Mike/Lori,

I got the attached through my clerk who is the VP for the Clerk’s Association. Not sure if you saw this.

I suggest we meet at your office before the 11:00 am meeting on Thursday to discuss a strategy. How about I be there at 10:00 am? We can walk
over together if that works for you.

Thanks

From: Michele Miller <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 1:40 PM
To: Gary Passanante <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: Follow-up OPRA Requests

Michele D. Miller, RMC
Municipal Clerk
Borough of Somerdale
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Galland, Kevin" <[email protected]>
Date: June 25, 2019 at 12:57:20 PM EDT
To: Michele Miller <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Follow-up OPRA Requests
Michele,
Please see the attached letter that was sent to all of the State Senators on June 19th.

Kevin Galland
Administrator/Municipal Clerk
Borough of Woodland Park
5 Brophy Lane
Woodland Park, NJ 07424
973-345-8100 ext. 201
Fax 973-345-8194

From: Michele Miller [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 12:02 PM
To: Galland, Kevin
Subject: RE: Follow-up OPRA Requests
Importance: High

Good afternoon Kevin,

My Mayor, Gary Passanante, is meeting with Senator Weinberg this week regarding OPRA and OPMA. There is a committee of mayors
that is being put together to discuss the many impacts that the proposed bill has for not only the clerks, but the municipalities, as a
whole. Do you have the information that was gathered from the request below, and is it possible to forward it to me? He would like to
have this as part of the discussion of the impact.

Thank you and feel free to reach out to me with any questions.
Michele

Michele D. Miller, RMC, CMR
Municipal Clerk & Registrar of Vital Statistics
Borough of Somerdale
105 Kennedy Boulevard
Somerdale, New Jersey 08083
856.783.6320 phone
http://secure-web.cisco.com/1wRl6ZsZ2Sj8WJW568DdIIDBhxE78gMEd5DpHny_3BF8jCKRmzhYRT6tvSktXp5BnN_tdP42ZVQ-nZX5is1mVWKmLcXLRuhxNZiI7_YlePY6N53hS4vH2wlofZwhgqob_p6O7p2zuH3_RkLJZ4--Ku-
D3MyIjPUhjBfbHJtkPrdtNV3qDzaUuYI1PNy15_1cu5VFnChjRNKpuw82PLY74rcCdXarRUGmWVMq7xXQbn9QtNk3LvieOzUqsVZ6Dzw0thPFv7B5UnwcM7nTMvdO3CyFOiSGo3Xi2jAB01IyunLq79XV1PHgw1F_Bdm_r2KJa/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.somerdale-
nj.com

From:
[email protected]
To:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Cc:
[email protected]
Subject:
RE: OPRA & Elected Officials Question
Date:
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 3:48:35 PM
Attachments:
image001.png
image003.png
Michele,

Unfortunately I do not know who reached out to NJLM but we have gotten this question on multiple occasions over the last
couple of months from different folks. Looking for some insight because the question keeps coming up. I have also reached
out to GRC for their input. I’ll keep you posted.

Lori

From: Michele Bobrowski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 3:37 PM
To: Lori Buckelew; 'Diane Pflugfelder'; 'Eileen Gore'; 'Kim Marie White'; 'Denise Cafone'; 'Kevin Galland'; 'Joel Popkin'; [email protected]
Cc: Frank Marshall
Subject: RE: OPRA & Elected Officials Question

Lori-

Thanks you-
Michele

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Michele,

Michelle

Sent from my iPad

From: christian pfefferle <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 3:18 PM
To: Sharon Dragan <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Alexandria Township

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Sharon Dragan <[email protected]> wrote:
Chris,

Sharon

Sharon A. Dragan, Esq.
Mason, Griffin & Pierson, PC
101 Poor Farm Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 436-1201 (direct)
(609) 921-6543 (main)
(609) 683-7978 (fax)
[email protected]
visit our website: www.mgplaw.com

From: Lori Buckelew <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 3:06 PM
To: Diane Pflugfelder ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Eileen Gore ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Kim Marie White
([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Denise Cafone ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; '[email protected]'
<[email protected]>; Kevin Galland ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Joel Popkin ([email protected]) <[email protected]>;
[email protected]
Cc: Frank Marshall <[email protected]>
Subject: OPRA & Elected Officials Question

Thanks
Lori

Lori Buckelew | Senior Legislative Analyst
New Jersey State League of Municipalities
222 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608
609-695-3481 extension #112
NJLM is subject to the Open Public Records Act; any email sent or received may be subject to a records request.

From:
Michele Bobrowski
To:
"Lori Buckelew"; "Diane Pflugfelder"; "Eileen Gore"; "Kim Marie White"; "Denise Cafone"; "Kevin Galland"; "Joel Popkin"; [email protected]
Cc:
"Frank Marshall"
Subject:
RE: OPRA & Elected Officials Question
Date:
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 4:09:43 PM
Attachments:
image001.png
image003.png

Michele

From: Lori Buckelew <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 3:49 PM
To: [email protected]; 'Diane Pflugfelder' <[email protected]>; 'Eileen Gore' <[email protected]>; 'Kim Marie White' <[email protected]>;
'Denise Cafone' <[email protected]>; 'Kevin Galland' <[email protected]>; 'Joel Popkin' <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Cc: Frank Marshall <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: OPRA & Elected Officials Question

Michele,

Unfortunately I do not know who reached out to NJLM but we have gotten this question on multiple occasions over the last
couple of months from different folks. Looking for some insight because the question keeps coming up. I have also reached
out to GRC for their input. I’ll keep you posted.

Lori

From: Michele Bobrowski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 3:37 PM
To: Lori Buckelew; 'Diane Pflugfelder'; 'Eileen Gore'; 'Kim Marie White'; 'Denise Cafone'; 'Kevin Galland'; 'Joel Popkin'; [email protected]
Cc: Frank Marshall
Subject: RE: OPRA & Elected Officials Question

Lori-

Michele

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Michele,

Michelle

Sent from my iPad

From: christian pfefferle <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 3:18 PM
To: Sharon Dragan <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Alexandria Township

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Sharon Dragan <[email protected]> wrote:
Chris,

Sharon

Sharon A. Dragan, Esq.
Mason, Griffin & Pierson, PC
101 Poor Farm Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 436-1201 (direct)
(609) 921-6543 (main)
(609) 683-7978 (fax)
[email protected]
visit our website: www.mgplaw.com

From: Lori Buckelew <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 3:06 PM
To: Diane Pflugfelder ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Eileen Gore ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Kim Marie White
([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Denise Cafone ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; '[email protected]'
<[email protected]>; Kevin Galland ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Joel Popkin ([email protected]) <[email protected]>;
[email protected]
Cc: Frank Marshall <[email protected]>
Subject: OPRA & Elected Officials Question

Thanks
Lori

Lori Buckelew | Senior Legislative Analyst
New Jersey State League of Municipalities
222 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608
609-695-3481 extension #112
NJLM is subject to the Open Public Records Act; any email sent or received may be subject to a records request.

From:
[email protected]
To:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject:
Revised S107 SBA OPRA
Date:
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 4:36:22 PM
Attachments:
S107 opra summary 061819 SBA amendments.docx
Corrected copy – changed footer to reflect correct date/meeting.

From:
Lori Buckelew
To:
[email protected]
Subject:
Teaneck OPRA article
Date:
Monday, November 4, 2019 10:57:07 AM
YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL CAN YOU? THIS GUY DID AND IT COST TEANECK
NEARLY $40,000
By Megan Burrow of the North Jersey Record
TEANECK — The township’s yearslong legal battle with a resident over his access to public
records has come to an end.
The state Supreme Court has denied Teaneck’s motion for the court to review an Appellate
Division decision in favor of Elie Jones, a resident who submitted hundreds of public records
requests over the span of a couple of months.
The township sued Jones in 2017 to bar him from filing additional requests and to relieve
officials from the obligation of fulfilling his requests that were still outstanding. Township
attorneys argued Jones was abusing the state’s Open Public Records Act to harass employees
and disrupt municipal business.
Jones prevailed in Superior Court in 2017 and, after an appeal by the township, the Appellate
Division ruled in his favor in July. The township’s last recourse was a petition for the state
Supreme Court to review the case, which it denied in an order last week.
“I have the right to file an OPRA and Teaneck has a responsibility to answer them accordingly
without retaliation and without spite,” Jones said. “This is a directive to Teaneck to comply
with the laws of OPRA or face legal consequences.”
The Appellate Court dismissed Teaneck’s appeal as moot because the records requests Jones
had submitted had either been fulfilled or withdrawn.
John Shahdanian, the township attorney, argued that the Appellate Division had not addressed
the substantive issues of the case and that the Supreme Court should weigh in to set a
precedent for towns in similar situations.
“We’re obviously disappointed that the Supreme Court chose not to review the Appellate
Division decision,” Shahdanian said. “Certainly these matters are capable of repetition but
they escape review once the documents are provided to the party. That doesn’t mean the
underlying issue shouldn’t be adjudicated.”
Jones was awarded nearly $20,000 in legal fees for the trial court and about $17,000 for the
appellate court case. Walter Luers, Jones’ attorney, said he is still negotiating his fees for his
work before the Supreme Court.
The case should serve as a warning to other municipalities to honor residents’ requests for
public records, Luers said.
“Public agencies have to understand that the public has the right to submit OPRAs even if they
may deem them to be voluminous or burdensome,” Luers said. “This was a fight that Teaneck

picked, and I think they were wrong to pick it. Litigation against a requester is never
appropriate unless there’s the rare instance where there is criminal harassment going on.”

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