At yesterday\’s hearing, Judge Nelson Johnson, sitting in Atlantic City, ordered the City of Brigantine to provide him with an unredacted copy of the report. He will read it in private (i.e. conduct an in camera review) and determine whether or not to release it to me in whole or part.

photo John Paff

I was represented at yesterday\’s hearing by Richard Gutman, Esq. of Montclair.

A news article regarding the case appeared in today\’s Press of Atlantic City at the following link:

John Paff, Chair
New Jersey Libertarian Party\’s
Open Government Advocacy Project

Fegley, senior vice president of Environmental Resolutions, Inc. of Mount Laurel, is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners and licensed by the NJ State Board of Professional Planners.

With 25 years of experience, Fegley is eligible to be a fellow with AICP. She also works as planner for Moorestown, Lumberton, Edgewater Park, Riverside, Mount Holly, Tabernacle, Eastampton, and Bridgeton.

Also, she has worked with Waterford’s Council on Affordable Housing.

The Planning Board formed a four-person com-mittee to review materials left by Larry Waetzman, consisting of Members Elana King, Adam Baker, Pat Cerrone and Frank Wunsch.

Norman K. Rodgers III was rehired as the engineer of the Board. He is the vice president of Consulting Engineer Services in Sewell.

Anthony Costa was rehired as the Board Solicitor.

Frank Wunsch was re-elected as Board Chairman, and Pat Cerrone was elected Vice Chairman.

Members taking oaths of office for terms expiring in December 2011 included:

Dear President Llewellyn and Board Members:

I write this individually as a resident of Gloucester City and as an Open Government Activist about the Gloucester City School District Open Public Records Act form.

I was prompted to your website when I wished to file an OPRA request on February 2, 2011. I have some concerns about the boards current form. Under NJSA 47:1A, a public agency OPRA’s form must contain a statement of the requestor’s right to challenge a decision by the public agency to deny access and produce for filing an appeal. Although the current OPRA form utilized by the school district does contain some of that information I do not believe it is as clear as it should be. In addition the current OPRA form does not provide adequate space for the requestor to fill out a request nor does it list exemptions under OPRA.

Furthermore, the current OPRA form also does not include the copying fees (payment information) or means of delivery of the requests: mail, e-mail, fax or on site inspection. I have attached to this letter the sample OPRA form provided by the Government Records Council (GRC) of the State of New Jersey.

It is my hope that the board will adopt the GRC form and be fully in compliance with the Open Public Records Act of the State of New Jersey. 

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

John P. Schmidt