[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Tuckerton 7-1-2002 by Ord. No. 11-2002. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
Except as otherwise provided by law, all records of
the Borough shall be available to the public upon written request
therefor, which may, but need not be made, on a form provided by the
Borough, a copy of which is on file at the Borough Clerk's office
and has been approved by resolution of the Borough Council, and within
such response time or times as may be stated thereon and provided
by law.
B.
Such records may be inspected at the principal office
of the Borough during regular business hours and may be copied, by
hand, under the supervision of a representative of the Borough.
[Amended 11-1-2010 by Ord. No. 24-2010; 11-7-2011 by Ord. No.
14-2011]
A.
The following fees shall be charged for the purchase of copies of
public documents and records:
(1)
Duplicate tax bills: $5 each.
(2)
Photographs: $5 each.
(3)
Vital statistics certificates: $10 each.
(4)
Duplicate tax sale certificate: $100 each.
(5)
Letter-size and smaller: $0.05.
(6)
Legal-size and larger: $0.07.
(7)
The Borough of Tuckerton must provide electronic copies free of charge
(i.e., records sent via e-mail and fax).
(8)
The Borough of Tuckerton must charge the actual cost to provide records
in another medium (i.e., computer disc, CD-ROM, DVD).
(9)
If the actual cost to produce paper copies exceeds the $0.05 and
$0.07 rates, the Borough of Tuckerton may charge the actual cost of
duplication.
B.
Whenever the nature, format or size of a government record embodied
in the form of printed matter to be copied pursuant to this section
is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary document-copying
equipment in ordinary business size, the Borough shall charge the
actual cost of duplicating the record, which shall be based upon the
actual direct cost of providing the copy or copies. The requestor
shall have the opportunity to review and object to the charge prior
to it being incurred.
C.
The custodian shall permit access to a Borough record and provide
a copy thereof in the medium requested if the Borough maintains the
record in that medium. If the Borough 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. If a request is for a record in a medium not routinely used
by the Borough, the Borough may charge the actual cost of duplication.
D.
Tax Collector calculations:
(1)
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-54, the Tax Collector shall provide
to any party entitled to redeem a certificate pursuant to this section
(N.J.S.A. 54:5-54) two calculations of the amount required for redemption
within a calendar year at no cost. For each subsequent calculation
requested from the Tax Collector, there shall be a fee of $50. A request
for a redemption calculation shall be made in writing to the Tax Collector.
(2)
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1, the Tax Collector may charge
a lienholder of a tax lien $50 for the calculation of the amount due
to redeem the tax lien as required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-97.1.
Any request for a redemption calculation shall specify the date to
be used for the calculation, which shall be the date of the notice.
Neither the Tax Collector nor the municipality shall be liable for
an incorrect calculation. The fee paid to the municipality shall not
become part of the lien and shall not be passed on to any party entitled
to redeem pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-54.
