New Jersey has adopted the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5, which has as its general purpose making government records
more available to the public than they have been in the past. In certain
instances, the production of voluminous records, archived records,
or records in a format which is not the usual format maintained by
the municipality or other special circumstances is costly and time
consuming. The New Jersey Open Public Records Act permits the municipality
to require the payment of fees, special service charges and/or special
charges as a prerequisite to the production of records requiring extraordinary
time and effort, special equipment or special formatting.
The City Clerk by law is the custodian of records for the City.
Nothing in this chapter shall require the custodian of records
or any other municipal official to examine, analyze, tabulate, or
interpret documents which are subject to production under the New
Jersey Open Public Records Act.