[Amended 8-7-2007 by Ord. No. 36-2007; 3-11-2008 by Ord. No.
6-2008]
A. For the purpose of implementing and discharging those responsibilities
under the Open Public Records Acts, the Municipal Clerk of the Township
of Mount Olive is hereby designated as the Custodian of Municipal
Records or, in his/her absence, the Deputy Municipal Clerk. The Municipal
Clerk shall prepare and adopt application and response forms in tracking
requests for the duplication of municipal records by members of the
public.
B. In addition, for the purpose of expediting citizen requests for the
inspection, copying or examination of municipal records (with certain
exceptions) in various departments, the following positions are hereby
designated as Deputy Custodians:
(1) Planning Board Secretary.
(2) Board of Adjustment Secretary.
(3) Registrar of Vital Statistics.
(4) Board of Health Secretary.
(5) Deputy Custodian of Police Records shall be designated by the Chief
of Police or his designee.
(6) Construction Code Official.
In the event that a Deputy Custodian of the Record recommends
denying a requestor access to municipal records, it shall be the responsibility
of the Municipal Clerk to review the subject matter in accordance
with requirements of N.J.S.A. 4:1A-1 and make a determination as to whether or not the record(s)
in question should be denied.
[Amended 6-15-2010 by Ord. No. 16-2010]
A. The fee for the duplication of any government record embodied in
the form of printed matter shall be free of charge.
[Amended 3-1-2011 by Ord. No. 3-2011]
B. The Township Clerk shall have the discretion to require a deposit
against cost for reproducing documents sought through an anonymous
request whenever the Township Clerk anticipates that the information
thus requested will cost in excess of $5 to reproduce.
Whenever the nature, form, manner of collection or volume of
a government record embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected,
examined or copied is such that the record cannot be reproduced by
ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business size or involved
an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate the
request, the Township shall charge, in addition to the actual cost
of duplicating the record, a special service charge that shall be
reasonable and based upon the actual direct cost to the Township providing
the copy or copies to a member of the public.
[Added 1-9-2007 by Ord. No. 35-2006]
All available municipal records requested shall be provided to the Municipal Clerk when so requested of either the Deputy Clerk or a designated Deputy Custodian of the Record by the Municipal Clerk. Failure to provide any available requested documentation which is considered a "public record" and a valid request pursuant to the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., shall be deemed a violation and shall be subject to the penalty schedule as set forth in §
164-13.
[Added 1-9-2007 by Ord. No. 35-2006]
A. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of §
164-12 shall be subject to the following penalties:
(1) First offense: a fine not to exceed $1,000 and notification to the
Mayor and Township Council of such a violation.
(2) Second offense: A fine not to exceed $2,000.
B. The Mayor and Township Council of the Township of Mount Olive shall
be notified by the Township Clerk of any violations of this section.