The Township Committee of the Township of Mullica
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 hereby appoints the Municipal
Clerk as the custodian of public records for the Township of Mullica.
The following deputy custodians are hereby appointed
as set forth by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1:
A. Court Administrator and/or her designee.
B. Tax Collector and/or her designee.
C. Construction Official and/or her designee.
D. Tax Assessor and/or her designee.
E. Chief of Police and/or his designee.
F. Chief Financial Officer and/or her designee.
G. Public Works Director and/or his designee.
The Township Committee of the Township of Mullica
also sets the following policy for access to public records;
A. The Municipal Clerk as custodian of Township records
or the Chief of Police for police records or their appropriate designees
in their absence, are authorized to physically give a government record
to the public.
B. Records which are not readily available or which will
require a search of records will be made available as soon as possible,
and the applicant will be provided with an interim report within seven
business days indicating the time which will be required to provide
the records.
C. Duplication of a printed record under the Open Public
Records Act shall be in compliance with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. For
requests that a report be mailed, a municipality may add a charge
for actual postage plus $0.25 for stationary-related expense. For
police accident reports not requested in person and not part of Municipal
Court discovery, the municipality may charge an additional fee of
up to $5 for the first three pages and $1 per page thereafter to cover
the administration costs of the report.
[Amended 9-28-2004 by Ord. No. 15-2004; 11-9-2010 by Ord. No. 15-2010]
D. The prepayment of a deposit in the amount $25 will
be required when the estimated cost of reproduction will exceed $20.
When a request is made by mail, the requestor will be responsible
for the amount of postage due.
[Amended 3-24-2015 by Ord. No. 4-2015]
The term "government records" generally includes
those records determined to be government records or records in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. The term does not include employee personnel
and pension files, criminal investigation records, victim's records,
police investigation records, interagency or intraagency advisory,
consultative, or deliberative material, emergency or security information
or procedures for buildings or facilities, administrative or technical
information regarding computer hardware, software and networks which
if disclosed would jeopardize computer security, information regarding
labor-management negotiations, including statements of strategy or
negotiating position, or other matters in which there is a right of
privacy or confidentiality material which is specifically exempted
by law.