[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Township of Clinton 7-24-2002 by Ord. No. 786-02. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The public records of the Township of Clinton
shall be accessible for examination and copying in accordance with
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., upon the terms and conditions as hereinafter
provided. Such inspection shall be made only at reasonable times during
business hours and without interference with the conduct of the affairs
of the office or other place where such records are kept or maintained.
Copies shall be made available for purchase
upon the payment of fees in accordance with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.,
which shall be based upon the total number of pages or parts thereof
to be purchased without regard to the number of records being copied:
C.
Fax request: normal copy fee, plus $1 per page.
E.
F.
Maps:
(3)
Map disclaimer. For all data contained herein, Clinton
Township makes no representations of any kind, including but not limited
to the warranties of merchantability, accuracy or fitness for a particular
use, nor are such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital
data provided.
G.
Special service charges.
[Added 4-26-2006 by Ord. No. 906-06]
(1)
Purpose. The purpose of this subsection is to set
forth the Township’s fee schedule for the Township’s special
service charges to be assessed in appropriate circumstances.
(2)
Definitions. As used in this subsection, “special
service charge” shall mean a charge, in addition to the actual
cost of duplicating the government record(s), which shall reflect
the expense associated with extensive use of Township information,
technology or resources, or the extensive clerical or supervisory
assistance by Township personnel necessary to accommodate requests
to inspect, examine and/or provide copies of the record(s), and as
defined by the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5c. and 47:1A-5d.
(3)
Special service charges.
(a)
A special service charge may be applied by the custodian
of records or his/her designee in the following circumstances:
[1]
When the nature, format, manner of collation
or volume of a government record embodied in the form of printed matter
to be copied is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary
copying equipment in ordinary business size;
[2]
When a request is for a government record in
a medium not routinely used by the Township;
[3]
When a request is for a government record not
routinely developed or maintained by the Township;
[4]
When a request for a government record requires a substantial amount of manipulation or programming of information technology by the Township and the cost of such manipulation or programming is not otherwise included in the fee or fees listed in § 38-2; or
[5]
When the request for copying, inspection or
examination of a government record involves an extraordinary expenditure
of time and effort to accommodate.
(b)
The special service charge rate for supervisory, programming
and/or clerical services shall be charged per hour and as follows:
[1]
The hourly rate shall be the hourly wage of
the employee conducting the supervisory, programming and/or clerical
services as set by the Township by salary and wage ordinance and/or
collective bargaining agreement(s) from time to time.
[2]
The hourly wages of salaried personnel shall
be calculated by dividing the employee’s annual salary as set
by the Township Council by salary and wage ordinance and/or collective
bargaining agreement(s) by 26 (weeks) and then dividing that biweekly
pay by the number of hours worked in a biweekly period.
The following fees shall be established for
permits or other such services provided by the Finance Department:
[Amended 3-10-2004 by Ord. No. 842-04; 5-11-2005 by Ord. No. 874-05; 4-26-2006 by Ord. No. 906-06]
The following fees shall be established for
other such services provided by the Police Department:
A.
Audiotape copies: $5. Copies requested to be copied
on a CD shall have an additional $5 charge for a total of $10. Dispatch
audio tapes must be obtained from Hunterdon County Communications.
B.
Photographs: $10 each photograph.
C.
Audiotape copies (dispatch audio tapes must be obtained
from Hunterdon County Communications): $25; uncertified transcription
of audiotapes, plus per page copy charge, etc.: $25.
D.
Videotapes: $50.
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 836-03]
The following fees are established:
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 836-03]
A.
Pursuant to P.L. 1990, Chapter 69, there is hereby
established a charge for duplicate copies of tax bills.
B.
Whenever a mortgagee, serving organization or property
tax processing organization requests a duplicate copy of a tax bill,
the Tax Collector shall issue a duplicate copy of the tax bill. The
fee for the first duplicate requested shall be $5. The fee for the
second and each subsequent duplicate copy of the same tax bill in
the same tax year shall be $25. The Tax Collector shall require the
payment be made prior to the issuance of the duplicate bill.
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 836-03]
Any items being held by the Clinton Township
Police Department, upon proper notice to the owner that the items
can be retrieved and picked up or retrieved within a ten-day period
from notice sent by registered mail, a storage charge will be assessed
at the rate of $20 every 24 hours of storage time outside and $25
every 24 hours of storage time inside.
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 836-03]
The Township Council reserves the right to waive
any fee under this chapter.
