[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of North Haledon 10-16-2002 by Ord. No. 12-2002 (§ 69-31 of the 1990 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Administration of government — See Ch. 7.
Fees — See Ch. 275.
Whenever the nature, format, manner of collation or volume of a government record embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined, or copied pursuant to OPRA (Open Public Records Act), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., is such that the record cannot be reproduced by ordinary document copying equipment in ordinary business size or involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort to accommodate the request, including but not limited to retrieval of documents from storage or which have been archived, the custodian of records, as defined by OPRA, shall advise the requester of the estimate of charges, which shall include the actual cost of duplicating the records and a special service charge that shall be reasonable and shall be based upon the actual direct cost of providing the copy or copies. In the event the requester objects to the charge after having reviewed same, the custodian of records shall not incur said charges until an agreement is reached between the requester and the custodian of records.
In the event that an OPRA request involves the reproduction and/or conversion from the medium in which the document requested currently exists into a medium not routinely used by the municipality, not routinely developed or maintained by the municipality or requires a substantial amount of manipulation or programming or information technology, the custodian of records shall either convert the document to the medium requested or provide a copy in some other meaningful medium as provided by OPRA. In the event that the requester refuses to accept a copy in some other meaningful medium the municipality is able to convert the documents into, the custodian of records shall advise the requester of the actual cost of duplication, a special service charge that shall be reasonable and shall be based on the cost for any extensive use of information technology or for the labor cost of personnel providing the service that is actually incurred by the municipality or attributable to the municipality for the programming, clerical and supervisory assistance required, or both. This chapter shall also apply to requests for documents which the municipality is unable to reproduce in-house due to the document's existing unusual size or medium, including but not limited to blueprints, plans, film, slides, CD-ROMs and the like.
The custodian of records is authorized to solicit and receive estimates in accordance with local public contracts law from third-party document service providers to effectuate OPRA requests which fall within the scope of this chapter, and any estimates from said third-party service providers shall be transmitted to the requester for his/her consideration and review.
The custodian of records is authorized to solicit and receive applications from persons desirous of being employed on a part-time basis, at a rate to be set forth in the Salary Ordinance, to aid in the fulfillment of OPRA requests which fall within the scope of this chapter and to present same to the governing body for its review and action. A list of potential part-time employees shall be kept by the custodian of records, to be called upon when needed in accordance with this chapter.