OPRA Request

Borough of Dumont
Submitted on

(6 Jan 2012) via E-mail to

To the Custodian of Records: Please accept this as my request for government records.

Please note that the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) is not the only basis for my request. I claim entitlement to the records sought under both OPRA and the Common Law right of access.
Requestor Name: Address: Phone: E-Mail: Background: According to the 2012 Best Practices Questionnaire posted on the borough

Kai Chen Please DO NOT use regular mail either for replying to either this request

or sending me the responsive records. Kindly use E-mail instead.

website, the borough answered "No" to the question "Does your municipality limit health benefits to full-time (35 or more hours weekly), employees and exclude from coverage all pat1-time employees, elected or appointed officials?" It would interest the public to know which qf the part-time employees, elected or appointed officials are receiving the benefit as well as the cost to the municipality providing the benefit.
RECORDS REQUEST:

I am requesting a list of all part-time employees, elected and appointed officials who are receiving health benefts as of December 31, 2011 and the corresponding premium paid by the borough on their behalf for calendar year 2011. I am requesting the information electronically in PDF format. For every record within the scope of my request that you believe is exempt from access, please identifY the record and specifY the reason why you believe it is exempt from access.

Please advise requester of any charges prior to filling request. generate requested copy, please proceed.

If there is no charge to

Health Benefits

TIL 2011
Freeman, Kenneth Gildea, Monica Me Hale, Mathew Zameehansky, Ellen

7,600.80 17,958.96 7,902.01 19,954.44

DPRA Request
Borough of Dumont
Submitted on

(9 Jan 2012) via E-mail to

To the Custodian of Records: Please accept this as my request for government records.

. Please note that the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) is not the only basis for my request. I claim entitlement to the records sought under both OPRA and the Common Law right of access.
Requestor Name: Address: Phone: E-Mail: Background: Based on OPRA #15 filing, it would interest the public to know which of

Kai Chen Please DO NOT use regular mail either for replying to either this request

or sending me the responsive records. Kindly use E-mail instead.

the part-time employees, elected or appointed officials are receiving the benefit as well as the cost to the municipality providing the benefit for the past several years.
RECORDS REQUEST:

I am requesting a list of all part-time employees, elected and appointed officials who are receiving health benefits as of December 31 for years ending 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006 as well as the corresponding premium paid by the borough on their behalf for each of the annual periods specified. I am requesting the information electronically in PDF format. For every record within the scope of my request that you believe is exempt from access, please identify the record and specify the reason why you believe it is exempt from access.

Please advise requester of any charges prior to filling request. If there is no charge to generate requested copy, please proceed.

Health Benefits

2006
Freeman, Kenneth Gildea, Monica Kerr, Robert Mc Hale, Mathew Zamechansky, Ellen

2007

2008

2009

2010 5,572.41

14,856.24 10,646.40 2,281.12 12,409.20

17,411.52 1,127.45 8,020.07 13,191.00

14,041.20 6,310.98 14,062.56

13,305.24 5,913.48 14,783.64

16,006.20 7,113.96 16,484.69

List of Part-Time Employees and Elected Officials Receiving Borough-Paid Healthcare Insurance Calendar Year Recipient Name Freeman, Kenneth Gildea, Monica Kerr, Robert Mc Hale, Mathew Zamechansky, Ellen Elected Officials Part Time Employee Yearly Increase Yearly Totals Notes: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Personal Totals $13,173.21 $93,579.36 $11,773.85 $37,541.62 $90,885.53 $153,374.21 $93,579.36 32.90% $246,953.57

$14,856.24 $10,646.40 $2,281.12 $12,409.20

$5,572.41 $7,600.80 $17,411.52 $14,041.20 $13,305.24 $16,006.20 $17,958.96 $1,127.45 $8,020.07 $6,310.98 $5,913.48 $7,113.96 $7,902.01 $13,191.00 $14,062.56 $14,783.64 $16,484.69 $19,954.44

$25,336.72 $22,338.52 $20,373.54 $20,697.12 $29,171.06 $35,457.25 $14,856.24 $17,411.52 $14,041.20 $13,305.24 $16,006.20 $17,958.96 Baseline -1.10% -13.42% -1.20% 32.87% 18.24%

$40,192.96 $39,750.04 $34,414.74 $34,002.36 $45,177.26 $53,416.21 Robert Kerr resigned from council in 2007 Kenneth Freeman began serving council in 2010

Dumont Resident-Paid Healthcare Benefits to Recent Elected Officials

$100,000.00 $90,000.00 $80,000.00 $70,000.00 Cumulative Paid $60,000.00 $50,000.00 $40,000.00 $30,000.00 $20,000.00 $10,000.00 $0.00 2006 2007 Zamechansky, Ellen Mc Hale, Mathew 2008 Calendar Year 2009 2010 2011 Freeman, Kenneth