Granted: Delaware River Waterfront Corp. records
December 10, 2009
Granted: A 28-part request to
the Delaware River Waterfront Corp. seeking to
review records related to its relationship and
contracts with another corporation. The requester
received no response to his request, and so it
was deemed denied. Read
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Granted: Request for festival costs; no single document exists
December 09, 2009
Granted: A request for documents
showing the cost of a fall festival at the
Carroll Township Community Center. The township
had denied the request, saying that no single
document existed that showed the total cost.
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Granted: Financial record request ignored by Willistown Twp.
November 04, 2009
Granted: A request to Willistown
Township for a copy of the township's audited
financial statement for 2008. The requester filed
an appeal to the Office of Open Records when he
received no response from the township, and thus
his request was "deemed denied." Read
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Granted: Principal interview ratings from non-compliant school district
October 11, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Uniontown School District for a copying of
principal interview ratings from her interview
for a school principal position. Read
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Granted: Judge's order in possession of Chester Co.
October 05, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
records relating to a Chester County president
judge's order that no one with a felony
conviction can work in the county justice center.
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Granted: Dates of birth on Pittsburgh payroll list
October 02, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the City of
Pittsburgh for copies of payrolls and pension
eligibility lists. Read
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Granted: Unredacted report by third-party contractor
September 16, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to General McLane School
District for unredacted documents. The documents
had already been provided to the requester, but
had been redacted. Read
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Granted: Johnstown Civil Service Board failed to comply with RTKL
September 14, 2009
Granted: A request by a
Johnstown councilman for minutes and annual
reports from the city’s Civil Service Board,
which failed to respond or supply the records
requested. Read
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Granted: Draft order, solicitor emails W Easton didn't meet burden on
September 11, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to West Easton borough
for copies of written complaints related to the
requester’s use of her property. Read
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Granted: Records Rochester promised, but failed to deliver
September 09, 2009
Granted: A request made to the
borough of Rochester for records related to a
construction project. The borough said it would
grant the request, but did not supply the records
within the time frame required by the Right to
Know Law, nor respond to repeated inquiries from
the Office of Open Records. Read
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Denied: Request for State Police report and 911 call
September 04, 2009
Denied in part and granted in
part: A request for state police records
and a 911 telephone call related to a specific
incident involving the requester, who had made
the call. Read
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Granted: Dept. of Corrections policy on inmate book ordering
August 31, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for two parts of a
Department of Corrections policy manual.
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Granted: Records where borough failed to prove they could be withheld
August 24, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a number of records
related to the requester’s employment with the
borough of Jim Thorpe, including police reports,
records of disciplinary actions and investigation
records. Read
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Granted: Records on township commissioners' personal PCs
August 21, 2009
Granted: A request for emails
and other correspondence of two York Township
commissioners. Read
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Granted: Delinquent accounts borough claimed protected by Fair Credit act
August 21, 2009
Granted: A request for access to
delinquent sewer accounts from the Sharon
Sanitary Authority. Read
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Granted: Home addresses on contractor payroll records
August 17, 2009
Granted: A request for home
addresses on certified payroll records of a
third-party contractor from the City of
Philadelphia. Read
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Granted: Less redacted Mt Carmel Twp insurance policies
August 14, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for insurance policies
for certain Mount Carmel Township borough
employees and officials. Read
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Granted: Electric study still under borough review
August 14, 2009
Granted: An electric study
performed on behalf of the borough of Hatboro,
although the solicitor had not yet finished legal
review. Read
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Granted: Lackawanna Co. prison pharmacy records from contractor
August 12, 2009
Granted: A request for an
unredacted contract and a three-year financial
accounting for the pharmacy at the Lackawanna
County Prison. Read
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Granted: Mt. Carmel Twp. auditor report
August 12, 2009
Granted: A request for a
certified copy of Mount Carmel Township’s 2008
internal audit report. The township provided its
annual audit and financial report in response,
but the requester said it was not the record he
requested. Read
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Granted: Records of contemplated purchases by Pittsburgh school district
August 10, 2009
Granted in part, denied in part:
A request to the Pittsburgh School District for
invoices, contracts, bids and correspondence
regarding the purchase of promotional items.
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Granted: Property tax status documents from township
August 06, 2009
Granted: A request to Middletown
Township for printouts of current tax year
information and payment status for three
properties. The township had denied possession of
the records, saying they were available only from
the tax office. Read
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Granted: Names, addresses on payroll records
August 05, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of General Services for
copies of certified payroll records of a
third-party contractor with names and home
addresses. Read
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Denied: Request for zoning board transcripts without paying transcription fee
August 05, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the borough of
Baldwin for copies of notes, minutes and
transcripts from two zoning board meetings, one
in March and one in May. The borough had granted
the request for transcripts, but indicated that
the cost would be more than $100. Read
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Granted: Hatboro electric study in possession of council v.p.
August 04, 2009
Granted: A request to the
borough of Hatboro for copies of an electric
study. The borough initially denied the request
by saying the borough did not have a copy of the
study, but later acknowledged it was in the
possession of the council vice president.
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Granted: Marriage licenses with no service fee for access
July 31, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for copies of 24
marriage license applications and certificates
from the Philadelphia City License Marriage
Bureau. The requester had submitted a Right to
Know Request for the licenses and enclosed a
check to pay for 48 copies at 25 cents per page,
plus postage. The Register of Wills Office, on
behalf of the bureau, denied the request and
advised the requester that the register is a
judicial agency with a different fee schedule
than that set by the Right to Know Law.
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Granted: Philadelphia police sign-in log from 1988, or statement swearing it no longer exists
July 31, 2009
Granted: A request from the
Philadelphia Police Department for a copy of the
visitor’s sign-in log from 1988. Read
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Granted: Unredacted attorney invoices; district failed to defend redactions
July 30, 2009
Granted: A request for
communications, invoices and payments made to an
attorney by the East Stroudsburg Area School
District, in regards to a letter the attorney
wrote to the requester on the school district’s
behalf. The district provided extensively
redacted copies of the requested records, citing
the attorney-client privilege. Read
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Granted: Copies from Dept. of Education database
July 27, 2009
Granted: Department of Education
records related to the Pennsylvania Value-Added
Assessment System. The DOE had advised that the
cost of duplicating the records would be almost
$4,000, plus shipping. The requester responded
that it did not request copies, but rather access
to the data maintained by the department in
electronic form. Read
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Granted: Supervisor's presentation which township denied was public record
July 24, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
a PowerPoint presentation on the Mount Joy
Township budget created by a supervisor. The
township had denied the request, saying the
presentation was not a public record because it
had no “official” purpose, was on the
supervisor’s personal computer and not in the
township’s possession. Read
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Granted: Individual correspondence involving school district business
July 24, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for communications and
other records relating to lawsuits by a former
Penn-Delco School District solicitor against the
former business manager and a former board
president. Read
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Granted: Philadelphia inspection records, where agency ignored request and OOR
July 22, 2009
Granted: Records regarding
inspections at a specific address in
Philadelphia, when the city’s Department of
Licenses and Inspections did not respond to the
request or to subsequent inquiry by the Office of
Open Records. Read
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Granted: People magazine request for Wyomissing police reports
July 20, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Wyomissing Police Department for copies of calls
to service and police reports written for
complaints made by a certain resident.
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Granted: State police policy on motor vehicle stops
July 20, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Pennsylvania State Police for records relating to
procedures to be followed when stopping and
searching a motor vehicle and seizing property.
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Granted: Developer's tax increment financing plan, with redactions
July 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for copies of a draft
Montgomery County tax increment financing plan
for a specific project. The county had denied the
request, saying that the records were exempt from
disclosure as containing confidential proprietary
information and as predecisional deliberations.
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Granted: Securities Commission settlement agreement
July 15, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Securities Commission for investigatory and
administrative files regarding a particular case.
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Denied: Records in electronic format where redaction not secure
July 14, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Gaming Control Board for copies of the 2008
travel expense reports for all board. The board
granted the request, but indicated that the
copying fees would be more than $2,000, which the
requesters appealed, arguing that the fee was
unnecessary as the records should be provided in
electronic format. Read
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Granted: School board budget booklet discussed at public meeting
July 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Unionville Chadds
Ford School District seeking a preliminary budget
booklet which had been distributed to the school
board at a public meeting. Read
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Granted: School district cell phone numbers
July 10, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a listing of all
cell phones paid for by the East Stroudsburg Area
School District, with related invoices, names and
titles for all those who were issued the phones.
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Granted: Supervisor emails concerning nominations
July 08, 2009
Granted: A request for emails to
or from Worcester Township supervisors concerning
nominations to appointed positions in the
township. Read
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Granted: Home addresses of Wm Penn School District employees
July 08, 2009
Granted: A request to the
William Penn School District for the home
addresses of all employees who pay fair share.
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Granted: Addresses and email addresses of Cambria Co. employees
July 06, 2009
Granted: A request for the home
address and email address of each fair-share
feepayer employed by Cambria County. Read
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Granted: Less redacted attorney invoices in Bucks County
July 06, 2009
Granted: A request for less
redacted attorney invoices from the Bucks County
Municipal Authority. Read
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Granted: Redacted PSP inspection report on fatal accident
July 02, 2009
Granted in part, denied in part:
A request for an inspection report about at fatal
accident from the Pennsylvania State Police.
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Granted: Central York superintendent's W-2s, despite PSEA objections
July 02, 2009
Granted: A request for W-2 forms
for the Central York School District
superintendent, as well as a copy of minutes of a
board meeting at which the superintendent's
paid/reimbursed leave of absence was discussed.
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Granted: Adams County preliminary financial report, after specific redaction
July 02, 2009
Granted in part and denied in part:
A request for an unredacted copy of a preliminary
financial report for Adams County.
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Granted: Financial document plans for new high school
June 26, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for access to the
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District's paper
copes of PlanCon D & E submissions for a new
high school school building. The district had
denied the request, stating that the records are
exempt from disclosure under the personal
security and infrastructure security exemptions
of the Right to Know Law. Read
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Granted: Scranton Parking Authority lease contract with restaurant
June 25, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
a lease and subsequent renewal between the
Scranton Parking Authority and Molly Brannigan's
restaurant. The city had denied the request,
claiming the lease contained confidential
information bargained for by the parking
authority and its commercial client. Read
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Granted: Address of Harrisburg School District employee's supervisor
June 25, 2009
Granted: A request for the home
address of the requester's supervisor, a
Harrisburg School District employee, unless the
district can assert a substantial and
demonstrable risk of harm to the supervisor or a
judicial order precluding the release of the
address. Read
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Denied: Ex-Corrections employee's own personnel records
June 25, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A former Department of Corrections
employee's request for portions of his personnel
record and documents relating to his application
for unemployment. Read
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Granted: York County employee addresses, law enforcement officers redacted
June 25, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for names and addresses
of all fair share taxpayers employed by York
County. Read
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Granted: Motor vehicle records from PennDOT, with personal info redacted
June 24, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for motor vehicle
vehicle investigation information relating to a
certain individual and vehicles, from the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
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Granted: Preliminary school district budget
June 22, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
the South Eastern School District's itemized
preliminary budget, which had been denied by the
district as a draft or working paper and claimed
by the district to not be a financial record.
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Denied: Job applicant scores, evaluations, except for successful candidates
June 19, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request by a Department of
Public Works employee to review the agency's
written job interview summaries and scoring
matrices concerning management job selections.
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Granted: Tax records from Springfield School District
June 19, 2009
Granted: A request for tax
information for 10 properties from the
Springfield School District. The district had
denied the request, stating it was not in
possession of the tax records and that it was not
required to create them. Read
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Granted: Township records from tax collector
June 19, 2009
Granted: A request for tax
records for 10 properties from Springfield
Township. The township had denied the records,
saying it was not required to create record, that
it did not have the authority to release the
records, and that real estate tax records don't
fall under the purview of the township.
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Granted: Release of redacted State Police incident reports
June 18, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Pennsylvania State Police records
relating to a mobile home fire in South
Connellsville. Read
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Granted: Access to records of 'private' industrial development corporation
June 17, 2009
Granted: Records requested from
the Philadelphia Industrial Development
Corporation, which had been denied on the grounds
the PIDC was a private corporate entity not
subject to the Right to Know Law. The Office of
Open Records determined that as a third-party
contractor doing the work of a government agency,
its records were subject to public release under
the Right to Know Law: Read
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Granted: Standard copy fee for county as local, not legislative, agency
June 17, 2009
Granted: A request to
Northumberland County for copies of records at
the state maximum fee of 25 cents a page, not 50
cents. Read
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Granted: ACLU request that Philadelphia Police Department ignored completely
June 15, 2009
Granted: A 14-part request to
the Philadelphia Police Department for records
relating to pedestrian stops and documents
addressing police officers' interactions with
undocumented immigrants. Other than an initial
response that it required a 30-day extension to
respond, the department was unresponsive, and
ignored three Office of Open Records requests to
respond to the requester's appeal. Read
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Granted: Some redacted info on district W-2s
June 12, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request seeking redacted W-2s
for certain employees of the Colonial School
District and Montgomery County Intermediate Unit.
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Granted: Philadelphia payroll with addresses, birth dates
June 12, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a copy of the
current City of Philadelphia payroll list, by a
reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Granted: W-2 for Pocono Mountain School District employee
June 11, 2009
Granted: A request for the W-2
form for a Pocono Mountain School District
employee, with exempt information redacted. The
district had denied the request, saying that W-2
forms are exempt from disclosure under a federal
law, and as personal financial information under
the Right to Know Law. Read
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Granted: Records using OOR form, at OOR fees
June 11, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
real-estate tax and sewer billing information
from the Peters Creek Sanitary Authority
regarding three specific properties. The agency
responded by directing the requester to use its
own request form and demanded payment of $50 for
copies of the records. Read
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Granted: PennDOT vehicle records not easy to produce
June 08, 2009
Granted: A request for certain
salvage and towing information filed with the
Department of Transportation. Read
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Denied: Home addresses of law officers, social services workers
June 08, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a list of
Susquehanna County employees who pay fair share,
including their county email addresses and home
addresses. Read
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Granted: PennDOT vehicle records not covered by other laws
June 08, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation seeking information
about a particular license plate and vehicle
registration. Read
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Granted: Request that township ignored for more than 30 days
June 05, 2009
Granted: A request to McNett
Township seeking minutes, budget proposal,
invoices, letters, local laws and bylaws of a
fire company. The Office of Open Records noted in
its response to the appeal that there was no
evidence that the township ever responded to the
request. Read
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Granted: County email addresses, not protected by computer security exception
June 05, 2009
Granted: A request for the
county email addresses for all Centre County
employees who pay fair share. The county had
provided requested this of employees who pay fair
share and their home addresses, but had withheld
their county email addresses. Read
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Granted: Building inspections and submissions not exempt under security provisions
June 04, 2009
Granted: A multi-part request to
the Borough of Lansford for building inspections
and submissions. The borough had denied access,
citing the noncriminal investigation exception
and lack of specificity. Read
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Granted: Third-party contractor payroll records from DCNR
June 01, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
certified payroll records of a third-party
contractor and subsequent subcontractors from the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
with home addresses included. Read
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Granted: School district W-2 and W-3 forms
June 01, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Allegheny Valley
School District for W-2 and W-3 forms for school
employees and all laws that mandate employee
benefits as taxable compensation. Read
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Granted: Union dues information on W-2s
May 29, 2009
Granted: A request to
Susquehanna Township School District for union
dues information on W-2s for two school
employees. Read
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Granted: W-2 information with only first-class postage costs allowed
May 28, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for W-2s, mailing
addresses and titles of the officers of the
Interboro Education Association, with only the
cost of first-class postage permitted to be
charged for mailing. Read
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Granted: Second appeal for York Co. 911 logs with addresses
May 28, 2009
Granted: Second appeal by same
requester for York County 911 response logs with
addresses. Read
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Granted: Legal fee records where school ignored request, OOR
May 28, 2009
Granted: Records showing the
amount of money paid by the Pocono Mountain
Charter School to an attorney and his firm, where
the school ignored the request and subsequent
questions by the Office of Open Records.
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Granted: Agency required to search and copy requested records
May 27, 2009
Granted: Records relating to a
Shippensburg police officer who was dismissed
from the department in 1949. The borough
initially granted access but required the
requester to search for and copy the records
himself, saying that the staff shortages kept it
from searching and copying the records itself.
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Granted: Auditor's letters to Rome Twp
May 27, 2009
Granted: A request for
audit-related communications from an auditor to
Rome Township. The township had denied the
request, saying it had requested an advisory
opinion from the Office of Open Records, and thus
the request was subject to legal review.
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Granted: Names, addresses on third-party payroll record
May 26, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
the certified payroll records of a third-party
contractor and all subcontractors on a certain
project, including names and home addresses, with
the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget.
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Granted: Employee hometowns, dates of birth, in Coatesville's 2nd warning
May 26, 2009
Granted: A request for
Coatesville's payroll list, including employee
hometowns and dates of birth. Read
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Granted: Fire company records, despite FD's decision to wait for another case's court appeal
May 22, 2009
Granted: A request for the
Bonneauville Community Fire Department's meeting
minutes, bylaws, guidelines, building access logs
and responder response statistics. The fire
company had denied the request on the basis that
it would not release any records pending the
outcome of a similar RTKL case appealed to Tioga
County court. Read
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Granted: 911 time response logs with addresses included
May 22, 2009
Granted: A request to York
County seeking 911 call time response logs with
addresses included. Read
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Denied: Corrections treatment program manual attachment
May 22, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Department of Corrections seeking a copy of the
the Therapeutic Community program operations
manual, including an attachment that details with
the daily operation and procedures of the
residential alcohol and drug treatment program.
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Granted: Request for teacher grievance information
May 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for statistical and
financial information about litigation of
grievances filed by teaching staff in the
Blackhawk School District. Read
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Granted: Requester may listen to tapes and make own copies
May 20, 2009
Granted: A request seeking
copies of audio cassette tapes made of Lehigh
Township meetings for the past three years.
The township had initially agreed to allow the requester to copy the tapes himself, but subsequently decided to require him to accept copies made by a duplication company. Read More...
The township had initially agreed to allow the requester to copy the tapes himself, but subsequently decided to require him to accept copies made by a duplication company. Read More...
Granted/Reversed: W-2s showing school administrators' car mileage/car expenses
May 20, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request for
W-2 documents showing taxes withheld for mileage
reimbursement/automobile allowed for all
administrators at the Pocono Mountain School
District. The district had denied the request,
saying the information was exempt from disclosure
as personal financial information, and under the
federal Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act.
The Office of Open Record’s decision was reversed
by the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas.
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Granted: Superintendent's W-2 information, withheld as 'personal'
May 20, 2009
Granted: A request for the
"miscellaneous withholdings" information in a W-2
tax form of the Boyertown Area School District
superintendent. Read
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Granted: Redacted public notices from State Ethics Commission
May 19, 2009
Granted: A request to the State
Ethics Commission for copies of public notices
for all regular and special meetings, including
public notices for recessed or reconvened
meetings. Read
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Granted: Police department's police on Taser use
May 19, 2009
Granted: A request to the
borough of Churchill for its policy on the use of
Tasers by its police department. Read
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Granted: Scranton tax office employee job applications
May 18, 2009
Granted: A request for job
applications of current and former employees of
the Scranton Single Tax Office, after redaction
of personal identification information allowed by
the Right to Know Law to be protected. The agency
had supplied employee lists but not the job
applications. Read
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Granted: Non-certified real-estate tax and sewer records
May 18, 2009
Granted: A request for
non-certified real-estate tax and sewer billing
information related to certain properties in
Nether Providence Township. Read
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Granted: Unredacted legal records or itemized reasons for redactions
May 18, 2009
Granted: A request for vouchers,
financial disclosure statements and a copy of a
lawyer-client agreement from Dickinson Township,
where the township had provided copies of
redacted documents but not itemized legal reasons
for each redaction. Read
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Granted: Copies of DCED records not proven to be 'predecisional'
May 15, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Department of
Community and Economic Development seeking a copy
of an application and copies of records relied
upon for funding decisions. Read
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Granted: Emails pertaining to requester's ejection from board meeting
May 15, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for electronic copies of
any and all communications between East
Stroudsburg Area School District staff and
officials following the requester's ejection from
a school board meeting. Read
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Granted: Communications relating to school district audit
May 15, 2009
Granted: A request to the East
Stroudsburg School District seeking electronic
copies of any and all communications between the
superintendent and any staff members of a
financial planning company relating to the
district's annual audit. Read
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Granted: Payroll records with names and addresses
May 15, 2009
Granted: A request to North
Hills School District for certified payroll
records for a third-party contactor with names
and addresses unredacted. Read
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Granted: Tax information from Montgomery Township
May 15, 2009
Granted: A request for printouts
of current tax year information and charges for
liens for a property in Montgomery Township.
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Granted: Unredacted W-2 information from Souderton School District
May 14, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for W-2 forms for
certain employees of the Souderton Area School
District, with only required redactions.
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Granted: Request ignored by Gaming board as being improperly made
May 11, 2009
Granted: A request for
communications to gambling license applicants and
their responses, including financial information,
to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
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Granted: Access to Chester charter school financial records
May 08, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
financial reports involving the Chester Community
Charter School and Charter School Management. The
district had partially granted and partially
denied the request, invoking a number of
exemptions. Read
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Granted: Records that township refused to swear do not exist
May 08, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to Newtown Township
seeking copies of sewage enforcement records and
municipal authority payments. The Office of Open
Records directed the township to either provide
the records requested or provide a sworn
statement that they do not exist, which it had
already refused to do. Read
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Granted/Reversed: A request for emails discussing school board packets
May 08, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request
seeking electronic copies of any and all
communications between East Stroudsburg Area
School District officials from Jan. 1, 2009 to
the present that concerned board packets.
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Granted: Request for unexecuted borough purchase order
May 07, 2009
Granted: A request to the
borough of Kutztown for a purchase order placed
on a borough agenda, but not acted on.
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Granted: Lehigh Twp. garbage collection bills
May 06, 2009
Granted: A request for garbage
collection bills from Lehigh Township. The
township had withheld the records citing a right
to privacy. Read
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Granted: Nursing home inspection documents, after redaction
May 06, 2009
Granted: Copies of surveys and
inspections conducted by the Department of Health
at ManorCare in Yeadon, a Medicare provider of
nursing care and rehabilitation. ManorCare had
requested documents related to surveys and/or
inspections conducted at its facility, including
materials related to the DOH's issuance of a
Statement of Deficiencies. Read
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Granted/Affirmed: Concession bids submitted to contractor managing public stadium
May 06, 2009
Granted/Affirmed: A request
seeking names and bids submitted to SWB Yankees
LLC for a concessionaire contract at PNC Field.
The records had been denied by the Multi-Purpose
Stadium Authority of Lackawanna County, which
said it did not have possession of the records
and that they were not related to a governmental
function. The OOR’s decision was affirmed by the
Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas.
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Granted: Copies of budget committee slides shown at meeting
May 04, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for the athletic budget
presentation slides projected at a public meeting
of the Quakertown Community School District.
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Granted: Conemaugh Twp. W-2s and water bill information
May 04, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Conemaugh Township Municipal Authority for
customer water bill information and W-2 tax forms
of authority employees. Read
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Granted: Grant application, including draft operating agreement
May 04, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for audited two
financial reports and a grant application
submitted to the Department of Community and
Economic Development by Philadelphia agencies for
the construction of a convention center and
related hotel. Read
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Granted: Auctioned abandoned vehicle information from PennDOT
April 29, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for
information about all abandoned vehicles sold at
auction by a Reading towing company in 2006.
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Granted: Union dues deduction on Berwick SD employee W-2
April 24, 2009
Granted: A request seeking union
dues information on a W-2 for an employee of the
Berwick Area School District. Read
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Granted: Inspection/duplication of budget, despite electronic access
April 24, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the state Department
of Revenue for balance sheets, income statements,
sources and uses of funds, budgets and cash flow
statements. The department granted access to the
budget by advising the requester that it could be
found on the department's website, but was
informed by the Office of Open Records that the
requester must be offered inspection or
duplication of the records as requested.
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Granted: Financial and driver information from L&L Fire Co.
April 23, 2009
Granted: Access to financial and
vehicle driver information from the L&L Fire
Company of Weatherly. The request had been denied
based on lack of specificity and the argument
that volunteer fire companies need only provide
financial information in response to Right to
Know requests. Read
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Granted: Access to voluminous tax sale records not compiled
April 23, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Philadelphia Sheriff's Office seeking records
showing excess proceeds resulting from mortgage
and tax foreclosure sales. The sheriff's office
had denied the request, saying it does not
maintain centralized records containing excess
sale proceeds, and that it was not required to
create or compile a record that didn't exist.
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Granted: State Police procedures about audio recordings of vehicle encounters
April 22, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Pennsylvania State Police for its policies
relating to audio recordings of vehicle
encounters. Read
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Granted: State Police procedures about use of dash cameras
April 22, 2009
Granted: A request made to the
Pennsylvania State Police seeking procedure
records relating to dash camera usage, retention
and copying. The PSP had denied the request,
saying the requester cited the old Right to Know
Law, and that the request was not specific enough
to determine what records were being sought.
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Granted: Request agency said it couldn't respond to
April 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Philadelphia
Authority for Industrial Development for
planning-related minutes and resolutions. The
agency had denied the request, stating that it
"possesses no public records that fit these
descriptions." Read
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Granted/Reversed: Autopsy report from Butler County coroner
April 20, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request for
a copy of an autopsy report from the Butler
County coroner. Read
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Granted: Volunteer fire company meeting minutes
April 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for the Frystown (Bethel
Township) volunteer fire company's meeting
minutes from April 1996 through present. The fire
company had denied the request, saying it is not
subject to the Right to Know Law. Read
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Granted: Multiple requests denied by township as 'disruptive'
April 17, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Requests to Newtown Township
seeking various financial records and manuals.
The Office of Open Records found that the
township willfully refused to respond to the
requests without good cause and failed to comply
with the Right to Know Law. Read
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Granted: Autopsy reports as made accessible by Coroner's Act
April 17, 2009
Granted: A request for two
autopsy reports from Lancaster County. The Office
of Open Records ruled that once autopsy reports
are filed at the end of each year as required by
the Coroner's Act, they become public record as
outlined in the Coroner's Act, which takes
precedence over the Right to Know Law.
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Granted: Lackawanna Co. Prison contractor's pharmacy contract
April 15, 2009
Granted: Requests to Lackawanna
County for the pharmacy contract between the
third-party medical contractor at the Lackawanna
County Prison and its pharmacy subcontractor.
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Granted: List of Lackawanna County's cell phone numbers
April 14, 2009
Granted: A request for a list of
all Lackawanna County cell phones, including cell
phone numbers for each county-issued cell phone.
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Granted: Payroll records with home addresses not redacted
April 14, 2009
Granted: A request to Indiana
University of Pennsylvania for copies of payroll
records of a third-party contractor, including
home addresses. Read
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Granted: Access for requester to inspect and copy
April 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Department of
Corrections for records about claims and
settlements, which the DOC granted but required
prepayment of an estimated $8,750. Read
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Granted: Medical protocols for prisoners from county contractor
April 13, 2009
Granted: A request to Lackawanna
County for the rules and regulations pertaining
to medical treatment of inmates at the county
prison, including those of the contractor
providing medical services. Read
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Granted: Access to records potentially burdensome to retrieve
April 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to Penndel Borough for
records about code enforcement activity and
training received by the borough's code
enforcement officer. Read
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Granted: Emails about requester's application for real estate license
April 13, 2009
Granted: Unredacted emails
related to the requester's unsuccessful license
application to the Real Estate Commission. The
Department of State had denied access to the
emails, citing the predecisional deliberative,
personal security, public safety and criminal
investigative exceptions. Read
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Granted: Names, addresses on third-party payroll records
April 13, 2009
Granted: A request to Butler
County Community College for payroll records,
including name and home addresses, of a
third-party contractor. Read
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Granted: State university foundation's donation information
April 10, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to East Stroudsburg
University for donor information and minutes of
meetings held by the East Stroudsburg University
Foundation. The Office of Open Records granted
access to donaton information, with donors names
redacted, as information from a third-party
contractor performing a governmental function.
The minutes of the foundation's meetings were
denied. Read
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Granted: 20 requests for school district email, correspondence
April 10, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Thirty-six requests to the
Methacton School District for emails and letters
to or from school board members and/or staff
concerning district business and activities. The
Office of Open Records found that the school
district did not prove that any of the requests
were exempt as predecisional deliberations, but
also cautioned the requester about his voluminous
and duplicative request.
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Granted: Township financial records with exempt information redacted
April 09, 2009
Granted: A request for financial
records from the Rush Township board of
supervisors, including bills and all June 2008
receipts, including copies of checks deposited
and deposit slips for the board. The township had
denied them on the basis they might contain
privileged or other exempt information.
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Granted: Supporting documentation for school enrollment projections
April 08, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for records from the
Methacton School District. The Office of Open
Records granted access to supporting
documentation for school enrollment projections,
saying the district did not prove these documents
were exempt as internal, predecisional
deliberations. Read
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Granted: $100,000 salary information from payroll records
April 08, 2009
Granted: A request to Lehigh
Carbon Community College for the name, title and
actual current salary of all college employees
with annual salaries of $100,000 or more. The
college had issued a denial, stating that the
request was for "free floating" information that
does not exist in a specific public record.
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Granted: Request for names, addresses, tax status in payroll records
April 07, 2009
Granted: A union's request for
certified payroll records of a third-party
contractor, including names, addresses and tax
exemption status. The school district had
provided the records but had redacted that
information, plus Social Security numbers.
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Granted: Access to building plans and non-complaint correspondence
April 06, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for all records related
to a residential development in the Plymouth
Township zoning/code enforcement office,
specifically applications for building permits;
copies of permits; plans submitted for review
with reviewers comments; field inspection logs;
all correspondence to the office, with responses;
violation notices; certificates of occupancy; and
any other documents in these files. Read
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Granted: Request for DEP records to be copied and mailed
April 03, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Requests for records related to
certain properties and the provision of
water/sewer in Berks County. Read
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Granted: Access to records of fire company as a local agency
April 03, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to Morris Township and
the Morris Township Fire Company for five types
of documents related to the operation of the fire
company. The township had denied the request
based on non-possession, and the fire company had
denied access by saying it was not subject to the
Right to Know Law. Read
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Granted: 911 logs, after county's citation of old law
April 02, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to Susquehanna County
seeking 911 incident time logs relating to
natural gas-related incidents in Dimock. The
county had denied the request, noting the release
of the information was not in the public
interest. Read
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Granted: Commissioner's messages on private employer's email
March 27, 2009
Granted: An appeal for email
exchanged between a York Township commissioner
and 18 individuals since 2005, including that on
the commissioner's private work email.
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Granted: Certified copy of mortgage license
March 25, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Department of Banking for certified copies of an
individual's mortgage licenses and
certifications. Read
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Granted: Redacted third-party payroll records
March 23, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for certified payroll
records from a third-party contractor from Pocono
Mountain School District was granted, with only
the Social Security numbers redacted.
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Granted: PSP incident report, including names of victim and accused
March 23, 2009
Granted: A Pennsylvania State
Police incident report including the name of the
victims and the names of those charged.
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Granted: PSP incident report, including name of victim
March 23, 2009
Granted: A Pennsylvania State
Police incident report including the name of the
victim. Read
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Granted: Full time-response report for 911 calls
March 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to York County for data
about emergency/ambulance calls. Read
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Granted: Unredacted payroll records of contractor
March 20, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Bethlehem Area School District seeking certified
unredacted payroll records of a third-party
contractor. Read
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Denied: Labor & Industry appropriately responded to request
March 19, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for records related to
the employment of statisticians by the Department
of Labor & Industry. Read
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Granted: Request that city denied as not specific enough
March 19, 2009
Granted: A request for records
the city of Philadelphia had denied by saying the
request was not specific enough to determine what
records were requested. Read
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Granted: Board of Nursing program approval documents
March 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the state Board of
Nursing of the Department of State, seeking four
types of records related to a nurse education
program. Read
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Granted: County emails related to WIB
March 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request made to Luzerne County
for email records involving the
Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board,
Inc. Read
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Granted/Reversed: Printouts of tax lien information
March 13, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request for
printouts of current tax year and lien
information for two Aston Township properties.
The Office of Open Records' determination in this
case was reversed by the court,
which ruled that the Township was under no
obligation to create the record sought.
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Granted: Master class schedule database
March 11, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
the master schedule database from the
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, with
student names redacted. Read
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Granted: Recorded phone call, although it no longer exists
March 11, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
a recorded non-emergency phone conversation
between the requester and a state police officer.
The record no longer exists, however, and
therefore could not be provided. Read
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Granted: Emails to or from township supervisors
March 11, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Seven requests for emails to or
from the Worcester Township supervisors. The
township, in denying the request entirely, stated
that some of the emails were insufficiently
described to enable it to respond, and that the
others did not constitute public records, were
not in the township's possession or were
privileged. Read
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Granted: Uncertified copy of delinquent tax information
March 10, 2009
Granted: A request for
delinquent tax information for a single property
from the Bradford County Tax Claim Bureau,
without the need to purchase a tax lien
certification for $5. Read
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Granted: Township records from tax collector
March 09, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for printouts of current
tax lien information on a single property in Penn
Township. Read
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Granted: Township's tax records from tax collector
March 09, 2009
Granted: A request seeking tax
payment records from Lower Merion Township.
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Granted/Reversed: Uncertified property utility bill information
March 09, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request for
current and delinquent utility bill information
on a single property from the Chester Water
Authority, without the need to pay $15 for a
certified copy. The Delaware County Court of
Common Pleas reversed the OOR's decision in this
case, saying the request was not specific, in
that it did not indicate that certified copies
were not being requested. Read
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Granted: Uncertified copy of tax lien information
March 06, 2009
Granted: A request for tax
information for a single property from the
Wyoming County Tax Claim Bureau, without the need
to purchase a tax lien certification for $5.
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Granted: Ethics Commission letter to council president
March 06, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
a 2002 letter from the State Ethics Commission to
the West Mifflin Borough Council president,
regarding conflicts of interest and voting.
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Granted: School district correspondence
March 06, 2009
Granted: A request for
correspondence related to the Bridge Valley Home
& School Association from the Central Bucks
School District, which the district had denied
citing the exception of investigative materials.
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Granted: Copy of audiotape of borough meeting
March 05, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
an audio cassette tape of a Chalfont Borough
public council meeting. Read
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Granted: Worcester Twp. supervisor emails
March 05, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Seven requests for emails to or
from the Worcester Township supervisors.
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Granted: Unredacted solicitor's invoices
March 03, 2009
Granted: A request made to the
Pottstown School District for all invoices from
the district's solicitor since Dec. 1, 2003.
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Granted: Township supervisor payroll summaries
March 03, 2009
Granted: A request for 2008
payroll summaries for three Norwegian Township
supervisors, including payroll taxes and
contributions. Read
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Granted: Copies of zoning maps
March 02, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for documents related to
a Pittsburgh development. Read
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Granted: Names of parking authority hearing officers
February 25, 2009
Granted: A request for the names
of two hearing officers in the Philadelphia
Parking Authority's Bureau of Administrative
Adjudication, based on provided hearing dates and
initials. Read
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Granted: Elevator maintenance records
February 23, 2009
Granted: A request for five
years of elevator maintenance records from the
Philadelphia Department of Aviation. Read
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Granted: School district contracts, agreements
February 19, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
school district contracts and master agreements
that the district said were exempt from
disclosure as pre-decisional documents.
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Granted: Dates of birth in payroll records
February 19, 2009
Granted: A request for, among
other payroll records, the dates of birth for
employees. Read
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Granted: Names on school contractor's payroll forms
February 19, 2009
Granted: A request for
unredacted certified payroll forms for a
contractor on a school renovation project.
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