Fire Commissioner Fined $2,500 For ‘Willful’ Violation Of State OPRA; District Must Pay $15K In Attorney’s Fees

December 19, 2014 General News

carter_150_02 — Jeffrey Carter was seeking financial documents from Fire District No. 1.
*Photo: Centenary College*

A state panel has ordered a township Fire Commissioner to pay $2,500 and his Fire District nearly $15,000 in fines for “willfully and knowingly” violating the state’s Open Public Records Act.

The Government Records Council made the Dec. 18 ruling against William Kleiber, a Fire Commissioner with Fire District 2 and that district’s former designated public records custodian, in a case brought by former township policeman and Fire District 1 Commissioner Jeffrey Carter.

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Fire Commissioner Fined $2,500 For ‘Willful’ Violation Of State OPRA; District Must Pay $15K In Attorney’s Fees

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