Find Bloomfield Township Contacts
The Bloomfield Township phone directory lists contact information for township offices, departments, and public services in this Essex County community. Bloomfield has about 52,000 residents and sits just west of Newark in northern New Jersey. The Municipal Clerk office manages all public records for the township. Andrea Schneider serves as Confidential Secretary and JoAnn Bruno handles OPRA and licensing requests. This page shows you how to search for phone numbers, get directory listings, and access public contact data for Bloomfield Township.
Bloomfield Township Quick Facts
Bloomfield Township Clerk Phone Numbers
The Bloomfield Township Municipal Clerk is the main office for phone directory requests. You can reach the clerk at (973) 680-4014. This number connects you to staff who can help with directory lookups, records requests, and general township questions. JoAnn Bruno serves as OPRA/Licensing Clerk and handles public records access for Bloomfield.
The clerk office keeps a full directory of township contacts. This includes direct lines for police, fire, public works, health, building, recreation, and all other Bloomfield departments. If you need a phone number and cannot find it online, call the clerk. Staff will look it up and give you the right contact.
The Bloomfield Township website also lists department contacts. You can browse the site to find phone numbers for specific offices without calling. The Municipal Clerk page is a good starting point for any Bloomfield phone directory search.
This page shows the Bloomfield Township Municipal Clerk listing, which serves as the primary source for township phone directory information and public records access.
Bloomfield Phone Directory via OPRA
Bloomfield Township processes records requests through the Open Public Records Act. Phone directories, staff lists, and department contact sheets are all public records under OPRA. You have the right to request these from the township.
To get Bloomfield phone directory records, submit an OPRA request to the Municipal Clerk. You can do this by mail, email, or in person. The township must respond within seven business days. If you need a full staff directory or department phone list, an OPRA request is the formal way to get it. For a single phone number, just call the clerk at (973) 680-4014.
Copy fees follow state law. Letter-size pages cost $0.05 each. Legal-size pages cost $0.07. Inspecting records in person is free. The Government Records Council oversees compliance statewide. If a Bloomfield request is denied, you can appeal to the GRC at no cost. The council reviews disputes and can order the release of phone directory records.
Note: OPRA requests must describe the records you want with enough detail for the clerk to find them.
Essex County Phone Listings for Bloomfield
Bloomfield Township is in Essex County. Many services that affect Bloomfield residents are run at the county level. The Essex County Register of Deeds handles property records and other filings. Their website lists phone numbers and office details for the register and other county departments.
The Essex County fee schedule page is useful if you need to know costs for county-level records. The Essex County OPRA Portal lets you submit requests for county records online. This includes phone directories for county offices, court contacts, and department listings that serve Bloomfield residents.
County records are separate from township records. If you need a phone number for a county office that serves Bloomfield, check the county resources. For township-specific contacts, use the Bloomfield Municipal Clerk. Together, these two sources give you a complete phone directory for government services in the Bloomfield area.
- Bloomfield Township Clerk: (973) 680-4014
- Essex County Register: essexregister.com
- Essex County OPRA Portal: njopraportal.com/county/essex
- NJ Government Records Council: nj.gov/grc
State Resources for Bloomfield Searches
New Jersey offers state-level tools that supplement the Bloomfield phone directory. The NJ State Library holds township directories from across the state. Bloomfield directories from past years may be in their collection, useful for historical phone directory research or tracing old contacts.
The State Archives search tool lets you look up records tied to Bloomfield and Essex County. Historical government directories, old staff phone lists, and municipal contact records may be on file. The archives cover decades of New Jersey government history and are a strong resource for phone directory research in Bloomfield.
New Jersey law protects certain phone directory information. Under Daniel's Law, judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers can have their personal contact details removed from public records. If a search returns no listing for someone in Bloomfield, the person may have opted out under this law. The law applies to all public directories in New Jersey.
Note: The NJ State Library offers free access to historical phone directories for researchers and the public.
Essex County Phone Directory
Bloomfield Township is in Essex County, and many public services operate at the county level. The Essex County Clerk and Register maintain records for all municipalities in the county, including Bloomfield. For more county contacts, department listings, and public records resources, visit the Essex County phone directory page.