AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 8/1/2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Management Services
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration to adopt Resolution No. 2018-082 authorizing the annual destruction of certain obsolete city records.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2018-082 authorizing the annual destruction of certain obsolete city records.
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ANALYSIS:
On December 6, 1989 City Council adopted Resolution No. 89-157, establishing a policy for the destruction of obsolete general city records and Resolution No. 2014-08 on April 2, 2014, establishing a policy for the destruction of obsolete Police Department records. The policies provide for the destruction of obsolete records on an annual basis pursuant to Government Code Section 34090.
An inventory of obsolete city records is compiled by each department, submitted to the City Clerk for review, and forwarded to the City Attorney for final review and approval. The inventory of records is presented to the City Council for final destruction authorization.
The following Department's records are proposed for destruction:
1. Administrative Services - Finance Division: Budget/Revenue, Business License, Human Resources
2. City Clerk Division
3. Community Development Department
4. Legal & Risk Management Department
5. Library & Recreation Services - Recreation Division
6. Police Department
7. Public Works Department
The records proposed are obsolete and past the obligatory retention period and are no longer required. Therefore, staff recommends that the City Council approve the destruction of the records.
COMMITTEE ACTION:
Not applicable.
STRATEGIC PLAN:
This item supports the City's Strategic Plan Goal 6: Improve Communication with Our Community; Objective a: Commit to transparency in all City actions. The recommended action will help achieve these goals by maintaining current records.
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