[Adopted 4-25-1989; amended 5-9-1989]
Article 57-A of the Arts and Cultural Affairs
Law of New York State has established a Local Government Records Law;
and pursuant to such law the State Archives and Records Administration
has developed a Records Retention and Disposition Schedule which provides
for minimum retention periods for local government records.
In accordance with Article 57-A of the state
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law:
A. The City does hereby adopt Records Retention and Disposition
Schedule LGS-1 as developed by the State Archives and Records Administration
of the State Education Department;
[Amended 9-15-2020 by Ord. No. 3-2020]
B. Only those records will be disposed of that are described
in such schedule and only after they have met the minimum retention
period set forth in such schedule; and
C. Only those records will be disposed of that do not
have sufficient administrative, fiscal, legal or historical value
to merit retention beyond established time periods.
The City of Norwich is engaged in a multiphase
program of records retention/disposition through grant funding from
the State Archives and Records Administration (SARA), and the Records
Management Advisory Board has made certain recommendations relative
to a records management plan for the City.
A records management plan shall be established
and distributed to all departments for implementation; and such plan
may be amended by the Records Advisory Board with the approval of
the Common Council.