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Resolution No ..................................... N. C: S. PLK:mi 1-2,4-79
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A,RECORDS 'MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN..........:..............................:.WILLIAM... .A.,, �PERRY, ... �ja!� ..........
.................................. .............................. and
SECONDED BY COU14CILMAN .............................................. JOHN.L...BALSHAW
....... ! ......... ........................... Q ............ . ........................................... at a
SPECIAL
...................................................................... ........ ................... ........................ ................. ....,Meeting of the City .Council of the
City, of Petaluma, on the* ..........nth........... day of............ February
........ I . ........... ; ........................................................ ...... 19...
79
WHEREAS.,'the City.of Petaluma must provide, for the proper
and efficient management of the City"s public records,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the attached Exhibit
A constitutes the rules and regulations for.the City's. Records.
Management Progkam.
BEITTURTHER RESOLVED that -,all resolutions in conflict
herewith' are hereby repealed..;
under. the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and
adopted-,by1he Council of the City of Petaluma on, the * ..................... 5'.th ......................
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...... ..........................ebruary ............ ................ 19.w ................. by the following votes:
AYES: Councilmen Balshaw, Bond, 'Cavanagh, Daly, Harberson, Perry and
Mayor Hi'lligos,s.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: . None
ATTESTS
City Cler.k
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FORMCA 2 7 /74
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RECORD -S RETE,NT:j 0'N SC'H'EHLE
P
Abandonme;n,ts
ermanent.
i
Accounts Receivable - Paid
2 years after
audit
RECORD -S RETE,NT:j 0'N SC'H'EHLE
P
Abandonme;n,ts
ermanent.
Accounts Receivable - Paid
2 years after
audit
Agreements
5 years after
audit
Annexation Files
Permanent
Archival Files
Permanent
Assessment District Files
Life of Bonds
then review
Audit Books
5 years then
review
Books of Account:, Jo`u,rnals
Permanent
Building Permits Files
25 years then
review
(Single family and; duplex)
5 years then
review
Business License ap„plications
5 years
Cash Receipts - d1ail.y
2 years after
audit
Checks', cancel,l.eJ
5 years
.City Attorney files
`5 year then review
Claims - pai.d
5 years
Construction projec-ts files
Permanent
Contracts
5° years after
audit
Correspondence - ge.n'era1
2 years
Deeds &nd W'11s
Permanent
Deposit Summaries,, 'Water
2 years after
audit
Environmental Impact Questionnaires/Reports
5 years
Field Books, En.g`i'neers
Permanent
Financial Files
5 years then
review
F'i nanci,a,T Reports - annual
5 year„s then
review
Invoices - paid
5 years
Journals, Transfer
5 'year,s
Ledgers
Perm'a.nent
Magnetic Tape Reels
Unti'.1 superseded
Microfilm Reels
0nti,l superseded
Mi nutos ( Cou;nci I commissions , b,oar.d,s , et°c. }
Perman'e,n't
0r0nance,s
Permanent
Payro 1 1 F'i 1 e's
25 years
Personnel Files
Terminated
10 years
R'e t i re,d
5' 0 years
_ COUNCIL FILE
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RECORDS RETE
- NTION SCHEDULE
P1 ans , Bui 1'di n9,., .
Commerc1 a.l pl an,,s for 1 i fe o'fbui l ding
Reports annual .5 years then review
Reports - Gen°ex,al etc. 2 years then review
Resolutions (Co.unci:l -, Boards and Comm'i s-sion`s) - Perma`nent
Site Design Permanent
Subdivision Permanent
Time cards 1 year after audit
Use Permits Permanent
Variances Permanent
Zoning Files Permanent a
Add
Sonoma County referrals
Outside Water/Sewer
Building Plot Plans
COUNCIL FILE ------ I
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2 years
Permanent
Permanent
' RECORDS MANAGEMENT REGULATI'ON'S
E:XH I B I'T - A
1•' Definitions.
A. CITY means the City of Petaluma,.
B. CITY CLERK means the City Clerk or the designated rep-
resentative of the ;City Clerk of the City o;f' Petaluma.
C. DISPOSITION means the allocation of public records to a,
particular location -according to their categorization, or for
destruction.
D. PUBLIC RECORD means any wr,iting., regardless of, physical
form or character'ist cs,:which is created, ,owned, used, maintained,
or retained in,the.conduct of city business and preserved as
evidence of the organI. ization, functions, policie;s,, decisions,
procedures, operations, or .other activities;"or, because of the
informational value bf data., contained therein. "Public record"
does not include the records and files of the City Attorne=y
customarily ma ntained.in,his office and tho,se.c'ertain records
which -are not re;tained..by the City in the ordinary course ,of
business. Such exempt 'records include, but are not .limited to,
'Preliminary drafts, notes:, inter -agency -'or intra -agency memoranda,
messages and notes customarily discarded, confidential communica-
tions from the City Attorney, stenographic notes, tapes used in
transcription, -and rough drafts, or other records exempt from
disclosure by Section.6254 of the Government Code.
E. RECORDS CENTER means central repository for housing all
inactive reco'rd's until they. have: met their specific retention
requirements, or other records which are stored 'a d"pr-eserved
from destricti'on du'e to legal , operating or historical. reasons.
F. RECORDS MANAGEMENTmeans the systematic control of the
creation, acquisItion, processing, use, protection, stor'a,ge., and
final dispositi.on-of`,all public,recor.ds, including the establish-
ment and maintenance of a system,of filing and 'indexing public
records.
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G. RETENT,IDN "S.CHIERULE means the, document d'es.cr bingrecords
maintained 'by city depa'rtment`s.,, In accordance with ;statutory
requirements or' ev'a=Tu"aton,,' the retention schedule specified the
period of time established 'whidh must ela"see b
p p .fore records -may
-be-destroyed,.'.
H. WRITING means. handwriting,,.typewriting', printing,-
photostat'ing, photog`r"aphing, and every other means of recording
upon 'any form of cornmuni;cation or representation, including
letters, words., pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination
thereof, and al.l papers,. maps, magnetic' or,_paper' tapes, photo-
graphic films and ,prints, magnetic, or pggched.cards, discs,
drums, and other documents.
2. Ownership of'Publ;ic Records.
All public records shall be the property of the City; and,
in this regard'such records shall be de'liVered by outgoing of-
ficials and employees 'to their success.ors..
3. Withholding R'ecord's from Inspection..
The City may justify, withholding any record by demonstrating
that the -record in,quesai:on is exempt under applicable provisions
of the California .Government Code, or, by demonstrating that on
the facts of the"particular case, the public interest served by
not making the record public clearly "outweighs the public interest
served -by disclosure of the record:.
4. Inspec„tion of publ-ic records.
Every person shall have the right to inspect -any public
record, at'reasonab,le"ti'mes, anyd in compliance w 'th'reasonable
administrative procedures, except that, all recordsn.'each, and.
ewer,
y category 'ennume'rated in Government Code Section 625.4., as
now or- hereafteramended, shall be exempt from�d:iscl.osure pur-
suant hereto.”
Nothing in this section is to -be, construed as preventing the
City from opening its' records concerning the admin'istr"ation of
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unless, d`isclo,sdre, is otherwise
5. Responsibilities.
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A. CITY COUNCIL., The responsibility for the keeping and
management of the public records of the City shall rest with the
City Council.
B. OFFICERS ANDEMPLOYEES. It shall be the duty of each
officer and employee of 'fhe:City to protec't," preserve, store,,
transfer, use and manage public records only,n'accordance with
appl,icabl-e federal,,' state or local law, or such rules as may be
promulgated or approved ,by the City Councl.,
C,. CITY CLERK. it shall be the ditty of ,the City Clerk to
coordinate the Records"Management program for the City. In this
regard, the City Clerk may, among all other things that may be
required .for the proper and efficient man,ag'ement of the public
records of the City:.-
1.
ity:1. Develop, and circulate; such instructions and regula--
tions as ,may, . be necessary :a_n.d proper 'to implement
and maintain the Records.Management program,
2. Advise and ass'i's:t City departments in the pr.epara-
tion of recordinven's tory and,'retention schedules;
,
3. Provide and maintain'a Records Center, to house
records, no longer required in active office areas
but which',records require further retention due.to
legal, operating or historical reasons; and main-
tain an index to all, records stored in the Center;
4. Advise and assist City dep.artme,nts in reviewing
and selecting ,materials to be transferred to. the
Records Center for preservation
City nec'e s
5:. Advise and assist as the: Cit Clerk deers
sary, City departments'in conducting surveys,
studies and investigations as will assist in
promoting a proper and efficient Records Ma`nage-
ment program for the City of Petaluma;, including
information retrieval systems.
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6. 'Subm'it records :rete`nti'on' schedules which affe.c'a
. th
e destruct -ion, of -recor-.d`s to the City Council for
approval
7`. Develop procedures for:the protect on. of City
records against natural or other disasters.
O
D. DESTRUCTION SOF P'UBLI�C RECORDS. 'The City.Council may,
by approving the records retent-ion schedules, grant to the City
Clerk the authority to destroy duplicate records less than two
years old i,f they ar,e no longer required in accordance with the
retention.per'iods, established in, the schedules: R'eques'ts for the
destruction o'f -original' records, without making a copy thereof
and in accordance"with established retention schedules, shall be
forwarded to the Ci:ty,Attorney for his written consent and to the
City Council for itsapproval as provided -by the provisions of
the California Government Code governing municipalities. This
section does no't.author`ize the destruction of original records
of:
1. Records„ affecting the"title to real property or*
1 iensi thereon;
2. Court records:
3._ Records required to be.kept by statute;
4. Records less than two'years o.ld
5:-. Th''e minutes,, ordinances,, or resolutions of the
.City Council or of a'City board or. commission.
This section shall not be construed"as limiting or qualify-
ing in any manner the authority provided in Secton'.E hereinafter
provided for the destruction of records., documents, instruments,
books and papers in accordance with.the procedure therein pre-
scribed.
E. CONDITIONS OF; DESTRUCTION. Notwithstandingthe. pro-
visions hereinafter described, the C ,t,y Clerk who has,custody of
public°records; documents, instruments, books, and papers, may,
without the approval of the City C'o'uncil or the written consent
of the Ci'.ty. Attorney, cause to be destroyed any or all of such
.records, docume
'' nts,, instruments, books,, and,papers,'if all the
.�
following conditions are met:
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p -document is 'photlogr-aphed,,
The '
" Th record,. pa ,ear, or-
icrophotog.raphed;, or ;repr9d:uced on film of .a type
,. m„
approved.for,permanent ;photographic records by the
National Bureau of Stand'ard's;
2., The device used to reproduce, such record, paper or
N
d6c'umen't on, film is one which accurately and
legibly reproduces the original thereof in all
deter°its;
3. The''ghotog,raphs, microphotographs, or other repro-
ductons,on film are made. as 'accessib'le for public
reference as the book records were
4. A tr.u-e.copy, of archival quality of such film
reproductions shall be kept in.a:safe and separate
place for--. securit y purposes' provided, however,
that fto•page of.any record,, paper or document
shall be destroyed if any ;such page cannot be.
reproduced on film with full legibility. Every
such unre,produc;ible page shall be permanently
preserved' in a manner" ",that wild afford easy
reference.
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COUNOIL FdLE
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RECORDS RET'ENTI'ON. SCHEDULE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Accident R;eports°-traffic
3
years
Arrest repo'r s
10
years
then review
Case -docu.ments, miscel1ane.ous
2
years
then review
Citation reports
2
years
Citations traffic
2.ye'ars
Com Taint reports.
p P
2
years
,.
Deceased files
2
years
Offense reports,
2
years
then review
Purge notification
2
years
Reports monthly
2'
years
Worthless 'check,s caas.e files
2
years
then review
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