Records Retention and Disposition Schedule MU-1,
issued pursuant to Article 57-A of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
and containing legal minimum retention periods for municipal government
records, is hereby adopted for use by all municipal officers in disposing
of municipal government records listed herein.
In accordance with Article 57-A:
A. Only those records will be disposed of that are described
in Records Retention and Disposition Schedule MU-1 after they have
met the minimum retention period prescribed therein.
B. 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.
Records shall be available for public inspection
and copying at the Town Clerk's office, Town Hall, Seneca Falls, New
York.
Requests for public access to records shall
be accepted and records shall be produced during all hours that the
Clerk's office is regularly open for business.
Fees shall be charged in amounts as set from
time to time by resolution of the Town Board and in accordance with
state regulations.
A notice containing the title or name and business
address of the records access officer and appeals body and the location
where records can be seen or copies may be made shall be posted in
a conspicuous location wherever records are kept.