[Adopted 2-7-1989 (Ch. 129, Art. I, of the 1991 Code); amended in its entirety 11-5-2020]
The Records Retention and Disposition Schedule LGS-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 the municipal records listed therein.
In accordance with Article 57-A:
A. Only those records will be disposed of that are described in Records
Retention and Disposition Schedule LGS-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.
C. The Clerk/Chamberlain, as records management officer for the City
of Fulton, New York, is authorized to dispose of records that no longer
have a purposeful, useful or legal purpose, in accordance with the
laws of the State Education Department, and the LGS-1 Schedule, as
per attached.
[Adopted 10-30-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991 (Ch. 129, Art. II,
of the 1991 Code)]
[Amended 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
The Clerk/Chamberlain shall be the designated records access
officer under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Law (§ 84
et seq. of the Public Officers Law).
[Amended 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
Records may be requested and examined at the Clerk/Chamberlain's
office, Municipal Building, 141 South First Street, Fulton, New York
13069, during regular office hours.
The fee for copies of records is $0.25 per photocopy not in
excess of nine inches by 14 inches, or the actual cost of reproducing
any other record, except when a different fee is otherwise prescribed
by statute.