Town of Colton, NY Chapter 32 Records Disposition

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Colton 11-6-2002. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 32-1 Adoption of schedule.

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 local government records, is hereby adopted for use by all officers in legally disposing of valueless records listed therein.

§ 32-2 Records disposal guidelines.

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 periods described 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 legal minimum periods.