Borough of Tamaqua, PA Chapter 70 Records Disposition

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Tamaqua 4-16-1996 by Ord. No. 500; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 70-1 Government schedules of retention and disposition.

The Borough of Tamaqua desires to provide for the orderly retention, disposition and storage of those records created and received by the Borough. The General Assembly has enacted the Municipal Records Act[1] and established the Local Government Records Committee to promulgate schedules for the retention and disposition of public records to aid municipalities in their management of public records. It is the intent of the Borough Council to follow the schedules for the retention and disposition of public records promulgated by the Local Government Records Committee as authorized by the Municipal Records Act.

[1] Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 1381 et seq.