City officers are empowered to destroy the following records under their
jurisdiction after the completion of an audit by the Department of Revenue
or an auditor licensed under Ch. 442, Wis. Stats., but not less than seven
years after payment of the sum involved in the applicable transaction, namely:
A. Vouchers and all supporting documents pertaining to payments
from the City treasury.
C. Municipal bonds and coupons (general obligation, special
assessment or mortgage).
E. License stubs or duplicates.
When individual personnel records are available, listing periods of
employment, earnings and deductions from earnings, and such records are preserved,
and where such personnel are already included under the Wisconsin Retirement
Fund or Social Security, payrolls and other time records of municipal personnel
may be destroyed after the completion of an audit by the Department of Revenue
or an auditor licensed under Ch. 442, Wis. Stats., but not less than seven
years after payment of the earnings.
Correspondence addressed to any officer in his individual capacity may
be destroyed by authorization of the incumbent official after seven years.