This chapter is entitled the "Village of Wrightstown Public Records
and Public Property Ordinance." The purpose of this chapter is to set forth
a policy for the storage, preservation and destruction of public records and
public property.
The Village Board of the Village of Wrightstown has the specific authority,
powers and duties, pursuant to W.S.A. ss. 19.21, 19.22, 19.23, 19.31, 19.33,
19.34, 19.35, 19.36, 19.37, 19.84 and 19.85, to manage and direct certain
affairs related to the Village of Wrightstown public records and Village of
Wrightstown public property.
The Village Board of the Village of Wrightstown has, by adoption of
this chapter, confirmed the specific statutory authority, powers and duties
in Chapters 19 and 61 of the Wisconsin statutes and has established by these
chapters and this chapter the statutory powers and duties of the Village Board
of the Village of Wrightstown related to the Village of Wrightstown records
and Village of Wrightstown property.
All public records and public properties belonging to the Village of
Wrightstown, including records and public properties of officers, special
offices, committees, commissions, agencies, authorities, boards or other special
government units of the Village of Wrightstown, shall be safely kept, properly
maintained and carefully preserved by the legal custodian thereof when:
A. These officers, employees or agents receive custody of
the public records and public property from their predecessor or other persons.
B. These public records and public properties are required
by state law or by the Village of Wrightstown ordinance to be filed, deposited
or kept in the office of these officers, employees or agents.
C. These public records and public properties are in lawful
possession of these officers, employees or agents or the possession or control
of which these officers, employees or agents may be lawfully entitled by state
law or Village of Wrightstown ordinance.
The Village Board of the Village of Wrightstown, any office, any special
office, any committee, any agency, any authority, any board of any other special
government units of the Village of Wrightstown and their officers, their employees
and their agents of the aforesaid, prior to the destruction of any public
records belonging to the Village of Wrightstown, shall provide at least sixty-day
notice, in writing, to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The Village
Board of the Village of Wrightstown shall not be requested, pursuant to W.S.A.
s. 19.21, to provide notice to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin if
the Village Board previously, by application, has received a waiver.
The Village Board of the Village of Wrightstown, any office, any special
office, committee, any commission, any agency, any authority, any board or
any other special government units of the Village of Wrightstown and their
officers, their employees and their agents of the aforesaid may destroy any
taped records of any public meeting of the aforesaid no sooner then 90 days
after the public meeting minutes have been approved by the appropriate government
unit if the purpose of the tape recording was to make and maintain minutes
of the public meeting.