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A resolution to authorize destruction of Elections records for the period 2004-2008 (DISP 2014-191).
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Recommended Action: Approve the resolution and direct the Elections Commissioner and the Records Manager to destroy the records.
Background: This records disposal follows the same model as disposals previously approved by the Commission, and applies the Records Management Policy approved in 1998. Kansas law (K.S.A. 45-404(c)) requires that destructions of County records be authorized by the Board of County Commissioners. Approval at this time would free shelf space in the courthouse records center (CRC) to accept additional boxes for storage.
Records proposed for destruction total 290 boxes of Elections records including: advance applications, ballots, board worker records, voter registration cards, canvass, and registrations books (non-presidential years). A detailed inventory is available and will be maintained permanently by Records Management as part of the documentation for the destruction case. All boxes are currently stored in the CRC.
County Records Management Policy is to destroy at the earliest opportunity records identified as: (1) eligible under State law, and (2) that lack continuing value adequate to offset costs to retain and make accessible. Custodian for the records proposed for destruction, Elections Commissioner Tabitha Lehman, has determined they have no continuing administrative value for operation of the Elections office. Chief Financial Officer Chris Chronis has determined that they have no continuing fiscal value for County operations. The Records Manager has confirmed they are eligible for disposal by destruction, consistent with State retention schedules, and finds that they lack identifiable research value adequate to offset costs. WSU Curator of Special Collections/University Archivist, Dr. Lorraine Madway, who serves as an independent reviewer for archival value, agrees they lack substantive research value and concurs in...
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