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A resolution to authorize destruction of Kansas Coliseum records (DISP 2013-166 Kansas Coliseum 2005-2009).
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Recommended Action: Approve the resolution and direct the Assistant County Manager, 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 create space in the Courthouse Records Center (CRC) to receive and shelve other county government records boxes.
Records proposed for destruction total 4 boxes, and are comprised of accounts receivable support documents, contracts and timesheets. A detail 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.
Analysis: County Records Management Policy is to destroy at the earliest opportunity records identified (1) as 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, Sedgwick County Assistant Manager Ron Holt, has determined they have no continuing administrative value. 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 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 the recommendation to destroy. The County Counselor has confirmed these records no l...
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