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Resolution to authorize the destruction of Department of Corrections records 1990-2010 (DISP 2014-203 Corrections).
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Recommended Action: Approve the resolution and direct the Department of Corrections Director 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 destruction of county records be authorized by the Board of County Commissioners. Approval at this time would create space in the courthouse records center to receive and shelve boxes from other county departments.
Records proposed for destruction total 107 boxes of juvenile case management records, activity report records, accounts payable records, timesheets, and hiring/promotion process documents. A detail inventory is available, and will be maintained permanently by Records Management in PDF and MS-Excel formats as part of the documentation for this 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, Department of Corrections Director Mark Masterson has determined they have no continuing administrative value for operation of the Department of Corrections. 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 valu...
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