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Resolution to authorize the destruction of Health Department WIC Records (DISP 2016-255 HS-Health WIC 2009).
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Recommended Action: Approve the resolution, authorize the Chairman to sign, and direct the Health Department 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 destructions of County records be authorized by the Board of County Commissioners. Approval at this time allows Records Management to administer RM Policy and continuously shelve records from all County departments.
Records proposed for destruction total 86 boxes, and are comprised of Woman/Infant/Child (WIC) Chart records. A detail inventory is available, and will be maintained permanently by Records Management as part of the documentation for the destruction case. All records are currently stored in the courthouse records center.
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, Health Department Director Adrienne Byrne-Lutz, has determined they have no continuing administrative value for operation of the Health Department. 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 recommenda...
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