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A resolution to authorize destruction of Division of Corrections records 1984-2014 (DISP 2018-291 Corrections).
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Recommended Action: Approve the resolution and direct the Division 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 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), 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 boxes from other County divisions.
Records proposed for destruction total 112 boxes of Corrections Division records including juvenile case management records, medical files - juveniles, employee personnel records-department copy, timesheets, juvenile intake and assessment service files, and shift coverage logs for the period 1984-2014. 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, Division of Corrections Director Glenda Martens, has determined they have no continuing administrative value for operation of the Division of Corrections. Chief Financial Officer Lindsay Poe-Rousseau 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...
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