.010 Each City department shall develop a records retention schedule for all municipal records in the custody of such department. Such schedule shall be deemed the official records retention schedule for such department upon approval thereof by the City Council.
.020 Following expiration of the retention period specified in the records retention schedule for any record in the custody of any City department, the department head of such department, upon a finding that such record is no longer required, may request preparation of a resolution by the City Attorney authorizing the destruction of such record without the making of a copy thereof. Such resolution shall require the approval of the City Attorney and the City Council. Nothing contained herein shall authorize the destruction of any record except as the same may be authorized by the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 1 of Division 1 of Title 4 (commencing with Section 34090) of the Government Code of the State of California.
.030 Any municipal record other than audio recordings may be destroyed without otherwise complying with the requirements of subsection .020 of this section provided such record is preserved in microform in the manner specified in Section 34090.5 of the Government Code, Section 1.10.060 of this chapter, or in digital form on hard drive, optical disk or CD-ROM, and in accordance with any other requirements of law. (Ord. 5608 § 2 (part); July 22, 1997.)