(a) Records control schedule for a department that has been approved and adopted under section 1-131 shall be implemented by department heads and records liaison officers according to the policies and procedures of the records management plan.
(b) A record whose retention period has expired on a records control schedule shall be destroyed unless an open records request is pending on the record, the subject matter of the record is pertinent to a pending law suit, or the department head requests in writing to the records management committee that the record be retained for an additional period.
(c) Prior to the destruction of a record under an approved records control schedule, authorization for the destruction must be obtained by the records management officer from the records management committee.
(Prior Code, § 1-137; Ord. of 11-27-1990)