For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DEPARTMENT HEAD. The officer who by ordinance or administrative policy is in charge of an office of the Town of Lakeside that creates or receives records.
ESSENTIAL RECORD. Any record of the Town of Lakeside necessary to the resumption or continuation of its operations in an emergency or disaster, to the re-creation of its legal and financial status, or to the protection and fulfillment of obligations to the people of the state.
PERMANENT RECORD. Any record of the Town of Lakeside for which the retention period on a records control schedule is given as permanent.
RECORDS CONTROL SCHEDULE. A document prepared by or under the authority of the Records Management Officer listing the records maintained by the Town of Lakeside, their retention periods, and other records disposition information that the records management program may require.
RECORDS MANAGEMENT. The application of management techniques to the creation, use, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of records for the purposes of reducing the costs and improving the efficiency of recordkeeping. The term includes the development of records control schedules, the management of filing and information retrieval systems, the protection of essential and permanent records, the economical and space-effective storage of inactive records, control over the creation and distribution of forms, reports, and correspondence, and the management of micrographics and electronic and other records storage systems.
RETENTION PERIOD. The minimum time that must pass after the creation, recording, or receipt of a record, or the fulfillment of certain actions associated with a record, before it is eligible for destruction.
(Ord. 279, passed 5-10-2007)