(A) There is hereby established in and for the municipality a Records Commission, composed of the Chief Executive of the municipality, or the Chief Executive’s appointed representative, as Chairperson, and the Chief Fiscal Officer, the Chief Legal Officer and a citizen appointed by the Chief Executive. The Commission shall appoint a Secretary, who may or may not be a member of the Commission and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission. The Commission may employ an archivist or records manager to serve under its direction. The Commission shall meet at least once every six months and upon the call of the Chairperson.
(B) The functions of the Commission shall be to provide rules for retention and disposal of records of the municipality and to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by municipal offices. The Commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in R.C. § 149.381. The Commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
(R.C. § 149.39) (Rev. 2012)
Statutory reference:
Review of records by Ohio Historical Society, see R.C. § 149.381