139.03 FUNCTIONS.

   (a)   The functions of the City Records Commission shall be to provide rules for retention and disposal of records of the City, and to review records disposal lists submitted by City offices and departments. The disposal lists shall contain those records which have been microfilmed or no longer have administrative, legal or fiscal value to the City or to its residents. Such records may be disposed of by the Commission pursuant to the procedure set forth in subsection (b) hereof.

   (b)   When municipal records have been approved for disposal, a list of such records shall be sent to the Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices of the Auditor of State. If the Bureau disapproves of the action by the City Records Commission, in whole or in part, and informs the Commission within a period of sixty (60) days, these records shall not be destroyed. Before public records are otherwise disposed of, the Ohio Historical Society shall be informed and given an opportunity for a period of sixty (60) days, to select for its custody or disposal such public records as it considers to be of continuing historical value.

(Ord. 81-88. Enacted 8-31-81.)