15-59 Establish a City Record Commission & Chpt 38 - Admin

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"" Any øfficer or person in ~arge, or the majority where there are more than one, of any office, court, commission, board, institution, department or agency of the City, may req~est, in writing, that permission be granted to destroy or other- wise dispose of records, papers or instruments that are not specifically required by law to be kept, witho~t being copied or reprod~eed as preseribed in Seetion 9.01 of the Revised Code, and which do not involve any title to or right in property or eonstitute a regular record of any court, if suc~ records, papers or instruments are more than 10 years old and do not pertain to any pending case, elaim or action and no longer have any value, historical or otherwise. When any such application is made by a member of the eommissiøn. that member shall not serve in the eonsideration of that application. - :2 - ~ , No order of the commission to destroy ør otherwise dispose øf any records mentiøned in this seetion, shall be valid unless it is agreed to by each s~ch member of the commission eligilDle to act under this section, reduced to written form and signed by eaeh member. Seetian 4. That Sectiøn 13s.e4 of the Administrative Code øf the Codified Ordinances of the Oity of Lakewood be enacted tø read as fellows: 138.04 Resol~tion necessary to destroy or dispose of records. If the ~ity Records Commission deems it advisable tø destroy or dispose of the records mentioned in this ~apter, it shall adopt a resol~tion setting forth what records are to be destroyed or disposed of. Seetion 5. That Section 138.05 of the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood IDe enacted to read as follows: 138.05 Destruction or disposition without compliance pro.. hibited. No person having. the e~stody of any records shall destroy or dispose of them, or procure or permit the destruction or other dispostion of them without complying with this section. Section 6. That Seetion 13$.99 of the Administrative Code of the Codified Qrdinances of the City øf Lakewoød be enacted to read as follows: shall be fined 13$.99 Penalty. Whoever violates Section 13$.05 of this ~apter not less than $50.0@ or more than t3ØØ.OØ. Section 7. That this ordinance is an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof, and provided it receives t~e affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor. ds Jr. Viee President Ga: John 1 Marc~ 16 Adepteø.: !Jlerk Rees A. It. Marc~ 1 ApprGved: Celeste Mayor Frank P.