§ 2-250. Retention schedules for local government records—Adopted.  


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  • "Retention Schedules For Local Government Records", as promulgated by the Archives, Records and Information Management Section, Georgia Secretary of State, revised October 2010, as from time to time amended, are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as the minimum retention schedules for public records of the city. For purposes of this section, definitions found at O.C.G.A. § 50-18-91 are hereby incorporated by reference. Municipal court records shall be maintained in accordance with those standards promulgated, from time to time, by the Georgia Administrative Office of Courts.

    Notwithstanding an applicable records retention schedule to the contrary, records relevant to an actual or potential investigation, administrative proceeding, or lawsuit, shall be preserved until the city attorney or other legal representative of the city determines the records are no longer needed. This exception supersedes any previously or subsequently established retention schedule for those records.

(Ord. No. 36-12, § 1, 8-16-12)