File #: 2021-1556    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 3/15/2021 In control: ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
On agenda: 5/12/2021 Final action: 5/12/2021
Title: RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE
Sponsors: Kelly Lore
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report, 2. Resolution No. OC SAN 21-XX, 3. Draft Procedure Manual - Redline, 4. Draft Records Retention Schedule - Redline
Related files: 2020-1247, 2021-1663
FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Kelly A. Lore, Clerk of the Board

SUBJECT:

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RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION

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RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:

Adopt Resolution No. OC SAN 21-XX entitled: "A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District Adopting the Records Management Program Procedures and Records Retention Schedule, Authorizing Destruction of Obsolete Records, and Repealing Resolution No. OCSD 20-10".
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BACKGROUND

The Orange County Sanitation District's (OC San) Records Management Program is being updated to meet new statutory regulations and agency changes to better serve the operational needs of OC San. General Counsel's Office, departmental subject matter experts, the Clerk of the Board, and Assistant Clerk of the Board/Acting Records Management Specialist have reviewed the minor updates and recommend the proposed changes.

OC San's Records Management Program documents how long various types of information are to be kept, as dictated by the legal, fiscal, operational, and audit needs of OC San. As a public agency, there is an obligation to effectively manage and maintain OC San's information, most of which is classified as public information.

RELEVANT STANDARDS

* Maintain and adhere to appropriate internal planning documents: Resolution No. OCSD 20-10 (Current Records Retention Schedule)
* Comply with Government Code ?60200 through 60204
* Comply with Government Code ?6250 et seq.

PROBLEM

There are current legal regulatory requirements that are not reflected in OC San's existing Records Management Program Procedures and Records Retention Schedule.

PROPOSED SOLUTION

Adopt the updated OC San Records Management Program Procedures and updated Records Retention Schedule to reflect the current legal regulatory requirements.

TIMING CONCERNS

Destruction of some records may not be authorized until the u...

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