TOWN OF WAUSAUKEE
ORDINANCE # 030921 TO ADOPT THE WISCONSIN MUNICIPAL RECORDS SCHEDULE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Wausaukee
Marinette County
SECTION 1: TITLE AND PURPOSE
This ordinance is entitled the Town of Wausaukee Ordinance to Adopt the Wisconsin Municipal Records Schedule. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide the legal custodian(s) of public records in the possession of the Town of Wausaukee with the authority to retain and destroy those records.
SECTION II: AUTHORITY
The Town Board of the Town of Wausaukee, Marinette County, Wisconsin, has the specific authority under ss. 60.83 and ss 19.21(4), Wis. Stats., to adopt an ordinance to address the management and destruction of public records.
SECTION III: ADOPTION OF WISCONSIN MUNICIPAL RECORDS SCHEDULE
The Wisconsin Municipal Records Schedule, as approved by the Public Records Board on August 27, 2018, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Wausaukee as the Town’s official record retention schedule.
SECTION IV: NOTIFICATION TO WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
When a record has met the terms of the retention period, the record may be destroyed by the legal custodian of the record, provided the custodian has complied with the notification requirement set forth in ss. 19.21(4), Wis. Stats., to the Wisconsin State Historical Society.
SECTION V: CONFLICT
In the event of any conflict between the terms of this ordinance and any applicable state statute, the applicable state statute shall control.
SECTION VI: REVOCATION OF PRECEDING ORDINANCE
This ordinance hereby revokes and supersedes any prior resolutions or ordinances adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Wausaukee relating to the retention and/or destruction of public records of the Town of Wausaukee.
SECTION: VII: EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall become effective upon its posting in the manner set forth in ss. 60.80, Wis. Stats.
Adopted this __9th__ day of _March_, __2021__
Aye __ 5___
Nay___0___
Jeff Engelmann
Town Chairperson
Cheryl Stumbris
Town Clerk
Posted: March, 12, 2021