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County Management Records Retention and Disposition Schedule The records retention and disposition schedule and retention periods governing the records series listed herein are hereby approved. In accordance with the provision of Chapters 121 and 132 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, it is agreed that the records do not and will not have further use or value for official business, research, or reference purposes after the respective retention periods specified herein and are authorized to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the agency or official having custody of them without further reference to or approval of either party to this agreement. The local government agency agrees to comply with 07 NCAC 04M .0510 when deciding on a method of destruction. Confidential records will be destroyed in such a manner that the records cannot be practicably read or reconstructed. However, records subject to audit or those legally required for ongoing official proceedings must be retained until released from such audits or official proceedings, notwithstanding the instructions of this schedule. Public records, Including electronic records, not listed In this schedule are not authorized to be destroyed. This local government agency and the Department of Cultural Resources agree that certain records series possess only brief administrative, fiscal, legal, research, and reference value. These records series have been designated by retention periods which allow these records to be destroyed when "administrative value ends." The local government agency hereby agrees that it will establish and enforce internal policies setting minimum retention periods for the records that Cultural Resources has scheduled with the disposition instruction "destroy when administrative value ends." If a county does not establish internal policies and retention periods, the county is not complying with the provisions of this retention schedule and is not authorized by the Department of Cultural Resources to destroy the records with the disposition instruction 'destroy when administrative value ends." The local government agency and the Department of Cultural Resources concur that the long -term and /or permanent preservation of electronic records require additional commitment and active management by the agency. The agency agrees to comply with all policies, standards, and best practices published by the Department of Cultural Resources regarding the creation and management of electronic records. it is further agreed that these records may not be destroyed prior to the time periods stated; however, for sufficient reason they may be retained for longer periods. This schedule is to remain in effect from the date of approval until it is reviewed and updated. APPROVAL RECOMMENDED Chief Administrative Officer/ County Manager l/w ` � 4_:�n'4-5 Sarah E. Koonts, Director Division of Archives and Records APPROVED Chairman, Bd. County Commissioners April 15, 2013 /4�4� . Susan W. Kluttz, Secretary Department of Cultural Resources County: Attachment number 1 G -3 Page 53