§ 2-723. Duties of custodians of records.  


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  • Under this division, custodians of records in the city shall:

    (1)

    Cooperate with the records management officer in carrying out the policies and procedures established by the local government for the efficient and economical management of records and in carrying out requirements under the public records act;

    (2)

    Adequately document the transaction of city business and the services, programs and duties for which the custodian and the custodian's staff are responsible;

    (3)

    Maintain the records in the custodian's care and carry out their preservation, microfilming, destruction or other disposition only in accordance with the policies and procedures of the city's records management program and the requirements of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 204.001 et seq. and rules adopted thereunder; and

    (4)

    Designate records officers within their offices and provide the records management officer the names of the designees and all persons working under their supervision, such records officers to report directly to the custodian in their respective departments on matters relating to the records management program and to have full access to all files in their respective departments.

(Code 1967, § 2-8(h); Ord. No. 3702, § 1, 10-6-83; Ord. No. 5540, § 1, 5-24-90)