City Council
259 N. Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
MEMO
To: Honorable City Council
From: Jane Kilgore, Deputy City Clerk
Date: 02/11/2025
Subject: Destruction of Files - Administrative
RECOMMENDED ACTION: This resolution authorizes the destruction of certain financial records, documents, instruments, books and papers, in accordance with the California Government Code.
Attachments:
1. Exhibit A - Records for Destruction
RESOLUTION NO. 25-7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RIPON AUTHORIZING DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN
FINANCIAL RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS,
BOOKS, AND PAPERS
WHEREAS, Section 34090 of the Government Code of the State of California provides that with the approval of the legislative body by resolution, and with the written consent of the City Attorney, the head of a city department may destroy any city record, document, instrument, book, or paper under his/her charge, without making a copy thereof, after the same is no longer required; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ripon desires that no record shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by any department of the City unless it is deemed that the record has no further administrative, legal, or fiscal value, and that the City Clerk has deemed that the record is inappropriate for preservation in the City archives; and WHEREAS, the City of Ripon is desirous of destroying certain records that have outlived their usefulness to the City from a legal, fiscal, operational, and administrative standpoint; and WHEREAS, these certain records hold no historical value to the City of Ripon; and WHEREAS, these certain records have been identified for destruction pursuant to the City of Ripon Records Retention Schedule adopted on June 1, 2004; and WHEREAS, the City Attorney has approved in writing and has consented to the destruction of certain records, as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Ripon authorizes the destruction of certain records selected by the Deputy City Clerk, with written consent of each department head, and with the written consent of the City Attorney, certifying that these records have outlived their usefulness to the City from a legal, fiscal, operational, administrative, or historical standpoint within the guidelines of the California Government Code, Section 34090, for Destruction of Records.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Ripon this 11th day of February, 2025, by the following vote:
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY CONSENT VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Leo Zuber, Council Member
SECONDER:Michael Restuccia, Council Member
AYES: de Graaf, Barton, Uecker, Restuccia, Zuber
THE CITY OF RIPON,
A Municipal Corporation
By ________________________________
DANIEL DE GRAAF, Mayor
ATTEST:
By: ___________________________
LISA ROOS, City Clerk