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Local Government Record Retention Schedules

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CATEGORY:  PUBLIC WORKS (20)   [ Total entries: 43 (showing 20 per page) ]


LG-20-021 | Odorant Usage Reports

Description:  Reports required by the Department of Transportation documenting the level of odorant added to gas lines.

Retention:  5 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-022 | Overdue Water Billing Accounts

Description:  Reports used to track past-due payments and new charge totals.

Retention:  5 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-023 | Requests for Meter Re-Read

Description:  Record of new meter readings to support billings and adjustments.

Retention:  3 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-024 | Requests for Meter Turn-on and Shut-off

Description:  Records requesting water service connection or disconnection.

Retention:  3 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-025 | Road Maintenance Records

Description:  Records documenting requests for paving and road improvements; includes memos, petitions, and surveys.

Retention:  5 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-026 | Road Repair Costs

Description:  Records used to estimate job costs and prepare a budget.

Retention:  3 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-027 | Security/Fire System Install and Maintenance Records

Description:  Records documenting agency security and fire alarm systems.

Retention:  3 years after replacement of system

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-028 | Service Interruption Logs

Description:  Reports documenting the interruption of sewer and water services, including time and location of incident.

Retention:  5 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-029 | Sewage Treatment Plant Monitoring Reports

Description:  Records used to monitor and report on the operation of sewage treatment plants; includes lab reports and amounts of waste processed.

Retention:  5 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-030 | Sewer and Water Improvement Projects

Description:  Records documenting improvement projects for water and sewer services; includes contracts, petitions, surveys, resolutions, bid specifications, inspections reports, costs estimates, and cost assessments.

Retention:  20 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-031 | Sewer and Water Permits

Description:  Records of permits to install sanitary sewers, sewer connections, water meters, and connections to water mains.

Retention:  3 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-033 | Solid Waste Weight Tickets

Description:  Tickets printed each time a garbage truck crosses the scales at the entrance to a county/city landfill.

Retention:  3 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-020-032 | Solid Waste, Sanitary Surveys

Description:  Written reports, summaries, or communications relating to sanitary surveys.

Retention:  10 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-020-036 | Storm Water and Soil Erosion Reports

Description:  Documents related to direct discharge, land application system (LAS), MS4, buffer variance & pretreatment compliance and enforcement files. May include inspection reports, compliance status letters, compliance general correspondence, investigation reports, spill reports, pretreatment general correspondence, over views, complaint documentation, buffer variances, storm water pollution prevention plans, letter of violation (NOVs, NDL, DNC, etc.) corrective action and standard operating procedure general correspondence, recession letters, penalty rationales, public participation documentation, progress reports, corrective action plans and standard operating procedures.

Retention:  15 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-034 | Street Design Improvement Records

Description:  Records documenting road accidents that are used to assess the cause and to make design improvements to reduce accidents.

Retention:  5 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-035 | Street Resurfacing Reports

Description:  Lists of streets and locations that have been resurfaced; includes type of resurfacing, materials, and costs.

Retention:  10 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-037A and LG-20-037B | Subdivision Plats and Inspections

Description:  Records showing the layout and roads within a subdivision.

Retention:  (LG-20-037A) Plats: Permanent; (LG-20-037B) Other records: 5 years

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-020-040 | Temporary Construction Easements

Description:  Documents granting temporary permission to access private property for project or maintenance purposes.

Retention:  5 years after project completion

Updated:  October 20, 2016


LG-20-038 | Traffic Signals Intersection Files

Description:  Includes studies related to traffic planning such as drawings of signal controllers and intersections, and traffic signal permits.

Retention:  10 years

Updated:  October 17, 2017


LG-20-039 | Traffic Signs and Lights Inventories

Description:  Listing of all traffic signs and lights

Retention:  Retain until superseded.

Updated:  October 20, 2016


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