RESOLUTION # 05-20-2013
ADOPTING THE MINNESOTA TOWNSHIPS
GENERAL RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the town has possession of, and continues to receive, a wide range of records in the
normal course of conducting the town’s business;
WHEREAS, the retention of records in the town’s possession are regulated by Minn. Stat. §
138.17, which prohibits the destruction of records unless the town has adopted the records
retention schedule and destroys the records according to the procedures and schedule mandated
by the statute; and
WHEREAS, the town board desires to comply with the requirements of the records retention
law and to manage the town’s records in an efficient and appropriate way, including being able
to destroy records that no longer need to be retained under the schedule;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the town board of Brandon Township, Douglas County, Minnesota hereby adopts the Minnesota Township General Records Retention Schedule for the management and destruction of the records in the town’s possession; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the town board will send notice of its decision to adopt the
schedule to the Government Records Archivist at the Minnesota Historical Society on the form
provided for such notification.
Adopted this __20th__ day of ___May_________, 2013___.
BY THE BOARD
___Paul Lauthen__________________
Town Chairperson
Attest: _Adrian Ledermann_________
Town Clerk