AGENCY: Alta (Utah)
SERIES: 27363
TITLE: Council minutes
DATES: 1970-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological
DESCRIPTION: These are the minutes of regular, special, and emergency meetings of official municipal committees, boards, and task forces. UCA 52-4-7(1) (1997) requires that written minutes be kept of all open meetings. These minutes shall include: "the date, time and place of the meeting; the names of members present and absent; the substance of all matters proposed, discussed, or decided, and a record, by individual member, of votes taken; the names of all citizens who appeared and the substance in brief of their testimony; and any other information that any member requests be entered in the minutes." Minutes are also required to be kept for all closed meetings in accordance with UCA 52-4-7(2) (1997) and to include: "the date, time and place of the meeting; the names of all others present except when such disclosure would infringe on the confidence necessary to fulfill the original purpose of closing the meeting." They may also include an official agenda. (See also Internal committee records).
RETENTION
Retain permanently
DISPOSITION
May Transfer to Archives.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Open meeting minutes & supplementary materials, GRS-1709
AUTHORIZED: 03/10/2015
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office permanently and then microfilm.
Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Fiscal Historical Legal
Minutes contain a fundamental history of city government and document the city's accountability to its citizens.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public