Resolution 94-32
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY SECRETARY TO PETITION THE
TEXAS STATE LffiRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION FOR
EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE FOR FILING RECORDS CONTROL
SCHEDULES AND DECLARING AND EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the Local Government Records Act of 1989 established a deadline of January
2, 1995 for all local governments to develop and file records control schedules with the Texas State
Library and Archives Commission; and
WHEREAS, as many as 7,000 local governments and elective county officers are in danger
of missing the January 2, 1995, deadline; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has not yet published minimum mandatory retention schedules
for all categories of records; and
WHEREAS, the director and librarian of the Texas State Library has developed procedures
to be used by local governments and elected county officers for requesting an extension to the
January 2, 1995, deadline for filing records control schedules; and
WHEREAS, the City of Wylie has experienced unusual circumstances in the past eighteen
months that have restricted personnel and created a hardship on the records management program
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WYLIE, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The City Secretary is hereby authorized to petition the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission under 203,041(c) of the Texas Local Government Code for extension of the
records control schedules filing deadline, as required by the Local Government Records Act of 1989,
from January 2, 1995, to January 2, 1998, the maximum period of time provided by law to be granted
to a single municipality,
SECTION 2, This resolution shall take effect immediately upon passage as the law in such
cases provides.
DULY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, on this the 13th day
of December, 1994. ;J
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~im Swartz, Mayor
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Mary Nichol Ci Sec tary