Agenda Item   

AGENDA STAFF REPORT

 

                                                                                                                        ASR Control  26-000106

 

MEETING DATE:

04/14/26

legal entity taking action:

Board of Supervisors

board of supervisors district(s):

All Districts

SUBMITTING Agency/Department:

County Executive Office   (Approved)

Department contact person(s):

Jessica Witt (714) 834-7250 

 

 

Linh Ly (714) 834-7036

 

 

Subject:  Approve Records Retention Schedules for Various County Departments

 

     ceo CONCUR

County Counsel Review

Clerk of the Board

          Concur

No Legal Objection

Discussion

 

 

4/5 Vote

 

 

 

    Budgeted: N/A

Current Year Cost:  N/A

Annual Cost: N/A

 

 

 

    Staffing Impact:

No

# of Positions:           

Sole Source:   N/A

    Current Fiscal Year Revenue: N/A

   Funding Source:    N/A

County Audit in last 3 years: No

   Levine Act Review Completed: N/A

 

    Prior Board Action:         N/A

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):

 

 

1.

Rescind Auditor-Controller Records Retention Schedules 309B, 310B, 311B, 312B, 314B, 315B, 316B, 317B, 348A, 318B, 330B, 331B, 363A, 364A, 313B, 319C, 324B, 322C, 323B, 328B, 360A, 361A, 362A, and 347A.

 

2.

Approve Auditor-Controller Records Retention Schedules 365A, 365B, 365C, 365D, 366A, 366B, 366C, 366D, 366E, 366F, 367A, 367B, 367C, 368A, 368B, 368C, 368D, 368E, 368F, and 368G.

 

3.

Rescind County Counsel Records Retention Schedule 60E.

 

4.

Approve County Counsel Records Retention Schedule 60F.

 

5.

Rescind John Wayne Airport Records Retention Schedule 276C.

 

6.

Approve John Wayne Airport Records Retention Schedule 276D.

 

7.

Rescind OC Community Resources Records Retention Schedules 373, 377, 378, 379, 380, 375, and 376.

 

8.

Approve OC Community Resources Records Retention Schedules 373B, 375B, 376B, 377B, 378B, 379B, 380B, 390, and 391.

 

9.

Rescind Sheriff-Coroner Records Retention Schedules 368B, 56E, 104C, 57, 164D, 367B, 125D, 124F, 123D, 386B, 113D, 356B, 372B, 371B, and 353C.

 

10.

Approve Sheriff-Coroner Records Retention Schedules 368C, 56F, 104D, 57B, 164E, 367C, 125E, 124G, 123E, 386C, 113E, 356C, 372C, 371C, and 353D.

 

11.

Approve revised County Records Management Policy superseding Retention Schedule 16E with 16F and authorize the County Executive office to make immaterial changes as necessary.

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY:

 

Approval of Records Retention Schedules will provide alignment with legal updates for Auditor-Controller, County Counsel, John Wayne Airport, OC Community Resources, and Sheriff-Coroner, and 16F.

 

 

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

 

Government Code Sections 25501.5, 26202, 26202.6 and 26205.1 authorize the destruction of County records with Board of Supervisors (Board) approval, provided all statutory requirements are met. As a result of establishing retention schedules, many categories of records can be transferred to off-site storage and, after the established retention period, subsequently destroyed. These actions free up valuable space and resources, both on- and off-site for current business needs.

 

Section 26202 requires a four-fifths vote of the Board to authorize the destruction of records that are more than two years old and were prepared or received pursuant to state statute or County charter and the retention of any such record, paper or document is no longer necessary or required for County purposes. However, records in any format that are the subject of a legal hold or California Public Records Act (PRA) request must be retained until the claim, litigation or PRA request is resolved.

 

Retention schedules must be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect new records and record-keeping requirements created by new laws, regulations, programs and reporting requirements. Updated retention schedules provide departments with relevant and necessary information to align current legal requirements with current practices and also provide departments with an effective tool to manage the creation, capture, storage and disposition of their records.

 

The various department retention schedules include additional records and updated records with applicable laws. The County Records Management Policy was revised to replace Retention Schedule 16E with 16F to include badge access data.

 

Compliance with CEQA: This action is not a project within the meaning of CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 and is therefore not subject to CEQA since it does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. The approval of this agenda item does not commit the County to a definite course of action in regard to a project since the action authorized herein involves the retention of data records and their schedule of retention. This proposed activity is therefore not subject to CEQA. Any future action connected to this approval that constitutes a project will be reviewed for compliance with CEQA.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

 

N/A

 

STAFFING IMPACT:

 

N/A

 

REVIEWING AGENCIES:

 

Auditor-Controller
County Counsel
John Wayne Airport
OC Community Resources
Sheriff-Coroner

 

ATTACHMENT(S):

 

Attachment A - Auditor-Controller Retention Schedules
Attachment B – County Counsel Retention Schedule
Attachment C – John Wayne Airport Retention Schedule
Attachment D – OC Community Resources Retention Schedules
Attachment E – Sheriff-Coroner Retention Schedules
Attachment F – Revised Policy and Retention Schedule 16F