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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />i(,;.q <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN ORIGINAL <br />PUBLIC RECORDS~ DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF LA <br />PORTE TO NOTIFY THE STATE LIBRARIAN OR STATE ARCHIVIST OF THE <br />PROPOSED DESTRUCTION OF SAID RECORDS~ MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF <br />FACT PERTINENT TO THE DESTRUCTION OF SAID RECORDS~ AND FINDING <br />COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW AND PROVIDING FOR AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE~ <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte is in possession of public <br /> <br />records outlined on Exhibit "A", attached to this Ordinance and <br /> <br />incorporated by reference herein~ and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte hereby <br /> <br />finds that the records outlined on Exhibit "A" are worthless, and <br /> <br />are not public records that pertain to matters in litigation~ and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte deems it <br /> <br />to be a wasteful practice to maintain and house said worthless <br /> <br />public records~ and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Vernon Texas Codes Annotated, Local Government <br /> <br />Code, Chapter 181, Section 181.005 provides for the destruction <br /> <br />of original public records that are deemed worthless by the City <br /> <br />Council~ <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby <br /> <br />adopts and ratifies the above stated findings of fact as true. <br /> <br />Section 2. <br /> <br />The City Secretary of the City of La Porte is <br /> <br />directed to notify the State Librarian that the original public <br /> <br />records outlined on Exhibit "A", attached to this ordinance are <br /> <br />proposed to be destroyed by the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />The City <br /> <br />Secretary of the City of La Porte is directed to obtain the <br /> <br />consent of the State Librarian prior to the destruction of any of <br /> <br />said original public records, and is further directed to transfer <br /> <br />to the State Librarian or State Archivists any records that are <br /> <br />deemed by said State Librarian or State Archivists to be of a <br /> <br />historic nature. <br /> <br />Section 3. Upon receipt of the consent from the State <br /> <br />Librarian for the destruction of said original public records, <br /> <br />the City Secretary of the City of La Porte is directed to provide <br />