The Local Records Branch provides records management assistance to more than 2,900 local government agencies within the Commonwealth. These services are provided by five regional administrators strategically located:
Local records grant application information and direct service assistance can be obtained by contacting the Regional Administrator for your area or by visiting the
Local Records Program Grants page. Information about the Local Records Emergency and Disaster Assistance Grant may be found here.
Local Records Branch is dedicated to providing free hands-on, in-office service to all local agencies.
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Services
- Assist with the use of the appropriate Records Retention Schedule and the destruction of obsolete records.
- Provide records management education training through the presentation of workshops
- Provide guidance for the creation of local government records management programs
- Provide records management consultative services, including new technologies
- Provide assistance in planning local records grant projects and in monitoring progress
- Prepare records for microfilming
- Provide 24 hour service for records disaster recovery assistance
Records Management Trainings
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- Security microfilming
- Records management equipment
- Conservation and preservation of archival records
- Establishing local archives
- Ordinance codification
- Salary support for scanning and indexing or to establish a records management program
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- Recovery of damaged or at-risk local public records
- Emergencies include burst pipes, failed climate control, discovery of mold
- Disasters include fire, flood, tornado, mudslide, sever storms
- Items or services include freeze drying, transportation of materials, supplies, professional services
Questions?
For questions about Local Government Records, contact Drew Preston at 502.330.4986 or via email andrewd,preston@ky.gov