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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
MANAGER OF ARCHIVES
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION, Article 5 DEPARTMENTS AND SIMILAR AGENCIES, Division 4 RECORDS COMPLIANCE, Sec. 2-444 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 2-444. Role of the manager of archives.
The Manager of Archives shall:
(a) Administer, supervise and monitor requirements with respect to the collection and preservation of Archival Materials under this Division, including, but not limited to, inter-agency transfers of Archival Material, donations of Archival Material from external sources and post-custodial care of the Archive Materials.
(b) Establish guidelines and policies to support the governance of the CARO archival holdings and access through the CARO office.
(c) Work cooperatively with the Records Management Administrator as to establish documentation and methods to categorize and retrieve Archive materials as necessary.
(d) Promulgate CARO rules and procedures which govern this section as needed.
(e) Serve as the County Historian to the extent requested by the Board Secretary.
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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