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Transfer Procedures: Temporary Records
Transfer Procedures: Permanent Records

 


 

 


 


Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)     Administrative Assistant
Department of History – OGA     General Schedule
(Draft Schedule)     Schedule Issue Date: Feb/2003

Records Title and Description   Retention   Disposition Instructions

Account Request Forms   Active +
3 years
   Destroy

Accounts Payable3 yearsDestroy

Accounts Receivable 3 yearsDestroy

Annual Fiscal Reports PermanentTransfer to Archives in Philadelphia

Annual ReportsPermanentTransfer to Archives in Philadelphia

Brochures/Promotional Material
(produced by the office)
PermanentTransfer to Archives in Philadelphia

Budget and Expense Reports3 yearsDestroy

Budget Code List3 yearsDestroy

Conference Files
(may include hotel folios catering materials, conference room rentals, registrations)
Current +
1 year
Destroy

Contracts – Service4 yearsDestroy

Contracts- Repairs, LeasesExpiration +
6 years
Destroy

Contracts, Personal ServiceExpiration +
6 years
Destroy

Correspondence – General requests for information or publications, payments, receipts, routine courtesy, and does not document policies and procedures.)3 yearsDestroy

Correspondence – Official
(Official correspondence is that which documents an office’s administrative structure, procedures, and policies, and includes email.)
PermanentTransfer to Archives in Philadelphia
Print significant email and replies and file in paper filing systems and transfer to Archives.

Deduction Authorization RecordsActive +
4 years
Destroy

General Ledger Reports – Budget Control3 yearsDestroy

Grants – FundedPermanentTransfer grant files to the Archives in Philadelphia (keep proposals, final report, and official correspondence)

Grants – Not Funded2 yearsDestroy

Grievance Case FilesSettlement +
3 years
Destroy

Independent ContractsEmployment +
1 year
Destroy

Inventories of Property and Equipment
(office copy)
IndefiniteDestroy when superseded

Invoices2 yearsDestroy

Journal Vouchers3 years Destroy

Mail Logs
(Mailing Lists)
IndefiniteDestroy when no longer useful or superseded

Manuals/Handbooks
(produced by the office)
PermanentTransfer one copy of each to the Archives in Philadelphia

Meeting Arrangement Files3 yearsDestroy

Meeting Folders3 yearsDestroy if no longer useful

Minutes of Governing Boards/Advisory Committees
(of the Department)
PermanentTransfer to Archives in Philadelphia

Minutes of Staff MeetingsPermanent Transfer to Archives in Philadelphia

Monthly Report - Budget Control3 monthsDestroy

Net Assets and Liability Report
(A year to date total of line by line expenses of the office)
3 yearsDestroy

Pay Authorization Records5 yearsDestroy

Personnel Records
(Missionary personnel files in WMD and ministerial personnel files in CPS are under separate schedules.)
IndefiniteTransfer to Human Resources after termination of employment

PhotographsPermanentSend identified photos to the Archives when no longer needed

Policies and Procedures Manuals/Statements
(produced by the department)
PermanentTransfer one copy to the Archives in Philadelphia

Publications
(issued by the Department and may include Newsletters, brochures, reports)
PermanentTransfer one copy to the Archives in Philadelphia

Purchase Orders3 yearsDestroy

Records Transfer List
(lists records sent to the Archives or Records Center)
PermanentRetain in Office

Reference Materials
(external publications used for information purposes)
IndefiniteDestroy or discard when no longer useful

Requisitions3 yearsDestroy

Shipping and Freight Records FilesCurrent +
1 year
Destroy

Telecommunications Reports
(Telephone Charge Records)
3 yearsDestroy

Time Sheets1 yearDestroy

VideosLife ExpectancyTransfer one copy of each to the Archives in Philadelphia

Vouchers
(includes travel, hotel, food, mileage, etc.)
3 yearsDestroy

Working Group Files
(may include minutes, reports, budgets, and correspondence)
PermanentTransfer to Archives in Philadelphia

 

 

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