Is That Some Kind of Record?

Good records may be the foundation of any organization -- but who likes keeping good records? Not your LakeCountyEye. If you are in municipal government, this life hack from the Village of Old Mill Creek is for you:

Simply toss all of that paper into a banker's box:

Report by Attorney Krone on public records retention and internal search of 36 banker boxes
Village of Old Mill Creek -- Board of Trustees -- Regular Meeting -- Aug 9 2021

Sure, records may get lost but someone else can look for them:

President Smith: we will need to re-organize the effort to correct the missing records problem
Village of Old Mill Creek -- Board of Trustees -- Regular Meeting -- Aug 9 2021

And don't worry about the guy from the Illinois Secretary of State's office:

"You have to work with what you got."
Village of Old Mill Creek -- Board of Trustees -- Regular Meeting -- Aug 9 2021

Next Week: A clever trick to deal with those annoying FOIA requests.