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Public commentator urges Delta County to review law firm record-retention after response from Burkhart firm

3575835 · May 15, 2025
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A member of the public told the Delta County commissioners that a law firm's stated retention schedule appears inconsistent with the county's records policy and urged the board to follow up to ensure county files have not been destroyed.

At the Delta County Board of Commissioners special meeting May 15, a resident said the board should investigate whether the county’s legal files have been retained in accordance with county record-retention rules after receiving a response from outside counsel.

Joe Kaplan of Fort River Township addressed the board during general public comment about correspondence the county received and later released under public records requests. Kaplan said county civil counsel asked the firm Burkhart Miller Parment and Butkus PC for its…

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