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Town clerk defends required microfilming and off-site records backup, cites roughly $0.98 per image
Summary
Town Clerk Elizabeth explained an 11% increase in non-payroll contracts driven largely by land-records work, saying about 3,300 images remain to be microfilmed at roughly $0.98 per image to meet state library standards and provide an off-site backup in Iron Mountain/Atkins.
Town Clerk Elizabeth discussed the clerk’s budget and the town’s records-retention practices at the Jan. 29 budget workshop, explaining why the town continues to microfilm land records even though they are also stored electronically.
She told the board that payroll requests reflect a typical 3% increase and that other contract costs are up…
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