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Records Center reports 82% capacity, ongoing microfilming and digitization of historic tax records
Summary
Records Center Manager Brenda Ransom told commissioners the center is at about 82% capacity (8,642.5 cubic feet) and is microfilming Auditor tax documents from 1952 forward (to be destroyed after microfilming per Auditor authorization) while digitizing earlier records.
Brenda Ransom, manager of the Wood County Records Center, provided the board with a quarterly report on storage, microfilming and digitization work.
Ransom said the records center held about 8,642.5 cubic feet of material—approximately 82% of capacity. Intake for 2025 totaled 451.5 cubic feet, and intake for January 1–February 22, 2026, was 143 cubic feet. She said Auditor tax documents are being microfilmed and that documents dated 1952 forward can be destroyed after microfilming per authorization from Auditor Oestreich; tax documents earlier than 1952 will be digitized and retained in their original book format. The center completed 110 rolls of microfilm in 2025 and six rolls so far in 2026 for outside counties; between 2014 and 2025 the center provided microfilming services for multiple counties under a regional cooperation that originated with a Local Government Innovation Fund grant.
Ransom described recent digitization work (including large-scale plan scans for the County Park District and an ongoing Auditor tax duplicate project) and noted a previously out-of-service scanner (BookTek 5) returned to operation in January. She highlighted existing partnerships and revenue earned through providing services to other counties and institutions.
The board thanked Ransom for the update; the record center will continue scheduled microfilming and digitization work as directed by department needs and auditors’ authorizations.
