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COLORADO MUNICIPAL RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Colorado Municipal Records Retention Schedule was made possible through a cooperative venture.
A group of Weld County, Colorado municipalities recognized the need for a comprehensive records
retention schedule that could be used by any small Colorado municipality and joined forces to fund and
support the project.
Funding for the project was provided by 11 Weld County municipalities: the Town of Eaton, the City of Fort
Lupton, the Town of Garden City, the Town of Gilcrest, the City of Greeley, the Town of Hudson, the Town
of Johnstown, the Town of Keenesburg, the Town of Mead, the Town of Milliken and the Town of Windsor.
The following municipal clerks and their municipalities contributed to the success of the year-long project:
Chris Bagley, Town of Eaton; Linda Salas, Town of Erie; Barbara Rodgers, City of Fort Lupton; Janice
Walter, Town of Garden City; Linda Smith, Town of Gilcrest; Betsy Holder, City of Greeley; Judy Larson,
Town of Hudson; Diana Seele, Town of Johnstown; Cheryl Jesser, Town of Keenesburg; Judy Hegwood,
Town of Mead; Nanette Fornof, Town of Milliken (project coordinator for the municipalities); and Cathy
Kennedy, Town of Windsor. Other staff members from the Towns of Milliken and Windsor and the City of
Greeley participated in benchmark records inventories and interviews conducted by the project consultant.
The project would not have been possible without the continued support, cooperation and assistance of
Terry Ketelsen, State Archivist for the State of Colorado and Karen Zoltenko, Deputy State Archivist for
the State of Colorado. Don Sandoval, Regional Manager for the State of Colorado, Department of Local
Affairs, Office of Field Services, also provided continuing encouragement and advice throughout the
project. Tony Adams, CRM, Director of the Wyoming State Archives and Carol Intlekofer, City Clerk, City
of Cheyenne, Wyoming, provided valuable assistance during the initial stages of the project. Chuck
Schiell, CRM, records management consultant for the Town of Erie, and Betsy Holder and Russell
Lenhart of the Greeley City Clerk's Office, are owed a special debt of gratitude for their detailed reviews
of the preliminary draft of the Model Municipal Retention Schedule and their helpful suggestions.
This document would not have been possible without the earlier work accomplished by the Colorado
Municipal Clerks' Association and numerous municipal clerks who developed in 1992 and updated in 1999
the Guidelines for the Retention of Municipal Records in Colorado, which established a solid foundation for
creation of a Municipal Records retention schedule.
The Colorado Municipal Records Retention Schedule became a reality through the dedicated efforts of
Molly J. Davis, CRM, CMC, records management consultant specializing in local government records in
Colorado.
A comprehensive ten-year review of the Colorado Municipal Records Retention Schedule was completed
in 2010—2011 through a collaborative effort of the Colorado State Archives and the Colorado Municipal
Clerks Association Records Management Committee. Project funding was provided by the Colorado State
Archives and the Colorado Municipal Clerks Association. The individuals who participated in this effort
were: Terry Ketelsen (Colorado State Archivist), Erin McDanel (Colorado State Archives), Molly J. Davis
(consultant), Kerry Bush (Englewood), Melinda Catapano (Grand Junction), Nanette Fornof (Frederick),
Leighsa Grommon (Berthoud), Judy Hegwood (Firestone), Leah Heneger (Platteville), Betsy Holder
(Greeley), Lisa Horton (Aurora), Russ Lenhart (Greeley), Kimber Liss (Centennial), Tim Paran (Denver),
Daryl Payne (Pueblo), Cat Petersen (Winter Park), Patricia Putfark (Centennial), Sara Rusher (Longmont),
Barbara Setterlind (Centennial), Susan Sorlein (Parker), Sandi Sugden (Mead), Jewel Traudt (Englewood),
and Mike Wolfe (Vail). Special thanks is also given to those who submitted comments and questions during
the update process.