Five Area Entities Awarded Records Keeping Grants

Five area records keeping entities have been award grants to help with records management and preservation projects.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s Local Records Division announced 23 grants totaling $283,584, including 17 Local Records Grant Program awards totaling $144,809 and six Electronic Records Grant Initiative grants worth $139,775.

Based on recommendations of the Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board, the Local Records Grants provide the recipient local governments with assistance for records management and preservation projects. The Electronic Records Grant Initiative grants are intended to assist local governments in establishing good electronic records management practices and to provide greater transparency by allowing greater public access to records online.

Among those receiving a Local Records Grant were the Mercer County Circuit Clerk/Recorder that received a $4,000 grant for a plat map storage cabinet and the Livingston County Library that received a grant of $9,713 for shelving.

Among the Electronic Records Initiative grantees is the Worth County Clerk which received $24,500 for equipment, software and training, Andrew County Clerk received $24,500 for equipment, software and training and the Clinton County R-III Schools received $30,000 to utilize blockchain technology to manage electronic records.

 

 

The following Local Records Grant recipients are now eligible to receive reimbursement up to the total listed award amount:

· Cedar County Collector: $2,000 to image records

· St. Francois County Recorder: $15,000 to image records

· Ste. Genevieve County Library: $13,200 for a microfilm reader/printer/scanner

· City of Cape Girardeau (city manager): $15,000 for compact shelving

· Perry County Commission: $1,175 for a portable dehumidifier and a/c unit for records vault

· Benton County Recorder: $6,800 for a microfilm reader/printer/scanner

· Alton R-IV School District: $9,467 for a microfilm reader/printer/scanner

· City of Republic: $1,796 to image records

· City of Crestwood: $4,100 to image records

· Cape Girardeau County Archives: $12,173 for shelving

· City of Cape Girardeau (city clerk): $10,500 to image records

· Cassville R-IV High School: $7,695 for a microfilm reader/printer/scanner

· Mercer County Circuit Clerk/Recorder: $4,000 for plat map storage cabinet

· Livingston County Library: $9,713 for shelving

· Greene County Archives: $15,000 for a microfilm reader/printer/scanner

· Schuyler County Recorder: $2,190 to image records

· Christian County Recorder: $15,000 for plat map storage

 

The following Electronic Records Initiative grantees are now eligible to receive reimbursement up to the total listed award amount:

· Worth County Clerk: $24,500 for equipment, software and training

· City of Branson: $8,895 software expansion to make records available online

· Andrew County Clerk: $24,500 for equipment, software and training

· Clinton County R-III Schools: $30,000 to utilize blockchain technology to manage electronic records

· City of Manchester: $23,530 for equipment software and training

· City of Crestwood: $28,350 for equipment, software and training