Monroe. Town Hall archive records room project underway thanks to a $74,245 state grant
| 31 Mar 2025 | 05:05
Shelving was recently installed in the Archive Records Room at Monroe Town Hall as part of a $74,245 state grant secured by Town Clerk Valerie Bitzer. Additional work will continue in May. Photo provided by the Town of Monroe.
Shelving was recently installed in the Archive Records Room at Monroe Town Hall as part of a $74,245 state grant secured by Town Clerk Valerie Bitzer.
Bitzer applied for a Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund (LGRMIF) Grant in 2024 from New York State. Such grants support records management and archives-related projects in local governments of all types and sizes throughout New York.
Created in 1989, the fund comes from fees collected by county clerks and the New York City Register. These fees are collected during the recording of certain documents and when county clerks assign index numbers for certain court cases. The amount of grant funding available each year depends on the number of documents recorded and index numbers assigned that year.
Work is currently underway in the Archive Records Room at Monroe Town Hall with secure fencing, along with shelving recently installed.
Work involving the organization of the records will resume in the beginning of May.