Miami Records Storage Bill Filed Under Past Due

Posted on Jul 27, 2010 in Records Management News

Yet another rea­son to go paper­less
By TODD WRIGHT
Updated 5:51 PM EDT, Mon, Jul 26, 2010
BUZZ UP!

It’s no secret the city of Miami is in pretty dire straits when it comes to cash, but when you are forced to fill out pub­lic records requests for your own records, it might be time to look at Chap­ter 11.

Accord­ing to the Miami Her­ald, thou­sands of boxes of records that belong to the city are being held hostage by a stor­age facil­ity in Broward County that claims it is owed over $340,000 in past due rent and other fees.

The records include every­thing from per­son­nel files to city meet­ing min­utes and agen­das in the 40,000 or so boxes col­lect­ing dust in Broward.

The city says it only owes $22,000 to Iron Moun­tain Infor­ma­tion Man­age­ment, which is cur­rently keep­ing a pad­lock on the records until Miami shows them the money.
The two sides had been doing busi­ness for about two years, but when the city decided to go with another com­pany, things got a bit messy. Think of all the stor­age fees that you have no clue what they mean and mul­ti­ply that by a city bud­get. It almost seems like the city is being charged per piece of paper at the facility.

The city attor­ney wants to take legal action against the stor­age com­pany, which could be an even taller moun­tain to climb as fees con­tinue to rise.

This dis­pute should speed up the process of going paper­less. More than likely the city won’t have a choice.

Read more here:   http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Dead-Beat-Storage-Miami-Records-Locked-Up–99252709.html

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