---
type: Civic Update
title: Perinton gets a state grant to inventory old records
update_kind: project
stage: approved
stage_date: '2026-09-14'
next_milestone: 'Grant period, October 5, 2026 to April 30, 2027'
plain_language: >-
  The town won state money to catalog old paper records within a grant period
  that runs through April 2027. It's a first step; the old files won't be
  searchable online yet.
official_url: >-
  https://perinton.gov/news/town-of-perinton-awarded-record-management-improvement-grant-with-support-from-assemblymember-jen-lunsford/
checked_on: '2026-10-03'
tags:
  - government
  - records
  - history
sources:
  - resource: >-
      https://perinton.gov/news/town-of-perinton-awarded-record-management-improvement-grant-with-support-from-assemblymember-jen-lunsford/
    title: >-
      Town of Perinton: Town of Perinton Awarded Record Management Improvement
      Grant
  - resource: >-
      https://perinton.gov/file/464/2026/22652/2026-09-21-town-board-meeting-minutes-draft
    title: 'Town of Perinton: Town Board meeting minutes (draft), September 21, 2026'
generated:
  by: 'process:hm-schema-v2-p3'
  at: '2026-10-04T18:49:45.823Z'
decision_body: Perinton Town Board
next_milestone_date: '2026-10-05'
outcome: >-
  September 21, 2026: the Town Board approved a contract with Control Central
  Inc. for up to $55,680, paid from the grant (draft minutes).
outcome_url: >-
  https://perinton.gov/file/464/2026/22652/2026-09-21-town-board-meeting-minutes-draft
superbee_updated_by: 'process:hm-schema-v2-p3'
---
# Perinton gets a state grant to inventory old records

Perinton will catalog old paper records it has never indexed, within a grant period that runs October 5, 2026 to April 30, 2027. The town announced a $58,680 New York State Archives grant on September 14, and on September 21 the Town Board approved, 5-0, a contract with Control Central Inc. for up to $55,680, paid from that Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund grant.

The work covers a records inventory, a needs assessment and a retention schedule, and the index will be linked to the town's existing electronic files. The town calls it a first step toward digitizing the records later, and this won't make the old files searchable online yet.

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