(a) Some records or information maintained by the City of Brooklyn, Ohio, are not “public records” but are protected, confidential records under Ohio and/or Federal law. Examples of protected, confidential records, include, without limitation: infrastructure records,2 security records, medical records, records pertaining to adoption, probation, and parole proceedings, records pertaining to actions and appeals under R.C. 2151.85 (juveniles seeking abortions), records listed in 3107.42(A) (relating to adoption release records), trial preparation records, records and communications protected by R.C. 2317.02(A) (records and communications by and between the City of Brooklyn, Ohio, and its attorneys), confidential law enforcement investigatory records, records containing information that is confidential under R.C. 4112.05 (Civil Rights Commission), DNA records pursuant to R.C. 109.573, and records the release of which is prohibited by state or federal law.
(b) In no event will records and communications by and between the City of Brooklyn, Ohio, and its attorneys be released, unless the City of Brooklyn, Ohio, consents to their release.
(Ord. 2007-37. Passed 11-13-07.)
2 “Infrastructure record” is defined by R.C. 149.433 as “any record that discloses the configuration of a public office’s or chartered nonpublic school’s critical systems including, but not limited to, communication, computer, electrical, mechanical, ventilation, water, and plumbing systems, security codes, or the infrastructure or structural configuration of the building in which a public office or chartered nonpublic school is located. “Infrastructure record” does not include “a simple floor plan that discloses only the spatial relationship of components of a public office or chartered nonpublic school or the building in which a public office or chartered nonpublic school is located.” R.C. 149.433.