All records and accounts of every office and department of the city shall be open to inspection by any person. Except, that records and documents the disclosure of which would tend to defeat the lawful purpose for which they were intended, may be withheld from inspection. Such records as are required by state law or city ordinance to be kept confidential are not open to inspection. Each department head shall be held responsible for the preservation of all public records under his jurisdiction and shall provide a system of filing. Also, all city personnel records, including employment applications and examination materials, are confidential and are not open to public inspection except as provided in § 2.10.020. No public records, reports, correspondence or other data relative to the business of any department shall be destroyed or removed permanently from the files without the knowledge and approval of the city clerk.
(Ord. 77-01 (part), 1977; Ord. 96-4 § 3 (part), 1996)