Members of the Application Review Committee, the Economic Development Citizens Advisory Committee, the City Manager, the Program Administrator, any city staff, any appointed or elected official or any member, or alternate member of a regional economic development committee (“permittees”) may be permitted access to business and confidential information received in the course of the administration or review of the administration of the program or review of economic development ideas and information for the city or for areas in the western part of the state where the program is active and interested, which information would otherwise be confidential under state law or by agreement with a qualifying business participating in the program or in a regional economic development committee. All permittees who are permitted access to or receive such information agree to keep such information confidential and agree that it is confidential business information and proprietary and is only being released to permittees for the purpose of review for economic development uses. Any unauthorized disclosure of any confidential information or proprietary business information that is reviewed or to which the permittees are granted access to for economic development purposes shall not be released to the general public and are not considered public records for the purpose of the public records state statutes. Any unauthorized disclosure of any such information shall be a Class I violation.
(Ord. 3444, passed - -1995; Ord. 4170, passed - -2015)