(A) The City Council or City Manager may investigate the conduct of any City department, official, committee member, or employee. Any person, committee, or commission which is specifically authorized by the City Council or the City Manager shall also have the power to investigate the conduct of any City department, official, committee member, or employee. The authority to investigate includes the authority to order the appearance of witnesses, to administer oaths, and to compel the production of books, records, paper and electronic documents, and other evidence. Failure to obey such orders or to produce evidence as ordered under the provisions of this section may constitute grounds for the immediate termination or discharge of any officer, agent, contractor, or employee of the City.
(B) All records and documents of every office, department, and agency of the City shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times, and under reasonable regulations established by the City Manager, except records and documents the disclosure of which would tend to defeat the lawful purpose for which they are intended to accomplish, and except such records as are required to be kept confidential. Each department director shall be held responsible for the preservation of all public records under the director’s jurisdiction unless provided otherwise in this Code or by the City Council.
(Am. Ord. 2004-04, passed 3-9-04)