This Chapter shall not be construed to require disclosure of the following records:
(A) Personnel, payroll, or medical files which reveal the financial or medical status of any specific individual, the release of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy;
(B) Records of vital statistics and adoption proceedings;
(C) Records pertaining to juveniles;
(D) Medical and related public health records;
(E) Records required to be kept confidential by federal law or regulation or by state law;
(F) Records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of the law enforcement records or information (a) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (b) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (c) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of the personal privacy of a suspect, defendant, victim, or witness, (d) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, (e) would disclose confidential techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, (f) would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if the disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or (g) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of an individual;
(G) Records held by the City pertaining to any client, customer, or subscriber, the release of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy of that person or entity;
(H) Records of engineering, marketing, accounting, or other technical or financial data, which, if released, would provide a competitive advantage to any other persons or business engaged in similar or related activities;
(I) Proprietary information which a manufacturer, consultant, or provider reasonably expects to be kept privileged or confidential to protect the property interests of persons providing the information or data;
(J) Communications between any agency and the City Attorney which contain legal questions concerning potential, pending, or actual litigation, however this subsection does not protect from disclosure documents which were public records prior to the commencement of the litigation, and public records which are otherwise subject to disclosure may not be protected from disclosure by mere submission to the City Attorney. Any documents marked “Confidential” which are submitted to the agency by the City Attorney shall be produced only if the City Attorney so authorizes;
(K) Communications between the City and any insurance carrier discussing potential, threatened, or pending claims against the City;
(L) The names of persons who have reported violations of the City's building, zoning, environmental health, tax, or other ordinances to the City. The substance of zoning complaints shall be public information, but the names of reporters shall be disclosed only if necessary to the fair and just disposition of the complaint in an enforcement proceeding;
(M) Information which municipal governments engaged in collective bargaining regularly consider to be privileged or confidential for the purpose of successful collective bargaining; and
(N) City personnel records to the extent that the release of such records would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy of the person.
(Am. Ord. 2004-04, passed 3-9-04)