The following are hereby exempt from disclosure, unless access to such records is specifically required by state or federal statute or is ordered by a court under the rules of discovery:
(A) Those declared confidential by state statute;
(B) Those declared confidential by rule adopted by a public agency under specific authority to classify public records as confidential granted to the public agency by statute;
(C) Those required to be kept confidential by law;
(D) Records containing trade secrets or confidential financial information; records containing trade secrets obtained, upon request, from a person. However, this does not include information that is filed with or received by a public agency pursuant to state statute;
(E) Investigatory records of law enforcement agencies; however, certain law enforcement records must be made available for inspection and copying as provided in IC 5-14-3-5;
(F) The work product of the City Attorney or any attorney employed by the city to represent it or any individual;
(G) Records that contain intraagency or interagency advisory or deliberative material that are expressions of opinion or are of a speculative nature, and that are communicated for the purpose of decision making;
(H) Diaries, journals, or other personal notes serving as the functional equivalent of a diary or journal;
(I) (1) Personnel files of public employees, except for:
(a) The name, compensation, application for employment or appointment, job title, business address, telephone number, job description, education and training background, previous work experience, or dates of first and last employment of present officers or employees of the agency;
(b) Information relating to the status of any formal charges against the employee; and
(c) Information concerning disciplinary actions in which final action has been taken and that resulted in the employee being disciplined or discharged;
(2) However, all personnel file information shall be made available to the affected employee or his representative;
(J) Administrative or technical information that would jeopardize a recordkeeping or security system;
(K) Computer programs, computer codes, computer filing systems, and other software that are owned by the public agency or entrusted to it;
(L) Records specifically prepared for discussion or developed during discussions in an executive session; or
(M) The identity of a donor of a gift made to the public agency if the donor requires nondisclosure of his identity as a condition of making the gift.
(Res. 84-R2, passed 3-5-84; Am. Ord. 2004-15, passed 11-22-04)