(A) Any information gained as a result of returns, investigations, hearings, or verifications required or authorized by this Ordinance is confidential, and no person shall access or disclose such information except in accordance with a proper judicial order or in connection with the performance of that person's official duties or the official business of the Village of Wellington as authorized by this Ordinance. The Tax Administrator or a designee thereof may furnish copies of returns filed or otherwise received under this Ordinance and other related tax information to the internal revenue service, the tax commissioner, and tax administrators of other municipal corporations.
(B) This section does not prohibit the Village of Wellington from publishing or disclosing statistics in a form that does not disclose information with respect to particular taxpayers.
(Ord. 2015-44. Passed 11-2-15.)
(c) If an employee, prospective employee, or contractor in the service of the Village of Wellington or a regional council of governments servicing Wellington has, or will have, access to or the use of federal tax information, the Tax Administrator shall request that the Superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation conduct a criminal records check based on the individual's fingerprints in accordance with Section 109.572 of the Ohio Revised Code. The Tax Administrator shall request that criminal record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation be obtained as part of the Criminal Records Check.
The individual and the Tax Administrator shall also comply with any separate request by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a national criminal records check.
(Ord. 2020-19. Passed 6-1-20.)