2.48.120 Exceptions to inspection and copying of city records.
A. The following city records are not subject to inspection or copying under this chapter:
1. City personnel records that are confidential under WMC 3.90.020.
2. Records pertaining to juveniles unless disclosure is authorized by law.
3. Medical and related public health records.
4. Records required to be kept confidential by a federal law or regulation, or by state law or this code.
5. 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.
6. City records containing information that would disclose or might lead to the disclosure of a component in the process used to execute or adopt an electronic signature, if the disclosure would or might cause the electronic signature to cease being under the sole control of the person using it.
7. Records or information pertaining to a plan, program or procedures for establishing, maintaining, or restoring security in the city, or to a detailed description or evaluation of systems, facilities, or infrastructure in the city, but only to the extent that the production of the records or information:
a. Could reasonably be expected to interfere with the implementation or enforcement of the security plan, program or procedures;
b. Would disclose confidential guidelines for investigations or enforcement and the disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law; or
c. Could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of an individual or to present a real and substantial risk to the public health and welfare.
8. Bids or proposals solicited for a city procurement, until a final contract award has been made.
9. Trade secrets and commercial or financial information whose disclosure would be likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person from whom the information was obtained.
10. The name, address, or other personal identifying information of a person who has used materials made available to the public by the city library. (Ord. 06-33 § 6, 2006)