All city records to the extent they relate to the following shall be closed records to the extent allowed by law:

    (1)    Legal actions, causes of action or litigation involving a public governmental body and any confidential or privileged communications between a public governmental body or its representatives and its attorneys.

    (2)    Legal work product shall be considered a closed record.

    (3)    Leasing, purchase or sale of real estate by a public governmental body where public knowledge of the transaction might adversely affect the legal consideration therefor. However, any public record approving a contract relating to the leasing, purchase or sale of real estate by a public governmental body shall be made public upon execution of the lease, purchase or sale of the real estate.

    (4)    Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting an employee of a public governmental body.

    (5)    Nonjudicial mental or physical health proceedings involving identifiable persons, including medical, psychiatric, psychological, or alcoholism or drug dependency diagnosis or treatment.

    (6)    Testing and examination materials, before the test or examination is given or, if it is to be given again, before so given again.

    (7)    Welfare cases of identifiable individuals.

    (8)    Preparation, including any discussion or work product, on behalf of a public governmental body or its representatives for negotiations with employee groups.

    (9)    Software codes for electronic data processing and documentation thereof.

    (10)    Specifications for competitive bidding, until either the specifications are officially approved by the public governmental body or the specifications are published for bid.

    (11)    Sealed bids and related documents, until the earlier of either when the bids are opened, or all bids are accepted or all bids are rejected.

    (12)    Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to employees or applicants for employment, except that this exemption shall not apply to the names, positions, salaries and lengths of service of officers and employees of public agencies once they are employed as such.

    (13)    Records which are protected from disclosure by law.

    (14)    Public records relating to scientific and technological innovations in which the owner has a proprietary interest.

    (15)    Any record of the city community development loan and grant committee pertaining to financial data disclosed by an applicant for housing rehabilitation assistance.

(Ord. No. 11642, § 1, 9-21-87)

     Note--See the editor's note at § 2-23.