[Adopted 11--18--2008 by Ord. No. 2061]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
FINANCIAL RECORD
Any account, voucher or contract dealing with the receipt
or disbursement of funds or acquisition, use or disposal of services,
supplies, materials, equipment or property; or the salary or other
payments or expenses paid to an officer or employee, including the
individual's name and title; and a financial audit report, excluding
the audit's underlying work papers.
PUBLIC RECORD
The public records of this Borough shall mean a record, including
a financial record, which is not exempt from being disclosed under
the Pennsylvania Right to Know Law or under any other federal or state law or regulation,
judicial decree or order and which is not protected by a privilege.
Public records shall not include the following:
A.
Those which would cause the loss of federal or state funds if
disclosed.
B.
A record, the disclosure of which would be reasonably likely
to result in a substantial and demonstrable risk of physical harm
to or the personal security of an individual.
C.
A record, the disclosure of which would be reasonably likely
to jeopardize or threaten public safety or preparedness.
D.
A record, the disclosure of which creates a reasonable likelihood
of endangering the safety or physical security of a building, public
utility, resource, infrastructure, facility or information storage
system.
E.
A record regarding computers which if disclosed would be reasonably
likely to jeopardize computer security.
G.
Personal identification information.
H.
Certain employee information.
I.
Labor relations, negotiations and arbitration.
J.
Predecisional drafts of bills, policy, management directives,
ordinances or amendments to any of the foregoing.
K.
Predecisional deliberations.
L.
Trade secrets and confidential proprietary information.
M.
Personal notes and working papers prepared by or for a public
official or agency employee for his/her own personal use.
N.
Donor identity, except donations to a public official or agency.
O.
Unpublished works or documents.
R.
Noncriminal investigations.
S.
Records pertaining to transmissions received by emergency dispatch
personnel, including 911 recordings.
U.
Records pertaining to autopsies.
V.
Draft minutes until the next regularly scheduled meeting; executive
session records are exempt.
W.
Real estate appraisals and feasibility studies.
Y.
Precontract award documents; bidder information prior to bid
opening.
Z.
Communications with insurance company or risk management.
AA.
Information regarding recipients of social services.
BB.
Records regarding the identity of a minor.
RECORD
Information, regardless of physical form or characteristics,
that documents a Borough transaction or activity and is created, received
or retained pursuant to law or in connection with a Borough transaction,
business or activity, including a document; paper; letter; map; book;
tape; photograph; film or sound recording; information stored or maintained
electronically; and a data-processed or image-processed document.
RESPONSE
The Borough's notice informing a requester of a granting
of access to a record or the Borough's written notice to a requester
granting, denying, or partially granting and partially denying access
to a requested record.
The Borough Council shall make the Borough's public records
available for access and duplication to any United States resident,
in accordance with law, Borough ordinances, policy and administrative
regulations.