A. All personnel records shall be kept by the manager or designee and shall not be removed without written authorization of the personnel officer, applicant, employee or other authorized person. Personnel records, including examinations, performance evaluations and other assessment materials, are confidential and are not open to public inspection except as provided in this section.

B. Access by Employees. Any employee may request copies of their own personnel files upon three-business-days’ notice or may review, in the presence of the borough manager or designee, their own personnel file upon 24-business-hours’ notice to the department head or personnel officer. Due to off-site storage of documents, former employees must submit a written records request for access to their employment files.

C. It shall be unlawful to disclose confidential information included in personnel records without prior written permission of the employee, excepting those records which are necessary for the proper functioning of the chief fiscal officer and clerk’s office and those which, from time to time, the personnel officer deems necessary.

D. The following information is available for public inspection: