The following Kentucky Attorney General Open Records and Meetings Decisions were issued last week.
1. 20-OMD-117 (In re: WDRB News/Board of Directors of University Medical Center, Inc.)
Summary: Board of Directors of University Medical Center, Inc. violated the Open Meetings Act when it improperly relied on KRS 61.810(1)(g) to discuss public business in closed session.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-OMD-1…
2. 20-ORD-118 (In re: Jeremy Dunton/Northpoint Training Center)
Summary: The inmate requester failed to perfect his appeal challenging Northpoint Training Center's denial of his initial request for a copy of specified JPay e-mails. The inmate did not successfully revive his appellant rights under KRS 197.025(3) by submitting a second request for the same records.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
3. 20-ORD-119 (In re: Linda Bartels/Kenton County Fiscal Court)
Summary: The Kenton County Fiscal Court did not violate the Open Records Act by denying a request for gross tax receipts of an identified business.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
4. 20-ORD-120 (In re: Artis Anderson/Cabinet for Health and Family Services)
Summary: The Cabinet for Health and Family Services ("Cabinet") violated the Open Records Act by failing to issue a timely written response to a request to inspect records. The Cabinet also violated the Act by failing to carry its burden of establishing that the attorney-client privilege applied to deny inspection of certain records.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
5. 20-ORD-121 (In re: Jeffrey Coffey/Kentucky Parole Board)
Summary: The Kentucky Parole Board did not violate the Open Records Act by failing to respond to a request for records it did not receive.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
6. 20-ORD-122 (In re: Lee Metzger/Kentucky State Police)
Summary: Kentucky State Police did not violate the Open Records Act by denying a request for a dispatch report under KRS 17.150(2) when prosecution of a criminal case remained prospective. KSP violated the Act by withholding an incident report under KRS 17.150(2) and KRS 61.878(1)(h).
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
7. 20-ORD-123 (In re: James Harrison/Green River Correctional Complex)
Summary: Green River Correctional Complex did not violate the Open Records Act in denying requests for records that did not contain a specific reference to the requesting inmate. The Complex is not the custodian of records for private contractors Aramark Corporation and Keefe Corporation and did not subvert the intent of the Act by responding to requests that Appellant sent to the Complex rather than to Aramark or Keefe.
Open Records Decision
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
8. 20-ORD-124 (In re: Joshua Powell/Lexington Police Department)
Summary: The Lexington Police Department did not violate the Open Records Act in denying a request to inspect records in-person during the current state of emergency.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
9. 20-ORD-125 (In re: Kris Carlson/Department of Corrections)
Summary: The Department of Corrections did not violate the Open Records Act in denying a request to inspect records that did not exist at the time of the request.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2020/20-ORD-1…
