The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records and open meetings decisions last week:
1. 21-ORD-021 (In re: Taquan Neblett/Kentucky State Reformatory)
Summary: The Kentucky State Reformatory did not violate the Open Records Act when it denied an inmate's request for records that do not contain a specific reference to him.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
2. 21-ORD-022 (In re: Brian Queen/Bell County Forestry Camp)
Summary: Bell County Forestry Camp did not violate the Open Records Act when it denied an inmate's request for records that did not contain a specific reference to him.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
3. 21-ORD-023 (In re: Joshua Powell/Office of the State Medical Examiner)
Summary: The Office of the State Medical Examiner did not violate the Open Records Act when it denied a request for records that was unreasonably burdensome.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
4. 21-ORD-025 (In re: Beth French/City of Cordon)
Summary: The City of Cordon did not violate the Open Records Act when it charged ten cents per page for copies of requested records.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
5. 21-OMD-026 (In re: Lynette Warner/Graves County Board of Education)
Summary: The Graves County Board of Education did not violate the Open Meetings Act when it held a regularly scheduled meeting at a school during the school day.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-OMD-0…
6. 21-ORD-027 (In re: Paul Zapala/Louisville Metro Police Department)
Summary: Because the Louisville Metro Police Department failed to respond to an open records request within ten days, it violated the Open Records Act as modified by Senate Bill 150. The Department also violated the Act when it withheld autopsy records, other than autopsy photographs and recordings made confidential by KRS 72.031.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
