The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decisions last week:
1. 21-ORD-031 (In re: Christopher Hawkins/Kentucky State Penitentiary)
Summary: The Kentucky State Penitentiary did not violate the Open Records Act when it was unable to produce a record that did not exist in its possession.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
2. 21-ORD-032 (In re: Lawrence Trageser/City of Simpsonville)
Summary: The City of Simpsonville subverted the intent of the Open Records Act, within the meaning of KRS 61.880(4), when it charged an excessive fee that did not match the City's actual costs, as required by KRS 61.874(3).
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
3. 21-ORD-033 (In re: Lawrence Trageser/Anchorage Middletown Fire and EMS Department)
Summary: Because the public interest outweighs the personal privacy interest in certain information that the Anchorage Middletown Fire and EMS Department redacted from certain records, the Department violated the Open Records Act in redacting such information.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
4. 21-ORD-034 (In re: Jenny Patten/Transportation Cabinet)
Summary: Because the Transportation Cabinet ("Cabinet") failed to respond to an open records request within ten days, it violated the Open Records Act as modified by Senate Bill 150. The Cabinet was not, however, required to honor a request for information, to provide a nonexistent record, or to fulfill a request that did not sufficiently describe the public records sought.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
