The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decisions last week:

1. 21-ORD-146 (In re: WEKU/City of Richmond)

Summary: The City of Richmond did not violate the Open Records Act when it denied inspection of text messages on a city commissioner's private cell phone. The City discharged its duty under the Act to explain why certain records no longer existed, but the fact that such records have been destroyed requires further examination by the Department of Library and Archives to determine whether such destruction was proper. The Act did not require the city commissioner to personally respond to a request to inspect records that was delivered to her, but the City nevertheless violated the Act when it required the requester to resubmit a request that was already in the City's possession.

https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-1…

2. 21-ORD-147 (In re: Lewis Davenport/Administrative Office of the Courts)

Summary: The Administrative Office of the Courts is not subject to the Open Records Act.

https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-1…