Mayor Greg Fischer's partial denial of the Metro Council members' request sounds like an informal invocation of the open records exception for an open investigation (with the conspicuous absence of proof that premature release of the records would harm the agency in some articulable way).

The council members did not identify their request as an open records request, and Fischer didn't respond as if it were, but the open records law strongly encourages sharing of records between agencies when the records are necessary in the performance of a legitimate governmental function.

https://www.facebook.com/419650175248377/posts/715408869005838/?d=n

The council members expressed their resolve to "address completely and thoroughly now. . . the accusation that your administration used warrants & policy to clear areas for redevelopment." There's a fair argument that this is "a legitimate governmental function" as contemplated by the open records law.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48230

The mayor agreed "'to provide in great detail' documents related to the Elliott Avenue [redevelopment] work," but this is only one-half of the incomplete puzzle.

Will it be enough to placate the council members?