The Office of the Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records and open meetings decisions last week. The summaries are listed here. To read the full text in these cases, go to the link.
1.â19-ORD-167 (Jefferson County)
Louisville Metro Government did not violate the Open Records Act in withholding e-mails and portions of e-mails pursuant to KRS 61.878(1)(j) that constituted opinions or recommendations that had not been adopted as basis of final action, but partially violated the Act by improperly redacting one paragraph in two identical e-mails that did not meet the requirements for exemption from disclosure under KRS 61.878(1)(j) and by improperly redacting one sentence in another e-mail if that sentence represented part of a discussion adopted as the basis of final action.
2.âOAG 19-015 (Kenton County)
Notice of a meeting posted on an electronic screen is consistent with KRS 61.823(4)(c).
3.âOAG 19-016 (Carter County)
A county judge-executive is not required to appoint processioners because the statutory provisions concerning processioners have been repealed by implication.
4.âOAG 19-017 (Grant County)
There is no statutory nor constitutional incompatibility between the offices of constable and deputy coroner.
3.âOAG 19-018 (Jefferson County)
As political subdivisions of the Commonwealth, counties are not required to comply with zoning restrictions enacted by local planning units pursuant to KRS Chapter 100. The counties must, however, provide information to the planning units, which may make recommendations concerning the land use to the counties.
