Once again, persistence pays off for the Courier Journal and its intrepid young reporter, Alfred Miller, who knows a public agency when he sees one.

He's fought that battle before.

Very odd that the Commonwealth Office of Technology disclaimed its Technology Advisory Council — and attempted to downplay its role — after years of regularly conducted meetings at which minutes were undeniably kept.

Per the requirement found at KRS 61.846(1), Miller's open meetings complaint included a proposal that any records of the TAC meetings be disclosed as a means of remedying this violation of the open meetings law. Minutes — and perhaps other records — of past meetings exist. They must be disclosed and the other remedies proposed must be implemented.

Alternatively, COT may choose to waste additional time, energy, judicial resources, and taxpayer dollars on frivolous litigation contesting the status of a council that clearly falls within the definition of a public agency for open meetings purposes.

COT has 30 days from the date this open meetings decision was issued to decide.