"The preamble to 1974 Ky.Acts Chap. 377 reads as follows:

AN ACT relating to meetings.

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Commonwealth that the formation of public policy is public business and may not be conducted in secret; and

WHEREAS, the legislature finds and declares that public agencies in this Commonwealth exist to aid in the conduct of the public's business; and

WHEREAS, the people of this Commonwealth do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them; the people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for them to know; the people insist on remaining informed so they may retain control over the instruments that they have created.

This is a strong indication that the Kentucky Legislature considered that the right of the public to be informed transcends any loss of efficiency."

Lexington Herald-Leader Co. v. University of Kentucky Presidential Search Committee (1987) (quoting the preamble to the open meetings law and drawing its own conclusion in the final sentence).