Request By:
[NO REQUESTBY IN ORIGINAL]
Opinion
Opinion By: Albert B. Chandler III, Attorney General; Amye L. Bensenhaver, Assistant Attorney General
Open Records Decision
This matter having been presented to the Attorney General in an open records appeal, and the Attorney General being sufficiently advised, we find that the Office of the Ohio County Judge/Executive violated KRS 61.880(1) by failing to respond him in writing, and within three business days, to Randy Skaggs's January 5, 1998, open records request, and by failing to afford Mr. Skaggs timely access to the records requested. We believe that 98-ORD-48, a copy of which is attached, is controlling. The County Judge/Executive is directed to send Mr. Skaggs copies of all records which are responsive to his request, to make immediate arrangements for him to inspect all records which might contain the information he seeks, or to advise him in writing that no such records exist.
A party aggrieved by this decision may appeal it by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court pursuant to KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882. Pursuant to KRS 61.880(3), the Attorney General should be notified of any action in circuit court, but should not be named as a party in that action or in any subsequent proceeding.