Opinion
Opinion By: Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General; Amye L. Bensenhaver, Assistant Attorney General
Open Meetings Decision
This matter having been presented to the Attorney General in an open meetings appeal, and the Attorney General being sufficiently advised, we find that the Windy Hills City Council properly relied on KRS 61.810(1)(c) in conducting a closed session discussion of strategy and tactics relating to threatened litigation involving the construction of sidewalks within the city, but that some of the matters discussed in that session were tangential to the topic of the threatened litigation and therefore unauthorized under the cited exception. On this issue, 04-OMD-146 is controlling. A copy of that decision is attached hereto and incorporated by reference.
A party aggrieved by this decision may appeal it by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court pursuant to KRS 61.846(4)(a). 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 proceedings.
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