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Jefferson City council votes down ordinance creating duty to preserve confidentiality; approves limited access to conference‑center market study
Summary
Council rejected a proposed ordinance that would have imposed a new statutory duty of confidentiality on elected officials, then approved a resolution allowing council members to inspect an unredacted market‑study document at city hall under restricted conditions.
The Jefferson City Council voted down a proposed ordinance that would have created a formal “duty to preserve confidentiality” for elected officials, but later approved a separate resolution to give council members restricted access to an unredacted portion of the conference center market study.
The substitute ordinance (2025‑030) failed on a roll call vote, with seven votes against and two in favor, leaving in place current state open‑records and closed‑session law. Council then adopted resolution 2025‑028 to allow council members to view the redacted portions of the market study titled “projections of cash flows,” but with limits: members must view the paper record at…
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