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Officials strike prior special-meeting action after citizen alleges Open Meetings Act violation
Summary
A citizen complaint alleged a violation of the Open Meetings Act related to a 06/25/2026 special meeting; the body directed the clerk to strike the cited action from the minutes and then formally excused two members for that meeting.
The Chair reported receiving a citizen complaint that actions taken at a 06/25/2026 special meeting of the Central County Municipal Court "violated the Open Meetings Act KRS 61 8 23 3," citing a recent attorney general opinion as persuasive authority. The Chair said, "While I disagree with the recent opinion, in spirit of transparency, I acknowledge that the action may be determined to violate the Open Meetings Act and will entertain a motion to direct the...clerk to strike from the 06/25/2026 special meeting minutes any motion 2nd or approval of excusing the absences of Squire Eldridge and Squire Traps." The body approved a motion directing the clerk to strike that action; the Chair then moved and the body approved a separate motion to excuse Squire Eldridge and Squire Travis for the 06/25/2026 meeting.
The Chair framed the attorney general opinion as persuasive but not binding and proposed remediation by removing the contested approval from the official minutes. The motion to strike and the follow-up motion to excuse the two members were approved by voice votes; no roll-call was recorded in the public remarks. The transcript contains inconsistent renderings of one name (appearing as both "Traps" and "Travis"); this article reports the variants as spoken in the meeting.
