Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office has ruled the Lexington council did not violate the state’s Open Meetings Act when it used work groups to craft policy.
That means the council can continue to use work groups — consisting of a few council members and sometimes staff — to draft policy behind closed doors with no public scrutiny.
In its April 17 opinion, the office, which presides over open records and open meetings questions, said a work group focused on developing solar policies on agricultural land was made up of all volunteer members and was not appointed by Vice Mayor Dan Wu or Mayor Linda Gorton, and therefore did not meet the definition of a public group subject to the Open Meetings Act…