Request By:
Mr. William M. Lear, Jr.
Beshear, Meng & Green
Attorneys at Law
First National Building
Lexington, Kentucky 40507
Opinion
Opinion By: Robert F. Stephens, Attorney General; By: Carl Miller, Assistant Attorney General
You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General as to whether the Joint Planning Commission of Jessamine County-City of Wilmore properly went into a closed session after its regular meeting for the purpose of adopting procedures for zoning map amendment, adoption of procedures for major subdivision plat applications, and approval of the expenditure of funds for preparation of the community's Comprehensive Plan.
Kentucky's Open Meetings Law, KRS 61.805-61.850, provides that all meetings of public agencies must be open to the public unless the subject matter of the meeting is exempt. The exemptions are listed in KRS 61.810. The subjects dealt with in the closed session as listed above are not included in any of the exemptions.
We therefore must conclude that a violation of the Open Meetings Law occurred when the Joint Planning Commission of Jessamine County-City of Wilmore went into closed session to deal with said subjects and took final action on such business in a closed session.