Owensboro City Commission, Daviess Fiscal Court to hold work sessions

 The Owensboro City Commission will hold its first work session of the year and the first under new Mayor Ron Payne on Tuesday. 
The work session begins at noon in Room 406 at Owensboro City Hall, 101 E. Fourth St. 
Here’s the agenda - 
1.        Call to Order – Mayor Ron Payne
2.         Private Development Policy – City Engineer [...]

A closer look at the AG’s open meetings ruling

On Monday, the Messenger-Inquirer learned that Attorney General Jack Conway’s office had ruled that discussions held by the city and county that included the decision to submit an offer for the Executive Inn Rivermont were not in violation of the state open meetings law.
The newspaper filed a complaint with the city and the county after [...]

Attorney General’s office sends out open meetings, records reminder to local governments

Attorney General Jack Conway announced Wednesday that his office will be sending an update on the state’s open meeting and open records laws to more than 1,400 public officials.
The update will include a new provision approved by the General Assembly this spring that will allow public agencies to notify the public and press about special [...]

City, county reject Messenger-Inquirer’s open meetings law complaint

The city and county have rejected a complaint by the Messenger-Inquirer filed last week accusing the two government bodies of breaking Kentucky’s open meetings law with their recent decision to try to buy the Executive Inn Rivermont.
The gist of the response from the city and county is that neither body took “final action” in agreeing [...]

Open records, closed meetings – What’s all the fuss?

In his foreword to the “Kentucky Open Meetings and Open Records Laws” handbook that sits on the desks of most reporters around the state, former Legislative Research Commission Director Vic Hellard Jr. explains that the state passed an Open Meetings law 34 years ago “to provide the people with greater access to government.”
The law gives [...]

City of Owensboro, Daviess Fiscal Court make hotel bid

The city of Owensboro and Daviess Fiscal Court have submitted a formal offer to Marshall Investments to purchase the Executive Inn Rivermont.
The offer was made last week by the two government bodies, but details of the offer including the proposed purchase price won’t be released, said Downtown Development Director Fred Reeves.
The announcement came after a [...]

City, county to hold closed session Friday on Executive Inn

Owensboro City Commission and Daviess Fiscal Court will be meeting in closed session on Friday to discuss how to handle the recent closure of the city’s largest hotel.
Mayor Tom Watson said Wednesday afternoon that officials will discuss the Executive Inn Rivermont, which closed last month, and what options local government might have for taking control [...]