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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 101', '§ 101', '§ 101', '§ 101', '§ 101', '§ 101', '§ 101', '§ 101', '§ 101', '§ 101', '§ 101']

City of Fenton, MO Open Meetings and Records Policy
Ch 101 Art I In General
§ 101.010 Definitions.
§ 101.020 Meetings, Records and Votes To Be Public — Exceptions.
§ 101.030 Electronic Transmissions — Public Record — When.
§ 101.040 Notices of Meetings.
§ 101.050 Closed Meetings — How Held.
§ 101.060 Journals of Meetings and Records of Voting.
§ 101.070 Accessibility of Meetings.
§ 101.080 Segregation of Exempt Material.
§ 101.090 Custodian Designated — Response To Request For Access To Records.
§ 101.100 City May Seek Interpretation of Law.
§ 101.110 Fees For Copying Public Records — Limitations.
City of Fenton, MO / Government Provisions
Chapter 101 Open Meetings and Records Policy
Section 101.010 Definitions.
Section 101.020 Meetings, Records and Votes To Be Public — Exceptions.
Section 101.030 Electronic Transmissions — Public Record — When.
Section 101.040 Notices of Meetings.
Section 101.050 Closed Meetings — How Held.
Section 101.060 Journals of Meetings and Records of Voting.
Section 101.070 Accessibility of Meetings.
Section 101.080 Segregation of Exempt Material.
Section 101.090 Custodian Designated — Response To Request For Access To Records.
Section 101.100 City May Seek Interpretation of Law.
Section 101.110 Fees For Copying Public Records — Limitations.
If requested by a member of the public, copies provided as detailed in Section 101.110 of this Chapter, if duplication equipment is available.
The City shall allow for the recording by audiotape, videotape or other electronic means of any open meeting. The City may establish guidelines regarding the manner in which such recording is conducted so as to minimize disruption to the meeting. No audio recording of any meeting, record or vote closed pursuant to the provisions of Section 101.020 shall be permitted without permission of the City; any person who violates this provision shall be guilty of an ordinance violation.
Each governmental body proposing to hold a closed meeting or vote shall give notice of the time, date and place of such closed meeting or vote and the reason for holding it by reference to a specific exception allowed pursuant to Section 101.020 hereof. The notice shall be the same as described in Subsection (A) herein.
Except as set forth in Subsection (D) of Section 101.040, no meeting or vote may be closed without an affirmative public vote of the majority of a quorum of the public governmental body. The vote of each member of the governmental body on the question of closing a public meeting or vote and the specific reason for closing that public meeting or vote by reference to a specific Section of this Chapter shall be announced publicly at an open meeting of the governmental body and entered into the minutes.
Any meeting or vote closed pursuant to Section 101.020 shall be closed only to the extent necessary for the specific reason announced to justify the closed meeting or vote. Public governmental bodies shall not discuss any business in a closed meeting, record or vote which does not directly relate to the specific reason announced to justify the closed meeting or vote. Public governmental bodies holding a closed meeting shall close only an existing portion of the meeting facility necessary to house the members of the public governmental body in the closed session, allowing members of the public to remain to attend any subsequent open session held by the public governmental body following the closed session.
Except as provided in Section 101.020, rules authorized pursuant to Article III of the Missouri Constitution and as otherwise provided by law, all votes shall be recorded, and if a roll call is taken, as to attribute each "yea" and "nay" vote, or abstinence if not voting, to the name of the individual member of the public governmental body. Any votes taken during a closed meeting shall be taken by roll call. All public meetings shall be open to the public and public votes and public records shall be open to the public for inspection and duplication. All votes taken by roll call in meetings of a public governmental body consisting of members who are all elected, shall be cast by members of the public governmental body who are physically present and in attendance at the meeting. When it is necessary to take votes by roll call in a meeting of the public governmental body, due to an emergency of the public body, with a quorum of the members of the public body physically present and in attendance and less than a quorum of the members of the public governmental body participating via telephone, facsimile, Internet, or any other voice or electronic means, the nature of the emergency of the public body justifying that departure from the normal requirements shall be stated in the minutes. Where such emergency exists, the votes taken shall be regarded as if all members were physically present and in attendance at the meeting.
The City Clerk shall be the custodian of records and will be responsible for maintenance and control of all records of the public governmental bodies of the City. The City Clerk may designate deputy custodians in operating departments of the City and such other departments or offices as the custodian may determine. Deputy custodians shall conduct matters relating to public records and meetings in accord with the policies enumerated herein.
Law enforcement records of the St. Louis County Police Department providing services to the City, including arrest reports, incident reports, and investigative reports, are records of said department and not of the City. The City Clerk is not the custodian of such records and shall direct individuals requesting such records to the St. Louis County Police Department.
If the City is in doubt about the legality of closing a particular meeting, record or vote the City Attorney may bring suit in the Circuit Court to ascertain the propriety of any such action, or seek a formal opinion of the attorney general or an attorney for the governmental body.