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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 130', '§ 130', '§ 130', '§ 130', '§ 130', '§ 130', '§ 130', '§ 130', '§ 130', '§ 130', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1']

City of Wildwood, MO Open Meetings and Records
§ 130.010 Policy For Open Meetings and Records — Compliance With Missouri Sunshine Law.
§ 130.020 Custodian Designated — Response To Request For Access To Records.
§ 130.030 Meetings, Records and Votes To Be Public — Exceptions.
§ 130.040 Records Pertaining To Internal Investigations and Investigations of Allegedly Illegal Conduct.
§ 130.050 Records Pertaining To Medical Condition or History.
§ 130.060 Records Containing Confidential, Proprietary or Private Information.
§ 130.070 Procedures For Resolving Questions of Public Accessibility.
§ 130.080 Fees.
§ 130.090 Legal Defense of Members of City Governmental Bodies, When — City of Wildwood Open Meetings and Records Policy — Persons Reporting Violations Exempt From Liability and Discipline.
§ 130.100 Access To Closed Records.
Chapter 130 Open Meetings and Records
Editor's Note—Ord. no. 1102 §1, adopted August 9, 2004, repealed ch. 130 and enacted new provisions set out herein. Former ch. 130 derived from ord. no. 8 §§1—13, 9-1-95; ord. no. 379 §1, 10-13-91; ord. no. 141 §1, 9-1-95.
Section 130.010 Policy For Open Meetings and Records — Compliance With Missouri Sunshine Law.
Section 130.020 Custodian Designated — Response To Request For Access To Records.
Section 130.030 Meetings, Records and Votes To Be Public — Exceptions.
Section 130.040 Records Pertaining To Internal Investigations and Investigations of Allegedly Illegal Conduct.
Section 130.050 Records Pertaining To Medical Condition or History.
Section 130.060 Records Containing Confidential, Proprietary or Private Information.
Section 130.070 Procedures For Resolving Questions of Public Accessibility.
Section 130.080 Fees.
Section 130.090 Legal Defense of Members of City Governmental Bodies, When — City of Wildwood Open Meetings and Records Policy — Persons Reporting Violations Exempt From Liability and Discipline.
Section 130.100 Access To Closed Records.
[Ord. No. 1102 §1, 8-9-2004]
It is the public policy of the City of Wildwood that meetings, records, votes, actions and deliberations of public governmental bodies be open to the public unless otherwise provided by law. To that end, the City hereby adopts all applicable provisions of Chapter 610 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri (2000), as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Missouri Sunshine Law"), as the open meetings and records policy of the City. This Chapter and the Missouri Sunshine Law shall be liberally construed and the exceptions strictly construed to promote this public policy. Except as otherwise provided by law, all public meetings of City public governmental bodies shall be open to the public as set forth in Section 610.020, RSMo., all public records of public governmental bodies shall be open to the public for inspection and copying as set forth in Sections 610.023 to 610.026, RSMo., and all public votes of public governmental bodies shall be recorded as set forth in Section 610.015, RSMo. A copy of the Missouri Sunshine Law shall be kept available for public use, inspection and examination at City Hall during normal business hours.
The City Clerk or his or her designee shall be the custodian of records (referred to herein as the "custodian") and will be responsible for maintenance and control of all records. The custodian 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. All requests for access to public records must be made in writing and addressed to the custodian of records. To maintain the integrity of official records and compliance with the Missouri Sunshine Law, only the custodian is authorized to receive and respond to requests subject to Missouri Sunshine Law requests on behalf of the City.
If a public record contains material which is not exempt from disclosure as well as material which is exempt from disclosure, the public governmental body shall separate the exempt and non-exempt material and make the non-exempt material available for examination and copying.
The custodian may require all requests for access to public records to be on a request for public records form designed by the custodian which includes, but is not limited to, such information as the date and time of the request, the name and address of person making request (or other information as to where person making request can be located), and the specific public record(s) being requested.
All meetings, records and votes are open to the public, except that any meeting, record or vote relating to one (1) or more of the matters set out in Section 610.021, RSMo. (2000), as amended, as well as other materials designated elsewhere in this Chapter, shall be closed unless the public governmental body votes to make them public. Before closing a meeting to the public, a majority of a quorum of the governmental body shall vote to do so in a public vote. The vote of each member of the governmental body on the question of closing the meeting or vote and the reason for closing the meeting by reference to a specific exception shall be announced at a public meeting and entered into the minutes.
In addition to any other remedies available to the City provided by law, the City Clerk may afford all interested parties a reasonable opportunity to seek judicial review of or relief from the proposed disclosure. The City Clerk, with the approval of the City Council, may also utilize the procedures for judicial determination and/or opinion solicitation provided by law.
A public governmental body or record custodian in doubt about the legality of closing a particular meeting, record or vote may, subject to approval by the City Council, bring suit in the Circuit Court for the County of St. Louis to ascertain the propriety of such action. In addition, subject to approval by the City Council, the public governmental body or custodian may seek a formal opinion of the Attorney General or an attorney for the City regarding the propriety of such action. In such events, any proposed closed meeting or public access to the record or vote shall be deferred for a reasonable time pending the outcome of the actions so taken.
The City Council may provide for the legal defense of any member of any City public governmental body charged with a violation of the Missouri Sunshine Law.
This Chapter, along with any supplemental policies adopted by any City governmental body, shall be considered the City of Wildwood Open Meetings and Records Policy in compliance with the Missouri Sunshine Law. This Chapter and all other open meetings and records policies of the City shall be open to public inspection.
Any member of a City public governmental body or any employee of the City who complies with the City of Wildwood Open Meetings and Records Policy is not guilty of a violation of the provisions of the Missouri Sunshine Law or this Chapter is subject to civil liability for any act arising out of his adherence to the City of Wildwood Open Meetings and Records Policy.
No person shall be entitled access to any closed record except as permitted by this Section or as may be required by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. All closed records shall be subject to inspection and access by the Mayor, City Council, City Administrator, City Clerk and City Attorney subject to the following qualifications:
Medical records may be disclosed only as provided in Section 130.050;
Access to a specific document(s) may be established other than as provided in this Section by an order supported by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the City Council.