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Post  DentCoFarmer Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:04 pm

............at the meeting the Commission voted in a 2 to 1 favor to hold the annual budget hearing on January 28th at 9:00 am. Commissioner Skiles voted no, because he thought a night meeting would be more accessible to the public. Commissioners Simpson and Tune disagreed because the morning meeting is open to the public and if anyone has questions about the budget they can come into the courthouse at anytime. The next meeting of the Commissioners will be Thursday morning at 9:00 and the meeting is open to the public.
Source:
http://www.ksmoradio.com/ywt/ywt.html

Furthermore:
Missouri Sunshine law top ten things to know

When in doubt, a meeting or record of a public body should be opened to the public.

The Sunshine Law applies to all records, regardless of what form they are kept in, and to all meetings, regardless of the manner in which they are held.

The Sunshine Law allows a public body to close meetings and records to the public in some limited circumstances, but it almost never requires a public body to do so.

A public body generally must give at least 24 hours' public notice before holding a meeting. If the meeting will be closed to the public, the notice must state the specific provision of the law that allows the meeting to be closed.

Each public body must have a written Sunshine Law policy and a custodian of records whose name is available to the public upon request.

The Sunshine Law requires a custodian of records to respond to a records request as soon as possible but no later than three business days after the custodian receives it.

The Sunshine Law deals with whether a public body's records must be open to the public, but it generally does not state what records the body must keep or for how long. A body cannot, however, avoid a records request by destroying records after it receives a request for those records.

The Sunshine Law requires a public body to grant access to open records it already has, but it does not require a public body to create new records in response to a request for information.

When responding to a request for copies of its records, the Sunshine Law limits how much a public body can charge for copying and research costs.

There are special laws and rules that govern access to law enforcement and judicial records.
Source:
http://ago.mo.gov/sunshinelaw/topten.htm

If you are not a DentCoFarmer like me, and have to punch a ''time card'', how do you get time off to go to a 9:00AM meeting?
Is this in the interest of the entire county? Or is this in the interest of the two OLD Commissioners, who would rather not be bothered with us?

Your opinion?
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