Opinion No. (1997)

The Honorable Linda Bartelsmeyer State Representative, District 132 State Capitol Building Jefferson City, Missouri 65101

Dear Representative Bartelsmeyer:

This opinion is in response to your question concerning a city council member's access to minutes of a closed meeting where the member was not present at the closed meeting. Your question is basically as follows:

Does a city council member of a third-class city have access to minutes of a portion of a meeting closed pursuant to Section 610.021(3), RSMo, where the council member did not attend that part of the meeting?

The situation as we…