Armstrong v. Adair County

In this declaratory judgment action, 10 Adair County taxpayers 1 asked the circuit court to declare that proceeds from a county sales tax approved on April 1, 1997, could not be used to build a new county jail and to declare that county commissioners violated the open meetings law. The circuit court ruled in favor of the county, and the appellants appeal. They contend that the circuit court’s ruling, which will allow Adair County’s commissioners to use the sales tax to build a new jail, was erroneous because it allows the commissioners to violate § 67.582, RSMo 1994. They also assert that the…