|
Updated: 10:54 PM May 27, 2004
Open Meetings
The Wichita City Council may have violated the open meetings law during its session to hire a new city manager. Posted: 10:54 PM May 27, 2004Reporter: KAKE News |
|
The Wichita City Council may have violated the open meetings law during its session to hire a new city manager. The public was shutout from the meeting held at city hall on Tuesday night.
To cover the council meeting at city hall Tuesday night, all media personnel were required to preregister and check in through security. Security would not allow people not on the list to attend. Some say this might be a problem because closed-door meetings could be a violation of the open meetings law.
The city calls what happened Tuesday an honest misunderstanding. They say security did not realize everyone was supposed to be allowed into the meeting.
Council member Bob Martz says the city did not mean to hold an illegal closed meeting. He says the conflict was a glitch in city hall’s new security protocol.
Council member Sharon Feary says it was a mistake from the start to have these new security measures. She says the city should not make it harder for the public to use a public building because of a possible threat to security.
Martz says he doesn't like the situation, but he says in this day and age there is no other choice.
The city says that from now on, city hall security must be told in advance about any after hours meetings.
| National AP Video |
|
|
| Offbeat News Headlines | |
Man Who Claimed Disability Spotted On TV Show
0 Comments
California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show. (Full Story) |
|
Jury Sides With NYPD In Clown's Lawsuit
0 Comments
A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop. (Full Story) |
|
KC Bank Robber Who Left Wallet Behind Pleads Guilty
0 Comments
A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court. (Full Story) |
|
Dictionaries Differ On Word Of The Year
0 Comments
It's no lie. Merriam-Webster has chosen "admonish" as its 2009 Word of the Year. (Full Story) |
|
Wild Turkey On NJ Turnpike Captured
0 Comments
A wild turkey that has been playing chicken along the New Jersey Turnpike won't have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic. (Full Story) |
|
Police: Teens Taped Themselves Stealing Presents
2 Comments
A suburban Philadelphia police chief says two teenagers are being held after officers arrested them and found video recordings they made of themselves burglarizing homes. (Full Story) |
|
| More Headlines | |
| Happy Thanksgiving! Your 2009 Thanksgiving Guide |
|
| H1N1 News Click here for the latest news regarding the H1N1 virus. |
|
| Upickem Pigskin Payoff Contest Click here to go to our pro football season contest! |
|
| First United Methodist Church of Wichita Click here to watch Sunday services live. |
