{"id":9230,"date":"2023-04-14T21:57:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T02:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mosunshine.org\/?p=9230"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T20:49:15","slug":"merriam-woods-officials-violate-sunshine-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bransontrilakesnews.com\/news_free\/article_4a9b93ac-dad3-11ed-816c-d31830ca20eb.html","title":{"rendered":"Merriam Woods officials violate Sunshine Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/bransontrilakesnews.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/7\/29\/729e49c6-dad3-11ed-ad6f-9305408577fe\/643967c969f3d.image.jpg?crop=1662%2C873%2C0%2C187&amp;resize=1200%2C630&amp;order=crop%2Cresize\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><meta itemprop=\"isAccessibleForFree\" content=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Officials in Merriam Woods have acknowledged a violation of Missouri state law and are pledging to correct the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The city leaders violated the Sunshine Law on Wednesday, April 5, when they had a meeting with the mayor and four members of the board of aldermen. The number of aldermen resulted in a quorum, which under Missouri\u2019s Sunshine Law must be a publicly announced meeting at least 24 hours in advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe met for an informative discussion and ended up being a quorum of four,\u201d Merriam Woods Mayor Rusty Ault told Branson Tri-Lakes News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The discussion revolved around the possible impeachment of an alderman related to the hiring process for a new city police chief. Ault said no motion for the actual impeachment took place as he is the only elected official in the city who can move for an alderman\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-ads-fixed-big-ad-top-asset\" class=\"tncms-region-ads\">\n<div id=\"blox-ad-position-fixed-big-ad-top-asset1\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNothing was voted on,\u201d Ault said. \u201cWe were going to seek guidance from the city attorney first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ault said the city leaders immediately owned their mistake regarding the Sunshine Law violation and took steps to help make sure they don\u2019t violate the Sunshine Law in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSince it was a violation, someone from the Attorney General\u2019s office is coming and will give the alderman and mayor a Sunshine class,\u201d Ault said. \u201cThere was no intent to violate the Sunshine Law. This class and new board will save any future problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The city is examining reopening the hiring process for a new police chief and will release more details on the process in the near future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-ads-fixed-big-ad-bottom-asset\" class=\"tncms-region-ads\">\n<div id=\"blox-ad-position-fixed-big-ad-bottom-asset1\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials in Merriam Woods have acknowledged a violation of Missouri state law and are pledging to correct the problem. The city leaders violated the Sunshine Law on Wednesday, April 5, when they had a meeting with the mayor and four members of the board of aldermen. 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