§ 15-1-110 — Minutes of meetings and titles of ordinances passed to be published; exception; contents; publication of salary information of specified officials and employees

(a) The governing body of any city or town shall designate
a legal newspaper and publish once therein the minutes of all
regular and special meetings of the governing body and the
titles of all ordinances passed. If a newspaper is not published
in the city or town the proceedings or ordinances shall be
posted for at least ten (10) days in the city or town clerk's
office and in such other places as the governing body
determines. The clerk of each city or town shall within twelve
(12) days after adjournment of every meeting, furnish the
newspaper a copy of the proceedings of the meeting. Except for
salaries and wages published under subsection (b) of this
section, the copy shall include any bill presented to the
governing body stating the amount of the bill, the amount
allowed, the purpose of the bill and the claimant. Claims for
part-time employees may be summarized by department without
listing each part-time employee. The newspaper shall publish the
copy of proceedings within nine (9) days after receipt.
(b) A city or town required to publish minutes under
subsection (a) of this section shall separately publish:
(i) Within sixty (60) days after the end of each
fiscal year, the name, position, base annual salary of and
amount of overtime pay paid to each full-time employee and each
elected official. A brief statement shall accompany the salary
publication specifying that all salaries are listed as base
annual salaries or actual wages, not including any benefits such
as health insurance costs, life insurance benefits and pension
plans. The statement shall also indicate that any overtime the
employee earned and was paid by the city or town is included;
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 86, § 2.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 86, § 2.
(d) Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to
undercover personnel working in the law enforcement field.