§ 18-3-516 — Publication of proceedings; publication of salary information of certain officials and employees

(a) Each board of county commissioners shall post a
comprehensive summary of the entire proceedings of all regular
and special meetings held by the board on the county's official
website in the manner provided in subsection (f) of this section
and publish the comprehensive summary of the entire proceedings
of all regular and special meetings held by them one (1) time in
the county's designated official newspaper. The county clerk of
each county shall within twelve (12) working days after
adjournment of every meeting for which the next scheduled
meeting will be called to order in two (2) weeks time or less,
or within eighteen (18) working days after adjournment of every
meeting for which the next scheduled meeting will be called to
order in more than two (2) weeks time, furnish the paper with a
copy of the proceedings. Except for salaries and wages
published under subsection (b) of this section, the copy shall
include any bill presented to the board 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. The board shall post on its official
website, and if practicable publish, notice of the time of all
regular and special meetings.
(b) Each board of county commissioners shall post on the
county's official website in the manner provided in subsection
(f) of this section and publish separate from the minutes of the
proceedings:
(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 that
the employee earned and was paid by the county is included.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 85, § 2.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 85, § 2.
(d) Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to
undercover personnel working in the law enforcement field.
(e) Any nonprofit corporation which receives at least
twenty-five percent (25%) of its total annual budget from county
funds, state funds or both in combination shall annually submit
a list of all full-time positions employed by the corporation
and the wages and salaries paid each position, without the name
of the employee, to the commission, board, council or agency
from which the funds are received.
(f) For all publications required by statute to be posted
on a county's official website, the publication shall be posted
at times required for publication in a designated official
newspaper. Until June 30, 2016, each board of county
commissioners shall cause to be published in the designated
official newspaper once per month, no less than twelve (12)
times per year, a general public notice pertaining to access to
county information. After June 30, 2016, this general public
notice shall be published at least once per year.