FORT MORGAN, Colo.—The Fort Morgan Times won’t be able to see some records on a former city manager after losing an open records appeal.
The Colorado Court of Appeals has affirmed the judgment against the newspaper blocking access to evaluation forms prepared by individual members of the city council for a performance review of a former city manager.
The Fort Morgan Times sought the records in 2007, but the city said it had destroyed the evaluations and that they weren’t public record. The city called them “work product,” which qualified them for an exemption.
The newspaper appealed a court judgment in the city’s favor. A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals unanimously upheld that decision in a ruling issued Thursday.
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Information from: The Fort Morgan Times,
