Openness training redo sought

Marion Mayor David Mayfield said Monday that a recent training session on open meetings and open records wasn’t as informative as he had hoped.

He suggested that the council look into training by the Kansas League of Municipalities. Lawrence media lawyer and Kansas Coalition for Open Government president Max Kautsch provided the recent training at vice mayor Ruth Herbel’s invitation. Other government bodies were invited to attend. Mayfield said he wanted any second training session to be for only the city.