Campbell County Circuit Court Judge Julie Ward has ordered the Campbell County Board of Education to pay $16,456.70 that includes attorneys’ fees and costs to Northern Kentucky resident Kenneth Moellman, Sr.
In June, Ward ruled that the school board had violated the state’s Open Meetings Law by denying Moellman entry to four school board meetings because he was not wearing a mask. The court ruled that, at the time, Beshear’s executive orders mandating masks were not in effect for four out of six meetings in question.
The judge ordered the school board to pay $100 per day for the four days in damages and to pay Moellman’s legal fees once attorneys had submitted their final invoices.
The school board did not contest the attorneys fees, which came to $15,420. However, they argued against a portion of the approximate $1,000 costs incurred by the plaintiff stating he included unnecessary parties in his original claim (these were individual school board members).
The judge ruled Moellman’s costs were reasonable and ruled the school board pay the entire amount.
