CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish still refuse to share details of the region's failed bid to entice Amazon to build its second headquarters here despite a court recommending Friday that the bid should be made public.

Jackson and Budish each rejected a request Monday by cleveland.com to release the pitch following an Ohio Court Claims ruling that said the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency - which contributed information to the bid on their behalf -- has no grounds for keeping the details secret under Ohio's open records law.

The Ohio Court of Claims Special Master Jeffery Clark said in his ruling that NOACA, which produced maps and data related to site locations and was a central player in organizing the bid, failed to prove its contention that all of the information it generated qualified as a trade secret under Ohio law.

Clark recommended that the Ohio Court of Claims order NOACA to release the information to cleveland.com. NOACA was given seven business days from Friday's ruling to appeal the decision before the court rules or releases the records.

"I find [NOACA] has failed to show that any information in the HQ2 document constitutes trade secret," Clark wrote in an 18-page decision.

Cleveland.com reporter and columnist Mark Naymik filed a complaint with the Ohio Court of Claims, which handles mediation in public records disputes. Melissa Bertke a partner of BakerHostetler, represented cleveland.com.

Nancy Griffith, an attorney representing NOACA, told cleveland.com on Monday that "NOACA continues to evaluate its next steps in this process."

Mary Louise Madigan, a spokeswoman for Budish's administration, said the county was not ready to release the information.

Jackson's administration said in a statement through Law Director Barbara Langhenry that the ruling on cleveland.com's complaint against NOACA is irrelevant to the city.

"The issue of the release of the Amazon bid by the City is the subject of separate litigation pending before the Ohio Court of Claims," Langhenry wrote. "The City will not release its records at this time."

Cleveland.com is among several media organizations that have requested City Hall records detailing Cleveland's bid.

Jackson and Budish agreed early in the bid process to allow Team NEO, the private, nonprofit economic-development group, to take the lead in part to keep the details of the bid hidden from public scrutiny. Team NEO said in January, after Cleveland's bid did not make the top 20, that the organization has no plans to ever release the report.

Jackson and Budish contend that the proposal's details - including tax incentives offered -- should be kept secret to preserve the region's bargaining position in future deals.

Clark said in his decision that such arguments lack credibility.

"Most of the information tailored for this specific bid will change over time, including statistics and available site locations," Clark said. "Both NOACA and future competitors will rely on different, updated information for future bids. Emphasis on relevant attributes, and incentives offered, will vary with the preferences of each business courted."