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Johnson County commissioners enter 30-minute executive session to discuss nonelected personnel
Summary
The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to recess into a 30-minute executive session at 12:07 p.m. under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss nonelected personnel and to protect an employee’s privacy; the board planned to reconvene at 12:37 p.m. and no formal action was reported during the recess.
The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners voted to recess its open meeting and convene an executive session at 12:07 p.m. for 30 minutes under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss nonelected personnel and protect the privacy of an employee.
Commissioner Hanslick moved “the board recess its open meeting and convene in executive session at 12:07PM for a total period of 30 minutes for the purpose under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss matters pertaining to the board's nonelected personnel and to protect the privacy of the employee and to reconvene in open session in this room at 12:37PM. Chief counsel will attend this discussion regarding nonelected personnel.” The motion was seconded by Commissioner Allen Brand.
On a roll call, Commissioners Fast, Myers, Brewer, Hanslick, Ashcraft, Commissioner Allen Brand and Chairman Kelly all voted aye. The chair announced the meeting would recess; the board planned to reconvene in open session at 12:37 p.m. The clerk recorded that no formal action was being taken at that moment.
The item was a procedural move to discuss personnel in executive session; the transcript records no policy decisions or personnel actions taken during the recess. The cited legal basis, K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1), authorizes executive sessions for matters involving nonelected personnel and privacy concerns. The board identified chief counsel as the staff attendee for the executive-session discussion.
The meeting resumed its recess at the stated time; the transcript does not record any subsequent votes or outcomes related to the personnel discussion in the excerpt provided.
