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Council holds closed-door session on legal advice about potential RHIDs; no binding action taken
Summary
The council recessed into executive session under the attorney‑client consultation exception in K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(2) to obtain legal advice about requirements for potential future RHIDs; the open meeting resumed and the record states no binding action was taken.
The City Council recessed into executive session at its Aug. 18, 2025 meeting to obtain legal advice about requirements for potential future RHIDs pursuant to the attorney‑client consultation exception in K.S.A. 75‑4319(b)(2).
The motion to enter executive session specified that the city attorney, city manager, assistant city manager, and city clerk would remain for the closed session. The council left open session at the time announced in the motion; the meeting resumed in open session near the end of the agenda and the mayor stated, “let the record show that no binding action was taken in the executive session.”
The council did not place any written or recorded directive into the public record during the meeting about the substance of the legal advice, other than the statutory citation for the executive-session authority and the affirmation that no binding action occurred while in closed session.
