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Commission holds two executive sessions on property acquisition and attorney‑client matters; no action announced
Summary
The board recessed twice into executive session — first for preliminary discussions about potential property acquisition, then for attorney‑client consultation — and returned with no reportable action taken.
The Harvey County commission recessed on Aug. 12 into two separate executive sessions. The first, described in the public motion as a session to discuss potential acquisition of real property for governmental purposes, invoked the Kansas statute exception allowing preliminary discussions and recessed until 11:05 a.m.; attendees listed included the commissioners, county administrator, finance director, county clerk and county counselor. The board later recessed again for a second executive session described as attorney‑client privileged consultation and extended that session by motion to 11:45 a.m. When the board returned to open session the chair stated that no action had been taken in either executive session. Commissioners followed the statutory procedures for announcing the sessions’ purposes and listed attendees at the time of the motions; no property details or privileged legal advice were disclosed in open session.
