A staff member announced that the Bourbon County Commission would go into an executive session to discuss personnel matters of individual employees, citing K.S.A. 75-4319 and saying the county counselor would join by phone for about 10 minutes.

The staff member said the purpose was to discuss “personnel matters of individual [employees] to protect” privacy and to consult with the county counselor by phone. The staff member indicated the session would last about 10 minutes.

Under Kansas law, K.S.A. 75-4319 provides an exception that allows governing bodies to enter an executive session for certain personnel matters; the staff member specifically cited that statute when announcing the session. The transcript does not record a formal vote, the names of a mover or seconder, or any further discussion of the personnel matters themselves.

The announcement took place during the meeting of the Bourbon County Commission; the transcript excerpt provided does not include public details about the employees or the subject matter beyond the staff member's statement and the planned 10-minute phone consultation with the county counselor.

No formal action on personnel was described in the provided transcript excerpt beyond the announcement to move into the executive session. If the commission takes any formal votes or issues public findings after the session, those outcomes were not included in the excerpt.