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Johnson County commissioners recess to executive session to interview appraiser candidates
Summary
At a special called meeting Feb. 17, the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners voted 7-0 to recess into an executive session to interview and discuss non-elected candidates for the county appraiser under K.S.A. 75-4319; the session was scheduled for 225 minutes with periodic breaks.
Mike Kelly, chairman of the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners, called a special meeting at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 17, 2025, and the board voted to recess into executive session to interview and discuss non-elected candidates for the county appraiser position.
Commissioner Hanslick moved that the board recess its open meeting and convene an executive session at 12:33 p.m. for a total period of 225 minutes (3 hours and 45 minutes) with periodic 15-minute breaks to interview and discuss non-elected candidates for the appraiser position. The motion named the county manager, deputy county manager, Erin Otto (assistant county manager), the human resources director, the county manager’s HR partner and two members of Omni HR Consulting as attendees for the interviews. Commissioner Allen Brand seconded the motion.
The clerk called the roll. Commissioners Fast, Myers, Brewer, Hanslick, Ashcraft, Eilenbrand and Chairman Mike Kelly voted in favor; the motion carried 7-0. The motion stated the board would reconvene in open session in the same room at 4:18 p.m. The chair recessed the meeting to executive session.
The board cited K.S.A. 75-4319 as the statutory authority for the executive session. The motion specified the session’s purpose as interviewing and discussing non-elected candidates for a county position and listed invited attendees from county management and outside HR consultants. No additional agenda items or substantive public discussion took place in the recorded portion of the meeting prior to the recess.
The meeting record shows the board formally approved the recess and executive-session plan; no hiring decision was recorded in the open meeting portion of the transcript.
