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Commission directs staff to notify parties that county will assume responsibility for Fire District 1 effective Jan. 1
Summary
After an executive session limited to legal matters, the Leavenworth County Commission directed staff to send letters stating the county will take responsibility for Fire District 1 effective Jan. 1; the board recessed into executive session under KSA 75-4319(b)(2) and reported no action during the closed session.
The Leavenworth County Commission recessed into a closed executive session to consult with legal counsel about matters related to Fire District 1 and later directed staff to notify involved parties that the county will assume responsibility for the district effective Jan. 1.
The board recessed for the closed session under KSA 75-4319(b)(2) and listed the attendees for the executive meeting as Commissioners Jeff Culberson, Vicky Cause, Mike Smith, Doug Smith and Mike Stevens; senior county counselor David Van Perris; county counselor Misty Brown; deputy county counselor John Calleo; and county administrator Mark Loffrey. Commissioner Vicky Cause was noted as absent for parts of the meeting.
When the board returned to open session at 9:25 a.m., members said no action was taken during the closed meeting. A subsequent public motion directed staff to send letters to the necessary parties stating that the Leavenworth County Commissioners are taking on responsibility for Fire District 1 effective Jan. 1. The motion passed by roll-call vote; the commissioners indicated the vote count reached the necessary threshold with a 3-0 recorded vote in the meeting record.
The transcript records the citation to KSA 75-4319(b)(2) as the legal justification for the closed session. The board's public remarks after the executive session state explicitly that no decisions were made during the closed session, and that the directive to notify parties was carried as a separate open-session motion.
