The Board of County Commissioners recessed into five separate executive sessions during its Dec. 4, 2025 meeting to consult with legal counsel on matters including a potential conflict of interest in a county agreement, pending litigation involving the Department of Technology and Innovation, personnel matters and an attorney general opinion. Each motion to enter executive session carried on a roll-call vote with seven ayes and no dissent, and the board said no public action followed any of the sessions.

Commissioner Hanslick moved each of the five motions to recess into executive session; Commissioner Allen Brand seconded each motion, according to the meeting record. The motions cited K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(2) for consultation with legal counsel on potential conflicts and pending litigation and K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) for discussion of non-elected personnel. The motions specified attendees such as the county manager, deputy county manager and chief counsel; the first motion named assistant county manager Adam Norris as an attendee and a later motion originally named assistant county manager Darren Leiker but an amendment removed Leiker because he was not present.

Times and durations were recorded in the motions: the first executive session was set for 03:29 for five minutes (reconvene at about 03:34); the second at 03:36 for five minutes (reconvene about 03:41); the third at 03:43 for 20 minutes (reconvene about 04:07); the fourth at 04:06 for five minutes (reconvene about 04:11); and the fifth at 04:13 for 15 minutes (reconvene about 04:28). Each return to the public record included the statement, “No action is being taken at this time.”

The motions and roll-call votes were conducted by the clerk. Roll-call responses recorded in the transcript named Commissioners Fast, Myers, Brewer, Hanslick, Ashcraft, Allen Brand and Chairman Kelly as voting in favor on each motion. The transcript records variations in spelling of some participants’ names across different lines; the meeting record consistently identifies the officeholders present and shows unanimous recorded support for entering the executive sessions.

No ordinances, resolutions, contracts or other public actions were voted on during the meeting. After the fifth return from executive session, the chair announced there were no further items of business and adjourned the meeting.

The motions referenced K.S.A. 75-4319 and an Attorney General opinion (No. 2025-013) as legal context for discussing privileged legal matters; the board did not disclose further detail in open session. The county manager and chief counsel were designated to attend portions of the closed discussions as recorded in the motions. The meeting record does not indicate any formal decisions, hires, disciplinary actions or settlements were adopted in open session.