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Morton, Burleigh commissions hold joint meeting and enter executive session on ongoing litigation
Summary
Morton and Burleigh county commissions met in Mandan on Oct. 9, 2025, moved into an executive session for attorney consultation and negotiation strategy related to ongoing litigation under NDCC 44-04-19.1(9), then reconvened and adjourned within half an hour.
Chair Nathan Boehm presided over a joint meeting of the Morton County Commission and the Burleigh County Commission at 5:00 PM on Oct. 9, 2025, at the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan.
The meeting’s first procedural action was approval of the agenda after a motion by Commissioner Bittner and a second from Commissioner Morrell; the minutes state the motion carried with "all voting aye." Shortly after, Commissioner Bittner moved and Commissioner Bakken seconded a motion to adjourn into an executive session for "attorney consultation and negotiation strategy" concerning ongoing litigation pursuant to NDCC 44-04-19.1(9); the minutes again record that the motion carried with "all voting aye."
The record shows the executive session convened at 5:05 PM. Attendees included commissioners from both counties (Commissioner Tokach participated by telephone), county auditors, states attorneys and assistant states attorneys, sheriffs, Assistant Jail Administrator Major Wangen and Attorney King. The executive session was recorded in the minutes as ending at 5:28 PM, at which point the joint meeting was reconvened with all members present.
Following reconvening, Commissioner Morrell moved and Commissioner Munson seconded to adjourn; the joint meeting was adjourned at 5:29 PM. The minutes do not record a separate roll-call tally for that final motion beyond the statement that the meeting was adjourned.
The minutes list those present from Morton County as Chair Nathan Boehm, Commissioners Zachmeier, Buckley and Morrell, Commissioner Tokach (by telephone), and Auditor Dawn Rhone; county legal and law-enforcement representatives listed were States Attorney Koppy, Assistant States Attorney Lingle and Sheriff Kirchmeier. From Burleigh County the minutes list Commissioners Bittner, Munson, Schwab, Bakken and Woodcox; Auditor/Treasurer Splonkowski; Sheriff Leban; Assistant Jail Administrator Major Wangen; and States Attorney Lawyer. Attorney King is also recorded as attending the executive session.
No public testimony, deliberations in open session about litigation details, or substantive policy votes are recorded in the minutes excerpt provided. The stated purpose for the executive session was attorney consultation and negotiation strategy for ongoing litigation; no further actions or directives are recorded in the provided minutes.
The joint meeting was formally adjourned at 5:29 PM.
