Kismet planning board holds attorney‑client session, continues CU2025‑02 hearing to Feb. 23

The Seward County City of Kismet Planning and Zoning Board voted to enter an attorney‑client executive session over ongoing deliberations of conditional use permit application CU2025‑02 and later continued the public hearing to Feb. 23, 2026 at 7 p.m.

Chair (S1) moved that the commission "enter into executive session, during which session no binding action will occur" for attorney‑client consultation under KSA provisions cited in the record; the motion included attorney Trish Baugh and named commissioners who would attend. Members approved the motion and the board recessed for the executive session.

During the meeting the board referenced two proposed durations for the executive session (an initial 20‑minute proposal and later a 30‑minute proposal). After the executive session the board returned to open session and the chair moved to adjourn the meeting while specifically continuing the public hearing for application CU2025‑02; the board set the continued hearing for Feb. 23, 2026 at 7 p.m. and approved that motion.

No final decision on the conditional use permit was announced during the open session; the action recorded is a continuance of the public hearing to the specified date. The board’s actions were framed as procedural steps to allow further attorney‑client consultation and to give members additional time to review materials before making a final decision.

The record names attorney Trish Baugh as included in the executive session. The transcript also references a member excluded from that session by name. The board did not provide additional factual findings or vote tallies for the executive session motion beyond the verbal approval recorded in the meeting.