Commissioners enter 15-minute executive session over interlocal agreement with Junction City entities

A commissioner moved that the Geary County Commission go into a 15-minute executive session under KSA 79-4319 to discuss legal matters related to an interlocal agreement with the Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Junction City. The motion specified the county finance director would attend the session.

The motion "to go into executive session for KSA 79-4319 for legal matters pertaining to the interlocal agreement with the Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce and City of Junction City" was moved and seconded; those present responded in the affirmative and the chair stated the motion carried. A request was made to close the door and provide the customary slide notifying the public of the executive session.

By law, KSA 79-4319 permits governing bodies to meet in executive session for certain legal matters; the commission did not disclose details of the legal discussion in open session. No formal vote on the interlocal agreement was recorded in the public portion of the meeting. The commission returned to open session after the scheduled time and continued other agenda business.

The commission’s formal action at the meeting was limited to approving the executive session; no additional decisions about the interlocal agreement were reported in the public record during the meeting.