Vice Chair Jennifer Mendoza moves Kansas Board of Regents into executive session on personnel

Vice Chair Jennifer Mendoza moved that the Kansas Board of Regents recess into executive session to discuss personnel matters involving nonelective personnel, saying, "I move that the Kansas Board of Regents recess into executive session." The motion specified the purpose was to protect the privacy of individual board employees or prospective board employees.

Mendoza told the board that the closed session should include Members of the Kansas Board of Regents, KBOR General Counsel John Yeary, KBOR director for finance and administration Becky Pottabaugh, Janice S. Fitzgerald and James H. McCormick, both senior executive search consultants with AGB Search LLC. She said the session should last approximately one hour and that the open meeting would resume at 10 a.m.

Chair Benson sought a second and noted that the motion had been seconded by Regent Wolf Moore. Chair Benson called for a voice vote, saying, "All those in favor, say aye." The transcript records an "Aye" and no roll-call tally; the motion carried by voice vote as recorded.

Staff and regents then coordinated logistics for returning to the executive session breakout room. A participant identified herself as Jennifer and asked staff to admit Regent Amar and another regent into the closed session; the speaker also asked that the breakout be ended when appropriate because regional participants were waiting.

After the executive session, Chair Benson announced the board was back in open session and adjourned the meeting, thanking attendees.

The Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) did not place any additional matters on the public record during this short open meeting; the items discussed in the executive session were described only in generalized terms in the motion (personnel matters of nonelective personnel).