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Sedan council offers office clerk position to Trishadee Haden at $15 an hour after executive sessions
Summary
At a Jan. 15 special meeting, the Sedan City Council repeatedly entered executive session under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss personnel matters and then approved a motion to offer applicant Trishadee Haden the office clerk job at $15.00 per hour, to begin when she is available.
The Sedan City Council offered applicant Trishadee Haden the city office clerk position at $15.00 per hour during a special meeting Jan. 15, 2025, after a series of executive sessions on personnel matters.
Mayor Bryan Blankinship called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM. Council member Angela Evans moved to approve the agenda; Sharon Payne seconded and the motion carried. Over the next hour the council repeatedly moved into executive session under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) — the statutory authority cited for discussing terms and conditions of employment for nonelected personnel — with each motion shown in the minutes as "motion carried." The minutes record scheduled resumptions at 5:50, 6:05, 6:20, 6:30 and 6:37 PM; the entries note that no decisions were made during those closed sessions.
After the final return to open session, Council member Angela Evans moved to offer Trishadee Haden the office clerk position at $15.00 per hour "as soon as she is available." Council member Adam Clark seconded the motion and the minutes state the motion carried. The record does not list individual roll-call votes or an effective start date; the motion sets the start as "as soon as she is available." City Clerk Lana Robinson and employee Raven Darnall were recorded as present at the meeting.
The council adjourned at 6:38 PM after Angela Evans moved to adjourn and Janice Fine seconded. The meeting minutes are signed by City Clerk Lana Robinson and Mayor Bryan Blankinship.
