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Sedan council holds executive sessions on personnel; minutes record no decisions

Sedan City Council · January 6, 2026
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Summary

The council entered three executive sessions on Jan. 6 under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss terms and conditions of employment for nonelected personnel, including the city clerk and public works superintendent; the minutes state the open meeting resumed at scheduled times and that no decisions were made.

At the Jan. 6 meeting the Sedan City Council voted to enter three executive sessions under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss terms and conditions of employment for nonelected personnel. Adam Clark moved to enter the first executive session regarding the city clerk; Angela Evans seconded the motion and it carried with 0 Nay to 6 Yay votes. The open meeting resumed at the scheduled time and the minutes state no decisions were made.

The council then entered a second executive session to discuss employment matters for the public works superintendent; that motion also carried unanimously and the minutes record no decisions when the council returned to open session. A third executive session followed under the same statutory citation; the minutes say the meeting resumed at the scheduled time and again record no decisions.

The minutes mention the subject "Retain City Clerk Lana Smith" in connection with the first executive session but explicitly state that no decisions were made during the resumed open meeting.