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Altamont staff submitted subpoena materials in civil case tied to Winter Storm Uri; council held multiple executive sessions on personnel
Summary
City staff, with the attorney, collected and submitted subpoenaed documents in a civil case related to Winter Storm Uri; the council also recessed into multiple executive sessions to discuss a non‑elected personnel matter and took no public action on those sessions.
City Administrator LeaAnn Myers reported that the City of Altamont received a subpoena seeking documents for the civil lawsuit PJ Stoneberger, et al. v. BP Energy Company, et al., related to Winter Storm Uri (Feb. 2021). Myers said staff collected and reviewed documents with the city attorney, reached out to the Kansas Municipal Gas Agency for questions, and submitted the requested information on Sept. 18, 2024; the minutes note roughly 10 staff hours were spent responding to the subpoena.
Separately, the council recessed into executive session multiple times under K.S.A. 75‑4319(b)(1) to discuss an individual employee’s performance; sessions included the city attorney, the city administrator, the police chief and Lieutenant Powell at various times. The council returned to open session and the minutes record that no action was taken following the executive sessions.
