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Norton City Council votes to enter five-minute executive session citing KSA 75‑4319(d)(1)
Summary
At a regular Norton City Council session, a councilmember moved to enter a five-minute executive session to discuss non-elected personnel under KSA 75‑4319(d)(1); the motion was seconded, approved by voice vote, and the council returned to executive session with specified staff present.
During a regular session the Norton City Council voted to enter a five-minute executive session to discuss non-elected personnel, citing state statute KSA 75-4319(d)(1). The council set the open-meeting resumption time for 06:20 PM in the same room and specified that the city council, the mayor, the city attorney, the city clerk and the chief of police would be present.
"Mayor, I move that the city council enter into executive session for 5 minutes pursuant to KSA 75-4319(d)(1) to discuss matters related to non elected personnel," a councilmember said when making the motion. A second was recorded and the mayor called for a voice vote; a respondent on the record answered "Aye," and no opposition was recorded in the public transcript. The mayor then confirmed the council was returning to executive session.
The council provided the statutory citation and the stated public resumption time but did not disclose the substance of the executive-session discussion in the public record. Under KSA 75-4319(d)(1), executive sessions may be used for certain personnel matters; the transcript records the procedural motion and vote but contains no details about the personnel matters discussed or any outcomes reached in the private session.
The public portion of the meeting resumed only at the stated time or after the executive session concluded; the transcript does not include any further public discussion or votes related to the executive-session subject.
