Harvey County commissioners hold repeated executive sessions to interview County Administrator candidate

At 2:00 p.m. on Jan. 30, 2025, the Harvey County Board of Commissioners recessed into an executive session to conduct an interview for the County Administrator position, citing the Kansas statute exception for non-elected personnel matters. Commissioner Becky Reimer made the motion and Commissioner Terry Scott seconded; the motion passed unanimously.

Those recorded present for interview sessions included Commissioner Don Schroeder (chairperson), Commissioner Becky Reimer, Commissioner Terry Scott, Shannon Kingsley, Heidi Huber, an unnamed candidate for the County Administrator position, and department heads Michael Anderson, Mike Pomeroy, Pam Thomas, Raquel Langley, Rex Yohn, Rick Piepho (County Clerk), Chad Gay, Don Gruver, Heather Figger, Jim Meier, Justin Bland, Karen Rothe, Kass Miller, Lona Kelly and Lynnette Redington.

The commission recorded a series of subsequent motions to extend or re-enter executive session: at 3:00 p.m. Reimer moved to extend the session, at 3:30 p.m. the commission again recessed into executive session for continued interviews, and later extensions were approved at 4:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. All motions were recorded as passing unanimously. The public minutes state that the executive sessions were held under the statutory exception allowing discussion of non-elected personnel matters; no public vote on a hiring decision appears in the open minutes.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m. The minutes attach the full commission calendar and list of attendees; the commission did not take any other formal, open public actions on appointments or policy during the Jan. 30 session.