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Ellis County holds multiple executive sessions on Tallgrass solar project legal consultation
Summary
The board met in executive session several times March 10, 2026, for attorney-client privileged consultation regarding the proposed Tallgrass solar project; county and outside counsel and a solar consultant attended the sessions.
The Ellis County Board of Commissioners recessed to executive session multiple times on March 10 for attorney-client privileged legal consultation concerning the proposed Tallgrass solar project.
The motion to recess for 60 minutes listed attendees as Commissioners Michael Berges, Nathan Leiker and Neal Younger; County Counselor Bill Jeter; Foulston attorneys Trish Voth and Nick Kaeghele; zoning staff Justin Craig; solar consultant Oleg Alba; and County Administrator Darin Myers. The minutes record repeated executive sessions with open-session resumptions at 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. The minutes show each recess motion passed by voice vote as recorded.
Because the discussions took place under the attorney-client privilege exception to the Kansas Open Meetings Act, the minutes do not include substantive details of the legal consultations. The record does note that the executive sessions were related to the proposed Tallgrass solar project and that county and outside counsel participated.
