Ellis County commissioners review Tallgrass solar documents in executive session; no decisions announced

The Ellis County Commission met in a 30‑minute executive session on March 17 to "review documents related to the Tallgrass solar development," a commissioner said when making the motion to close the meeting under the attorney‑client exception to the Kansas Open Meetings Act. The motion named several non‑commission attendees; the commission scheduled open session to resume at 9:10 a.m.

Commissioners later reported that no decisions were made in open session after the executive session; the commission authorized an additional 20 minutes of closed session before returning to public proceedings and then held a separate 10‑minute executive session for potential litigation. The transcript shows the Tallgrass review was discussed solely in closed session and the commission did not announce any public action or vote on the matter during the meeting.

A commissioner moved the first executive session explicitly to "review documents related to the Tallgrass solar development," and identified Bill Jeter, Darren Myers, Justin Craig, Trish Bote and Oleg Alba as attendees. The motion passed by voice vote, and no formal decisions were reported when the commission resumed open session.

The commission provided no additional public details about the Tallgrass review or any next steps in the meeting record; the matter remains subject to attorney‑client confidentiality while officials consider options, including potential litigation as indicated by the second closed session.