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Commission holds multiple attorney‑client sessions on museum governance; no public action recorded
Summary
County Attorney Jeff Ebel discussed making the county museum an independent entity and using budget appropriations; the commission entered repeated attorney‑client executive sessions under the Kansas Open Meetings Act to discuss the museum and returned with no public action recorded.
County Attorney Jeff Ebel briefed commissioners on options for the county museum, including the possibility of the museum becoming its own legal entity and the county providing budget funds as an appropriation.
The board moved into attorney‑client executive session multiple times to discuss the museum under the Kansas Open Meetings Act; each recorded motion authorized a limited return time with Ebel and County Clerk Tammi Cox present, and the public record shows no action taken when the board returned. Ebel referenced K.S.A. 19‑2665 through 19‑2669, statutes that the county attorney said relate to county museum boards and governance.
Commissioners extended the executive session more than once for further privileged discussion and ultimately took no public action at the meeting on museum governance.
