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Coffey County Board holds repeated executive sessions on personnel and attorney–client matters
Summary
Between 9:49 AM and 11:24 AM the Board entered multiple executive sessions under Kansas Open Meetings Act provisions to discuss non‑elected personnel job performance and privileged attorney–client matters concerning a subordinate board; minutes record times and legal citations but no substantive details.
The Coffey County Commission held multiple executive sessions during its July 27, 2026 meeting to address personnel and privileged legal matters. The sessions occurred as follows: 9:49–9:59 AM (personnel job performance, K.S.A. (75-4319)(b)(1), included GIS Coordinator/Deputy Appraiser Cara Mays and County Counselor Wade Bowie, II); 10:02–10:12 AM (personnel job performance); 10:25–10:40 AM, 10:42–11:02 AM and 11:04–11:24 AM (all under attorney–client privilege, K.S.A. (75-4319)(b)(2), to discuss legal advice related to a subordinate board).
The minutes record start and end times and cite the statutory authority for closed deliberations, but they do not disclose the content of those privileged discussions. Because the sessions invoked statutory exceptions for personnel privacy and attorney–client privilege, the public minutes appropriately record only the legal basis, attendees for the personnel session, and the duration of each session. No votes, settlements, or public directives tied to these sessions are recorded in the published minutes.
