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Commissioners hold executive session on wages; two agree to $1,000 pay cut for 2026
Summary
The board held an executive session under the Kansas Open Meetings Act to discuss wages and later recorded that Commissioners Mortimer and Morris agreed to a $1,000 reduction in their pay for 2026; no immediate action was taken after the session.
The commission moved into executive session under the non-elected personnel exception to the Kansas Open Meetings Act to discuss wages (an initial 10-minute session with a subsequent 10-minute extension). The motions to go into and extend the executive session passed 3-0. The minutes record that no action was taken immediately after the session.
Separately in Commissioner comments, Commissioner Duane Morris said commissioners were not the highest paid in the area after checking Mitchell County figures; Commissioners Mortimer and Morris agreed to a $1,000 pay reduction for 2026. The minutes do not specify whether that reduction requires any formal ordinance or payroll action beyond the recorded agreement.
