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Sedan council invoked K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1) executive session before police chief decision
Summary
The council entered executive session April 15 to discuss personnel matters under K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(1); minutes state the meeting resumed at 5:20 PM and that no decisions were made during the closed session.
The Sedan City Council held a special meeting April 15 and moved into an executive session “to discuss matters pertaining to the terms and conditions of employment, K.S.A 75-4319 (b)(1),” according to the minutes. Wellington Butler made the motion to go into executive session; Angela Evans seconded. The documented closed session ended with the open meeting resuming at 5:20 PM and the minutes explicitly state that no decisions were made while the council was in executive session.
After returning to open session, the council discussed and then voted to offer William Tunstall the Police Chief position. The minutes record that the hiring motion carried; they do not attribute decisions to actions taken during the closed session. No members of the public attended the special meeting.
