Medina County commissioners enter executive session on appointment, staff pay

Commissioner Stephen D. Hambley moved to send the commissioners into executive session "to consider the appointment of a public official and to consider the employment and compensation of public employees," a motion Commissioner Aaron M. Harrison seconded. Roll call at the time of the motion recorded all commissioners voting AYE and the motion carried; the meeting record shows the session began at 10:01 a.m.

The record states Commissioner Harrison left the executive session at 11:42 a.m.; the executive session concluded at 11:47 a.m. The minutes do not record further public details about actions taken during the closed session or any formal appointments or compensation decisions. The board affirmed in its minutes that "All deliberations concerning official business and formal actions by this Board of Commissioners were conducted in an open public meeting this nineteenth day of August, 2026," a standard statement included in the published minutes.