County commissioners meet in closed session under KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss non‑elected personnel

The Board of County Commissioners voted to enter a 30‑minute executive session beginning at 12:45 p.m. under KSA 75‑4319(b)(1) to discuss matters pertaining to non‑elected personnel and reconvened at 1:15 p.m. with no action taken. Chairman Kelly moved to go into executive session and Commissioner Allen Brand seconded the motion; the clerk later reported a 6‑0 vote in favor.

The closed session was invoked under KSA 75‑4319(b)(1), the Kansas statute the board cited as the authority to discuss personnel matters in private. The board recessed for the stated 30 minutes and then returned to open session at 1:15 p.m. "We are back on the record. It is 01:15. We're out of executive session. No action is being taken at this time," Chairman Kelly said after the meeting resumed.

During the roll call for the motion the transcript records several commissioners answering in the affirmative: Commissioner Myers said, "Myers, aye," and Commissioners Brewer, Hanslick, Ashcraft and Allen Brand also indicated assent. The clerk confirmed the tally as six in favor and none opposed. The transcript records no motions, votes or directions emerging from the executive session itself.

The board then adjourned the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, and the clerk was instructed to reset technology for the Committee of the Whole. The public record in the transcript shows only the invocation of the statutory authority for the closed session, the duration (30 minutes), and the return to open session with a statement that no action was taken; the transcript does not specify the details discussed in the executive session.