Chair calls special meeting; Miami County Commission holds two executive sessions on personnel

The Chair opened a special meeting of the Miami County Commission on Aug. 27, 2026, at 09:30 a.m. and moved that the commission "move to go into executive session for non elected personnel for 1 hour." The motion identified attendees for the closed sessions as the five commissioners, County Administrator Shane Crowell and two human-resources staff members, Sarah Denning and Bella Riddle; the motion was recorded as moved by Commissioner Preds and seconded by Commissioner Dedekir.

After returning from a one‑hour executive session at 10:33 a.m., the Chair moved a second time to enter another closed session for non‑elected personnel, this time for 30 minutes beginning at 10:35 a.m.; that motion was moved by Commissioner Bridal and seconded by Commissioner Vaughn. The Chair confirmed logistics that the commission would reconvene in the training room. Commissioners returned from the second executive session at 11:05 a.m., and the Chair stated, "we're back from, executive session here at 11:05 and, seeing no with no results coming out of our executive session, we will close the special meeting at 11:05." No formal actions, votes on ordinances, or personnel announcements were made in open session during this special meeting.

Because executive sessions are closed by law to protect personnel matters, the commission did not disclose substantive details from the discussions. The meeting record notes the start and end times for both sessions and the named attendees; the public record therefore reflects only the motions, movers/seconders, times, and the Chair's statement that there were no results to report when the meeting closed.