Commission directs staff to send two notices of default to Hetrick Air Services Inc.
Summary
Following an executive session briefing on a pending legal matter, the Lawrence City Commission directed staff to issue two notices of default to Hetrick Air Services Incorporated.
After a closed executive session on a pending legal matter, the Lawrence City Commission on Aug. 12 voted to direct staff to send two notices of default to Hetrick Air Services Incorporated consistent with attorney briefings held in closed session.
The commission first recessed into an executive session to receive privileged legal communications under KSA 75‑4319(b)(2). Following the closed meeting, Commissioner Larson moved that staff be directed to send two notices of default to Hetrick Air Services Incorporated; Commissioner Littlejohn seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously, 5–0.
The commission’s public statement after the executive session said the briefing had covered privileged attorney‑client communications about a pending legal matter and that the direction to send notices of default was consistent with those discussions. The city did not give additional detail about the nature of the defaults during the public meeting; the commission explicitly cited attorney‑client privilege as the reason for confidentiality during the executive session.
Because the decision follows a closed attorney‑client briefing, the commission did not place additional substantive materials in the public record during the meeting. Any future public action or additional disclosures on the Hetrick matter would be expected to appear on a subsequent agenda or in documents released after consultation with counsel.
