The Board of County Commissioners recessed its public meeting multiple times on Dec. 4, 2025 to hold executive sessions under Kansas statute KSA 75-4319, citing attorney–client privileged consultations and matters involving personnel and pending litigation. All five motions to recess were approved unanimously and the board disclosed no formal actions in open session before adjourning.

Commissioner Hanslick initiated each executive-session motion. The first motion, made at 3:29 p.m., sought a five-minute executive session under KSA 75-4319(b)(2) to consult with legal counsel about a potential conflict of interest involving a county agreement; the motion named the county manager, deputy county manager, Assistant County Manager Adam Norris and the county’s chief counsel as attendees. Commissioner Allen Brand seconded the motion; the clerk recorded a 7–0 vote in favor. The board returned to open session and announced that “no action is being taken at this time.”

A second five-minute session at 3:36 p.m. was described as consultation with counsel about pending litigation involving the county Department of Technology and Innovation. The motion initially listed Assistant County Manager Darren Leiker among attendees, but a speaker indicated Leiker was not present and Hanslick removed his name before the roll call. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Allen Brand and approved 7–0.

At 3:43 p.m. the board recessed for 20 minutes under KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss nonelective personnel matters; the county manager was to attend part of that discussion. That motion, like the others, passed on a unanimous roll call and the board again stated no open-session action would follow the executive session.

Two additional short executive sessions followed in the 4 p.m. hour. A 4:06 p.m. motion invoked KSA 75-4319(b)(2) to consult with counsel on a conflict-of-interest matter and a 4:13 p.m. motion invoked the same statute to consult on pending litigation that cited Attorney General Opinion No. 2025-013; both motions were seconded by Commissioner Allen Brand and passed 7–0. After the final recess the board returned to open session, reiterated that no action was being taken in open session, and adjourned the meeting at roughly 4:28–4:30 p.m.

The meeting record as presented in the transcript contains multiple, small inconsistencies in name spellings and turn labels (for example, variants of Commissioner Hanslick’s name and of Commissioner Allen Brand’s name). This summary uses the consistent spellings reflected multiple times in the record and the motions as read aloud by meeting participants. The transcript shows the county manager, deputy county manager, assistant county manager (Adam Norris in the first motion; Darren Leiker was named then removed in the second), and the chief counsel were listed as attendees for various executive sessions; the transcript does not state any follow-up actions, directives, or votes taken in open session resulting from those executive sessions.

Next procedural step: none recorded — the board adjourned with no further public actions noted.