The Chautauqua County Board of Commissioners was ordered to take Kansas Open Meetings Act training after the Kansas Attorney General’s Office last year determined the board had violated KOMA by not holding public votes on whether to terminate three former county employees. The attorney general’s office declined to pursue formal enforcement action against the board, though, saying it thinks the board acted in a good faith. In a complaint filed Aug. 14, 2019, a Cedar Vale resident alleged the board took action in executive sessions held during meetings on July 15, 2019, and July 22, 2019, to fire two road and bridge department employees and one solid waste department employee, instead of making the decision in a public vote.
Source: Cowley CourierTraveler
