State Ex Rel. Stephan v. Board of Seward County Comm'rs

The opinion of the court, was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This is an action brought on the relation of the Attorney General against the defendant Board of County Commissioners of Seward County, Kansas, (Board) and the three individual commissioners, alleging violation of the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA), K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the grounds that the complained-of telephone calls were not within the purview of KOMA’s proscribed conduct. The State appeals therefrom.

Commissioner Wettstein resides in Kismet. The other two…