MINOT, N.D. (AP) - A commission in a northern North Dakota county is opting to keep an audio recording of an executive session private.
The Ward County Commission made its decision Tuesday despite some debate regarding how the commission accepted the resignation of former Sheriff Steve Kukowski.
Commissioner Jim Rostad said the audio of an April 11 meeting should be kept private to keep the confidence of those who participated in the session by phone, including Kukowski's attorney and the prosecuting attorney.
State's Attorney Rozanna Larson says there are no legal reasons to withhold the audio.
Kukowski had been charged in the death of an inmate who died after being transferred to the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in 2014.
Larson says the criminal and civil proceedings Kukowski faced were dropped when he resigned.