Secret land sale revealed

County commissioners may have violated Kansas law last week by failing to disclose the offer they accepted for a piece of property owned by the county’s land bank. The Record has since obtained a document detailing the offer.

According to the document, Mikael and Jan Peters offered to purchase the 8.8-acre property on Old Mill Rd., just north of the “poor farm,” for $45,000. Commissioners unanimously accepted the offer June 22. The 2026 appraised value of the land, zoned for agricultural use, is listed at $30,410. Mineral rights, water rights, and crops planted at the time of sale will pass with the land to the buyer.The Peters signed the document June 18.