The Nebraska State Fair board held a special meeting Saturday afternoon. However, the board spent the majority of the meeting in executive session behind closed doors, despite an objection from some in attendance.

"I would like to formally object to this. Nothing was discussed openly about personnel matters. I would like that listed on the record," said Alan Usher.

The board's attorney responded, "You're entirely out of line, there's no public participation on the agenda."

"That's fine, I still object," said Usher.

The board’s attorney said the board was operating within the law. Following the conclusion of the meeting, chairman Bob Haag told NTV News the board took no action and further questions were considered private matter with no further discussion on the subjects. The agenda for the meeting said they were discussing litigation over the Aksarben Stock Show and also discussing this year’s State Fair.

The meeting comes in the midst of the only event the board puts on outside of the State Fair. The Aksarben Stock Show included livestock exhibitors from 14 states. It’s the final event for the fair’s agriculture director Vaughn Sievers. Fair management and board members said Sievers turned in his resignation previously and planned to stay through this event. It’s not clear if the resignation has any connection to the special meeting.

All of this comes just weeks after what many called a successful 11-day run of the State Fair. Attendance and revenue was up compared to recent years. NTV News spoke with several vendors, livestock exhibitors and fair board members who said this year’s fair went well with few complaints outside of concerns about the outdoor concert venue.