Local officials unanimously granted outgoing Wyandotte County Administrator David Johnston nine additional months of his full salary and will continue to pay for his benefits after he formally leaves public office.
They also named the temporary replacement who will be tasked with running county operations for the next several months.
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, announced Monday that Johnston was resigning from the county’s top hired spot at the end of the week. The announcement did not specify why he was leaving, and Johnston did not return a Monday afternoon call from The Star seeking that information…