Kansas City Mo. ? A member of Jackson County’s governing body who has been increasingly at odds with fellow lawmakers after alleging an open meeting violation was arrested Monday afternoon for hitting one of his colleagues.

Several Jackson County legislators wound up involved in the fight that broke out on the second floor of the courthouse immediately after the meeting adjourned. But legislator Bob Stringfield was the only one arrested.

Stringfield, who faces possible assault charges, was released later Monday.

Dan Tarwater, the legislator who was struck, was not injured.

The source of the argument was an apparent conflict about videotapes of previous meetings that an aide of Stringfield tried to obtain. Tarwater alleged the aide acted inappropriately – something the aide has denied.

Stringfield has been squabbling with fellow legislators for months. During a meeting in November, Stringfield had eight fellow legislators, along with Jackson County Executive Katheryn Shields and the Legislature’s clerk, served with a lawsuit. It alleged that they broke the law by conducting closed meetings.

Then last month, Stringfield’s budget was slashed by a third – much deeper than the cuts his colleagues experienced. The latest blow came when Jackson County Legislature chairman Henry Rizzo decided not to appoint Stringfield to any of the Legislature’s seven committees. Also, Stringfield’s chair was pushed to the end of the Legislature’s meeting room because colleagues refuse to sit next to him.