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Austin City's Private Talks: Legal, Property, Staff

Wednesday, January 11, 1978 special called
  • The Austin City Council held a special meeting solely to announce they were immediately entering a closed, executive session.
  • This confidential session was authorized by state law to discuss sensitive topics, which commonly include potential lawsuits, real estate transactions, or personnel matters.
  • Any final actions or decisions stemming from these private discussions would be brought back to an open, public meeting for a vote.

Full Transcript

r =• =C]TY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, jJanua£y_l 1. 1978 \ MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Special Called Council Meeting January 11, 1978 8:00 P.M. Departmental Library Parks and Recreation Building 1500 West Riverside Drive The meeting was called to order with Mayor McClellan presiding, ii Roll Call: Present: Mayor McClellan, Mayor Pro Tern Himmelblau, Councilmembers Goodman, Trevino, Cooke, Mullen, Snell Absent: None Mayor McClellan opened the meeting stating that this was a Special Called Meeting of the City Council for the purpose of publicly announcing that it will convene in a closed or executive session authorized by Section 2, Paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; and after such closed or executive session any final action, decision or vote with regard to any matter considered in the closed or executive session would be made in open session, should such action, decision or vote be necessary, Mayor McClellan announced that the session at this time to consider the items (e), (f) and (g) of Article 6252-17, Texas Council would authorized in Revised Civil go into executive Section 2, Paragraphs Statutes Annotated. APPROVED ATTEST: City Clerk