Austin Delays Meeting for Manager Review
- Austin officials held a special meeting to handle urgent procedural and personnel matters.
- The regular council meeting was postponed, with its start time shifted from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
- A closed-door executive session was announced to conduct a performance evaluation of the City Manager.
- Any final decisions or actions resulting from the City Manager's evaluation would be made public after the executive session.
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--v =CITY OF AUSTIN. TEXAS= MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Special Called Council Meeting February 01, 1979 8:30 A.M. Conference Room Municipal Building 124 West 8th Street The meeting was called to order with Mayor McClellan presiding. Roll Call: Present: Mayor McClellan, Councilmember Cooke, Mayor Pro Tern Goodman, Councilmembers Himmelblau Mullen, Snell, Trevino Absent: None Mayor McClellan opened the meeting scheduled for 8:30 A.M., stating that this was a Special Called Meeting of the City Council for the following purposes: 1. Consider the postponement of the regular convening time of the City Council Meeting for Thursday, the 1st day of February, 1979 until 10:00 a.m. 2. Publicly announce that during the meeting the Council will convene in a closed or executive session authorized be Section 2, Paragraph (g) of Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, to evaluate the City Manager. =C1TY OF AUSTIN. TEXAS February 1. 1979 Motion Councilmember Cooke moved that the Council postpone until 10:00 A.M. the convening time of the City Council Meeting for Thursday, the 1st day of February. The motion, seconded by Councilmember Mullen, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor McClelIan, Councilmembers Cooke, Himmelblau, Mullen, Snell Noes: None Not in Council Chamber when roll was called: Mayor Pro Tem Goodman, Councilmember Trevino Mayor McClellan then announced that Council will immediately convene in a closed or executive session authorized by Section 2, Paragraph (g) of Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, to evaluate the City Manager; 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 will be made in open session, should such action, decision or vote be necessary. SPECIAL MEETING ADJOURNED The Council adjourned its Special Called Meeting to go into Executive Session. APPROVE Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk