Austin's Closed-Door Session
- A special meeting was convened with the sole purpose of immediately entering a closed (executive) session.
- The Council announced it would deliberate privately, citing specific sections of Texas state law that authorize confidential meetings.
- No specific topics for discussion within the closed session were publicly detailed in this agenda, only the legal justification.
- Any final decisions or votes arising from the private session were slated to be made in a subsequent open meeting.
Full Transcript
=CiTY OF AUSTIN. TEXAS: MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Special Called Council Meeting October 08, 1980 4:00 P.M. Council Chambers 301 West Second Street The meeting was called to order with Mayor McClellan presiding Roll Call: Present: Mayor McClellan, Councilmembers Cooke, Goodman, Himmelblau, Mullen, Snell, Mayor Pro Tern Trevino Absent: None Mayor McClellan opened the meeting scheduled for 4:00 p.m., stating 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 will be made in open session, should such action, decision or vote be necessary. Mayor McClellan announced that the Council would go into executive session at this time to consider the items authorized in Section 2, Paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated. APPROVED layor ATTEST: City Clerk