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Austin's Closed-Door HLP Litigation Talk

Friday, May 17, 1985 special called

  • Exclusive Executive Session:

    The meeting was a special, closed-door executive session, meaning no public attendance or open discussion was permitted.

  • Focus on Litigation:

    The session's sole purpose was to discuss ongoing legal disputes.

  • Houston Lighting & Power Lawsuits:

    The primary topic involved pending litigation with Houston Lighting and Power (HLP).

  • Multi-County Legal Battles:

    This included a lawsuit in Matagorda County (involving HLP, Brown and Root) and another in Travis County where the City of Austin was directly suing HLP.
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City Council Frank C. Cooksey Mayor John Treviño, Jr. Mayor Pro Tem Council Members Mark Rose Smoot Carl-Mitchell Sally Shipman George Humphrey Charles E. Urdy Jorge Carrasco City Manager Elden Aldridge City Clerk YOF AUST FOUNDED TAS. Austin City Council MINUTES For Special Called Council Meeting May 17, 1985 12:30 Ρ.Μ. Council Chambers, 307 West Second Street, Austin, Texas Memorandum To: EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Cooksey announced at 12:30 P.M. that the City Council would convene in a closed or executive session authorized by Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, to discuss the following: Pending litigation - Houston Lighting and Power, et. al v. Brown and Root, et al in Matagorda County, and City of Austin vs. Houston Lighting and Power Company in Travis County Section 2, Paragraph e. : NOTICE OF EMERGENCY SPECIAL CALLED COUNCIL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, GOVERNING BODY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, WILL CONVENE IN A SPECIAL CALLED COUNCIL MEETING, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1985, AT 12:00 P.M., IN MEETING ROOM A, FOURTH FLOOR OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, 800 GUADALUPE STREET, FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE: A. 12:00 Ρ.Μ. EXECUTIVE SESSION - 1. The City Council will publicly announce that the Council will convene in a closed or executive session authorized by Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, to duscuss the following: a. Pending Litigation - Houston Lighting and Power, et. al v. Brown and Root, et al in Matagorda County, and city of Austin Vs. Houston Lighting and Power Company in Travis County - Section 2, Paragraph e. POSTED: May 17, 1985 10:00 a.m. BETTY G. BROWN DEPUTY CITY CLERK, AUSTIN, TEXAS _ CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Austin will be held on the 17th day of May, 1985, Friday, at 12:00 P.M. in Meeting Room A, Fourth Floor of the Central Library, 800 Guadalupe Street, for the following purpose: A. 12:00 Ρ.Μ. Executive Session: - 1. The City Council will publicly announce that the Council will convene in a closed or executive session authorized by Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, to discuss the following: a. Pending Litigation Houston Lighting and Power, et al v. Brown and Root, et al in Matagorda County, and City of Austin v. Houston Lighting and Power Company in Travis County - Section 2, Paragraph e. ATTEST: Jamu & Aldud City Clerk Prank C. Costs Mayor City of Austin, Texas CONSENT TO MEETING We, the undersigned members of the City Council, hereby accept service of the foregoing notice, waiving any and all irregularities in such service and such notice, and consent and agree that said City Council shall meet at the time and the place therein named, and for the purpose therefin stated. ATTEST: Jamur & Addo City Clerk Tally - Trevino