Austin Talks Elections & COVID
- A special meeting was held entirely in a closed-door "executive session," meaning discussions were not open to the public.
- Key topics addressed behind closed doors included upcoming city election matters.
- The city's ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic was also a primary focus of the private discussions.
- No public votes or policy decisions were recorded during this meeting.
Full Transcript
City Council Special Called Meeting Transcript – 08/10/2021 Title: City of Austin Channel: 6 - COAUS Recorded On: 8/10/2021 6:00:00 AM Original Air Date: 8/10/2021 Transcript Generated by SnapStream ==================================
Please note that the following transcript is for reference purposes and does not constitute the official record of actions taken during the meeting. For the official record of actions of the meeting, please refer to the Approved Minutes.
[11:04:39 AM]
(Special called meeting of the Austin city council) >> Ready when you are . >> We're going to go ahead and call to order. The special called meeting of the Austin city council here on August 10th, 2021. It is 11:04. We have a quorum present and we'll go ahead and convene this evening it's being held both remotely and in person. What we're going to do today is consider items in executive session as was noticed and posted. So, we're going to go into closed session to take up three items pursuant to 55107 of Texas government code
[11:05:40 AM]
related to the city's election and covid-19 response on 55114. [Inaudible] Without objection here at 11:05 we will retire into executive session. >> Mayor may I ask a question go ahead. >> Mayor Adler: Yes go ahead. >> Student: It appears many of the councilmembers will be doing the session virtually can you give me one second. >> Mayor Adler: Yup. Most will be doing it virtually. I will see you in executive session. (Meeting in executive session)
[3:58:00 PM]
>> {Mayor} We out of closed item sessions that concludes all of our business. Here at 3:57 P.M. I'm returning today's special called meeting of the Austin city council staff meeting. Thank you. Thanks for hanging around.