City council leadership announced that the council would move into executive session under Texas Government Code section 551.074 to deliberate personnel matters related to the city manager.
The item matters because Section 551.074 authorizes closed deliberations on personnel matters and any subsequent council actions could affect employment, duties, compensation or discipline of a senior city official.
The mayor or presiding officer (unnamed in transcript) said the council “will convene into executive session in accordance with the Texas government code, section 551.074, personnel matters to deliberate the appointment, employment, performance, evaluation, duties, compensation, discipline, and or discipline, and or business for as a city manager.” The council announced it would reconvene in open session for “discussion and possible action concerning the appointment, employment, performance evaluation of duties, compensation, discipline, and or dismissal” of the city manager. The meeting then moved toward the executive‑session recess; no vote or final public action on the personnel matter was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
Because executive sessions are permitted for personnel deliberations under the code cited, the council’s action to convene the closed session is consistent with statutory procedure. Any formal action or vote on personnel matters would occur after reconvening in open session and must be recorded in the public minutes.