La Marque City Council to recess into executive session to review city manager applications

The La Marque City Council said it would recess into an executive session to review applications and résumés for the city manager position.

Council members identified the purpose of the session as deliberation concerning the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment and duties of a public officer — specifically the city manager. The meeting record indicates the council planned to recess to an executive session for that purpose; the transcript does not specify who moved or seconded the motion, any formal vote tally, or a timeline for a return to open session.

The item was presented as an agenda matter to consider candidate materials for the city manager post. The transcript also records procedural remarks about online participation and a brief public-comment period; no substantive discussion of individual candidates, hiring criteria, salary, or contract terms appears in the provided excerpt.

No legal authorities, ordinance numbers, or statutes were cited in the excerpt. The transcript does not record any formal appointment, hiring decision, or public announcement of a preferred candidate. The next steps — including whether finalists will be publicly identified, whether interviews will be scheduled in open session, or when the council will reconvene in public to act — were not specified in the provided record.

The council’s stated intent to enter executive session indicates the matter was treated as a personnel deliberation held outside the public portion of the meeting. Any formal actions, votes, or outcomes on the city manager appointment were not captured in the supplied transcript excerpt.