Bastrop council holds closed session on property near State Highway 71 and State Highway 20, takes no action

Bastrop City Council met in a special session on June 5, 2025, and convened a closed executive session under Texas Government Code section 551.072 to deliberate real property located at or about State Highway 71 and State Highway 20; the council returned from the session without taking public action and then adjourned.

The meeting was called to order at about 5:00 p.m.; the council announced it was convening into executive session at 5:01 p.m. under Texas Government Code §551.072, which covers deliberation regarding real property. The council returned from executive session at about 5:20 p.m. and, according to the presiding official, “we have, no, you know, business or other decisions, no action to take based on executive session.”

No members of the public signed up for citizen comments, and no formal votes or public decisions about the property were recorded. After the executive session the council moved to adjourn; Councilperson Plunkett moved to adjourn and Councilperson Lowe seconded, and the meeting was closed.

The closed-session reference to State Highway 71 and State Highway 20 indicates the subject was real property in the corridor of those highways, but the council gave no public details during the meeting and took no action. Because the deliberation occurred under §551.072, the substance of the discussion was not disclosed in the public record at the meeting.

Meeting timestamps in the transcript show the executive session lasted roughly 19 minutes. The council’s only recorded actions in the public portion of the meeting were to note no citizen comments were signed up, to convene and return from executive session, and to adjourn.