During the Jan. 13 meeting the board moved to accept the consent agenda. A board member said, "I move that we accept the consent agenda as presented," and another voice recorded a second. The chair asked, "All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?" No opposing votes were recorded in the public transcript and the consent agenda was accepted.

Immediately after the vote, the board announced it would enter closed session. The chair stated the board would "move into closed session as permitted by Texas Governance Code 551.01" (the board cited a provision of the Texas Government Code that authorizes closed meetings). The public record shows the board then left the open meeting for a closed session permitted under the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.

The consent-agenda vote and the announcement to enter closed session were recorded on the public transcript; the transcript does not record the names of the members who made and seconded the motion on the consent agenda, nor does it contain the closed-session agenda items in the public portion of the record.