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Collin County commissioners approve consent agenda, confirm promotion and recess into executive session on courthouse expansion
Summary
At a meeting of the Collin County Commissioner's Court, the court approved its consent agenda and unanimously approved the promotion of Jason Dunsmore; it then recessed into an executive session under Government Code chapter 551.076 to discuss courthouse expansion and security and said it would adjourn directly from that closed session.
At a meeting of the Collin County Commissioner's Court on not specified, the court approved its consent agenda, unanimously approved the promotion of Jason Dunsmore and recessed into executive session to discuss courthouse expansion and security under Government Code chapter 551.076.
The court’s presiding official opened the meeting’s consent agenda and asked for motions. The remainder of the consent agenda (after one item was removed for comment) was approved by voice vote 4-0. Item 1J3 was pulled for separate consideration. Commissioner Hale congratulated Jason Dunsmore on his promotion and moved to approve item 1J3 “as presented.” A second was recorded; the motion carried 4-0.
After concluding public business, the court recessed and called to order a Collin County Health Care Foundation meeting. The foundation’s consent agenda was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote 4-0. The court then reconvened the Commissioner's Court meeting and recessed into executive session “under chapter 551.076 of the Government Code” to discuss courthouse expansion and security. The presiding official stated the court would not return to open court and would adjourn directly from the executive session. No final action on the courthouse expansion or security matters was announced in open court.
Commissioner Hale said, “I just wanna congratulate Jason Dunsmore for being promoted,” and then moved approval of the separate consent item concerning that promotion. The remainder of the consent agenda and the foundation consent agenda were approved without recorded individual roll-call votes; the meeting transcript records the outcomes as voice votes of 4 to 0.
Because the meeting moved into a closed executive session under the cited statute, further details about the courthouse expansion and security discussion were not disclosed on the public record at that time. Any formal actions or decisions resulting from the executive session would be reported only if and when announced in open court following legal requirements.
