San Marcos City Council votes to enter executive session under Texas Government Code §551.074 for personnel evaluations

The San Marcos City Council voted to convene an executive session under Texas Government Code §551.074 on July 28 to discuss personnel matters, including annual evaluations and performance goals for the city manager, the municipal judge and the city attorney.

The council’s action came after the meeting read the statutory citation aloud. Councilmember Rodriguez moved to go into executive session and Councilmember Mendoza seconded. City Clerk Cordova called the roll; the motion passed on a unanimous roll-call vote. Mayor Heusen said, “Okay. And that passes. So we will go into executive session at 02:06.”

The statutory citation read at the meeting referenced Texas Government Code §551.074, which allows governmental bodies to meet in executive session to discuss personnel matters. The council’s agenda item listed three personnel categories for review: the city manager, the municipal judge and the city attorney. The public record for this portion of the meeting ends when the council recessed into executive session, at which point further details are not part of the public transcript.

The motion was moved by Councilmember Rodriguez and seconded by Councilmember Mendoza. City Clerk Cordova conducted the roll call; Councilmember Rodriguez, Councilmember Gonzales, Councilmember Garza, Councilmember Scott, Councilmember Mendoza and Mayor Heusen were recorded as voting in favor. The council recessed to executive session at 02:06.

Because executive sessions are closed under the cited statute, the council did not discuss specific evaluation content on the public record. Any formal actions that result from the executive session will appear later on the public agenda and in subsequent minutes if the council takes action in open session.