Missouri City council postpones agenda item 5A after closed executive session

The Missouri City Council convened a special meeting and then went into a closed executive session under sections 551.071 and 551.074 of the Texas Government Code, the mayor announced. The council returned to open session at 6:33 p.m., and a motion to postpone agenda item 5A was approved unanimously.

A council member initiated the motion after the meeting resumed, saying, "Mayor, I'd like to make a motion that we postpone item 5A until a later date in the future." The mayor later stated the motion was recorded as made by Councilmember Marshall and seconded by Councilmember Riley. "The motion carries unanimously," the mayor announced.

The executive session citation on the agenda points to section 551.071, related to consultation with the city attorney, and section 551.074, related to personnel matters; no further detail about the subject of the closed session or any decisions made there was disclosed in the public portion of the meeting. The meeting record shows the council had a quorum at the start, the closed session began after the 4:30 p.m. call to order, and the special meeting ended at 6:34 p.m.

No members of the public signed up to speak during the public comment period. The council did not announce a new date for item 5A during the meeting; the motion states only that the item is postponed "until a later date in the future." Vote tallies by member were not provided in the meeting transcript; the mayor announced the motion carried unanimously.