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Council votes to enter executive session on Purgatory Creek property purchase and legal advice on federal-local law enforcement

San Marcos City Council · February 3, 2026
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Summary

The council voted to go into executive session under Texas Government Code sections 551.072 and 551.071 to discuss a possible property purchase for the Purgatory Creek Improvements Project and to receive legal advice about the intersection of federal and local law enforcement operations; the motion carried as recorded and the council returned from executive session and adjourned at 5:53 p.m.

The San Marcos City Council voted during its Feb. 3 work session to enter executive session to deliberate a possible property purchase for the Purgatory Creek Improvements Project and to receive legal advice about interactions between federal and local law enforcement.

Staff read Item 2, citing Texas Government Code section 551.072 (real property) for deliberation on a possible purchase of interest necessary for the Purgatory Creek Improvements Project and section 551.071 (consultation with attorney) to receive legal advice regarding the intersection between federal and local law enforcement operations.

A motion to convene the closed session was made by M. Rodriguez and seconded by Mr. Pelk. The chair called the vote; the transcript records the outcome as "motion passes 520 with two absent." The council recessed to the conference room for the executive session.

The council later returned from executive session and concluded it at 5:50 p.m. The work session then moved to Q&A with press and public (no additional speaker available) and adjourned at 5:53 p.m.; the regular meeting was scheduled to resume at 6:00 p.m.