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Los Fresnos delays selection of city manager after closed session
Summary
After a closed executive session under Texas Government Code section 551.074, officials in Los Fresnos returned to open meeting and announced no action would be taken on selecting a preferred city manager candidate; the meeting was then adjourned.
Los Fresnos officials moved into a closed executive session to interview and deliberate candidates for the city manager position and returned to open meeting saying no action would be taken, the meeting transcript shows.
The meeting went into closed session under Texas Government Code section 551.074 "to interview, deliberate the qualifications of the candidates, and consider the selection of a preferred candidate for the position of city manager, including any additional candidates as deemed appropriate," the chair (identified in the transcript as S1) said when announcing the move at 06:01. "The time is now 06:01. We'll go ahead and move to closed session," the chair said.
When the meeting reconvened, the chair stated the time as 08:20, reported four members present and restated the closed-session purpose: to discuss and take possible action on selecting a preferred candidate and authorizing negotiation of an employment agreement. The chair then told attendees, "At this time, no action will be taken, and we'll go ahead and adjourn the meeting," and later confirmed, "No action taken." The transcript records a short exchange where the chair says "Is there a table? Table it," before adjourning.
The transcript does not identify the governing body by a formal name in its text; speakers refer to "our community, our city" and "Los Fresnos," but the meeting document provided here does not state the meeting entity (for example, "City Council"). The file records only two distinct speakers by label: S1 (the chair who led the invocation, managed the closed session, and announced no action) and S2 (who led the Pledge of Allegiance).
The meeting record includes the statutory citation used to justify the closed session: Texas Government Code section 551.074. No motions, formal votes, or candidate names are recorded in the public portion of the transcript; the chair twice emphasized that no action would be taken and then adjourned the meeting.
The next procedural step is not recorded in the transcript: the meeting ended after the chair announced adjournment. Any further action on selection of a city manager — such as reopening deliberations, scheduling additional interviews, or beginning contract negotiations — is not specified in the provided transcript.
