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Commissioners authorize outside counsel for pending litigation and approve several settlements
Summary
After a closed session, the court authorized hiring outside counsel (Walsh McGurk Cordova Nixon) for pending litigation under a competitive-bid exemption and approved several settlement offers, including a $65,000 agreement in one cause and smaller-authority offers for others.
Following a closed session under Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, Hidalgo County commissioners authorized the county to engage outside counsel for pending litigation and approved related actions in open session. The court approved an exemption from competitive bidding to retain legal services under the Local Government Code and authorized execution of a letter of engagement subject to statutory disclosure requirements.
The court then approved a series of settlements and settlement-authority items discussed in closed session. Among the approvals was a settlement payment of $65,000 in cause number C1276-22-L (Luciano Velasquez and Miriam Rodriguez v. Hidalgo County), which the court authorized by motion and second. The court also authorized offers in specified smaller amounts for several claims and allowed staff to proceed as directed in open session.
Court staff noted the authorizations followed attorney recommendations presented in closed session; motions carried by voice vote with no roll-call tallies recorded in the public transcript.
