Rockwall County court holds executive session on 'Doctor Horton' litigation, municipal utility districts

The Commissioner's Court of Rockwall County adjourned into executive session at 10:02 a.m. to discuss pending or contemplated litigation and attorney-client matters, including an item identified in the meeting as the 'Doctor Horton' litigation and issues related to municipal utility districts. The presiding officer cited the Texas Open Meetings Act (Texas Government Code, chapter 551) when announcing the closed session.

"We will be in executive session on pending or contemplated litigation and attorney client information discussion of Doctor Horton litigation and municipal utility districts at 10:02," the presiding officer said before the court went into closed session. When the court reconvened in open session the presiding officer reported that there had been no action taken on those matters.

The transcript records the court's invocation of sections of the Texas Government Code that authorize executive sessions to seek legal advice and to discuss pending or contemplated litigation. The meeting record notes only that the matters were discussed in executive session and that no formal action was taken when the court returned to open session. The court did not disclose substantive details of the litigation or any decisions made during the closed session in the public record at the meeting.