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Stafford MSD agenda lists closed session authorities under Texas Open Meetings Act
Summary
The special called meeting agenda identified closed-session authority under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071–551.076, listing consultation with attorneys, real property, contracts/gifts, personnel, and security deployment as permitted topics; the transcript does not show whether the board entered closed session.
The Stafford MSD special called meeting agenda published Aug. 19, 2024, states that a closed meeting "will be held for the purposes authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.071 - 551.076," and then enumerates permitted purposes including attorney consultation, real property discussions, negotiated contracts or gifts, personnel matters and security deployment. The agenda text in the transcript reads in part: "Closed meeting will be held for the purposes authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.071 - 551.076 concerning any and all purposes permitted by the Act, including but not limited to the following sections and purposes." That language appears as part of the posted agenda; the provided segments do not show whether the board convened the closed session or took actions in closed session.
The agenda breaks out several specific purposes listed under the cited code sections, for example: attorney consultation under 551.071; discussion of purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property under 551.072; negotiated contracts or prospective gifts under 551.073; consideration of personnel matters under 551.074 (including hiring and contract renewals for professional personnel); and security deployment under 551.076. The transcript includes the enumerated list but does not record any substantive discussion or decisions on those topics within the provided segments.
