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Board schedules closed session on architect contract, emergency operations and personnel under Texas Open Meetings Act
Summary
The board's agenda invoked closed-session authority under Texas Government Code Chapter 551 to consult privately with the board's attorney on an architect contract (551.071), discuss security matters including the FISD Emergency Operations Plan (551.089), and consider personnel matters including a board self-evaluation (551.074); the transcript records only the listed closed-session topics and presenters.
The board agenda calls to 'Convene in Closed Session Under Texas Open Meeting Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551' and lists three subsections for private discussion: Section 551.071 (consultation with the board's attorney regarding an architect contract; presenter: Michael Gonzales), Section 551.089 (security matters — discussion of the FISD Emergency Operations Plan; presenter: Sheryl Jacks), and Section 551.074 (personnel matters — board self evaluation). The transcript includes the closed-session agenda and presenters but, as expected under state law, does not include closed-session deliberations.
The public minutes excerpt resumes with agenda items to reconvene in open session and consider action on closed-session matters (including the Emergency Operations Plan), but the provided transcript does not record whether any action was taken after the closed session or the content of any attorney consultation or personnel deliberation. The board invoked the statutory authority for closed sessions as cited in the agenda.
