Travis County Commssioners Court
March 18, 2003
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Executive Session
We've come to executive session. 41 is is to receive briefing from county attorney and take appropriate action with regard to claim of dr. Mark karakourtis for payment for surgical Karen dered to inmates of the Travis County jail. 42, discuss, approve and take appropriate action regarding real estate issues for office space for various county departments. That's the real property exception to the open meetings act. That's also announced this under consultation with attorney as I will have a couple of legal questions. 43, receive briefing from county attorney and authorize county attorney to accept, reject or counteroffer for settlement and/or take appropriate action in the matter of fort view incorporated versus Travis County Texas in the district court of Travis County, Texas, 353rd judicial district court, cause number gn 300127, consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. 44, receive briefing from county attorney's office on Travis County's legal enforcement and compliance options to respond to complaints about violation of environmental laws or regulations at landfills in Travis County and take appropriate action. This is posted just in case we need to ask follow-up questions, under the consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. 45, receive briefing from county attorney and tnr department and/or take appropriate action regarding right-of-way transactions relating to county roadway connections to sh 130. Consultation with attorney and the real property exception to the open meetings act. Number 46 is to receive briefing from county attorney and authorize county attorney to retain necessary experts and take appropriate action concerning the matter of blayn williams versus margo frasier, Travis County sheriff, in the united states district court, western district of Texas, Austin division, civil action number a-01-ca-470, consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. 47, receive briefing from county attorney and authorize county attorney to accept, reject or counteroffer for settlement and take appropriate action in the matter of merlin spanky handily versus Travis County, Texas, city of Austin, Texas, diana dinwiddie individually and in her individual capacity, casey pink individually and in his official capacity. Gordonberg, kevin mcdonald and richard herring ton in the united states district court, western district of Texas, Austin division. Consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. And number 48 is to receive legal advice on request from mr. Kenneth sneed to waive penalty and interest on taxes due and take appropriate action. Consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act. I look over a notice that we got from the county attorney's office asking us to roll item number 43 one week, so notwithstanding the previous announcement, we will not discuss 43 in executive session, but will instead have it back on the court's agenda on March 25th of '03. We will discuss the other announced items and we'll return to open court before taking any action.
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>> we have just returned from executive session where we discussed the following items. Number 41, after consulting with the county attorney's office on this matter, we are convinced that we need a couple more weeks. To give them an opportunity to work with sheriff's department staff, brackenridge and also the doctor. And the first week in April, what date is that?
>> April first?
>> April 1st we will have this matter back on the agenda. Number 42 involving various county space, we did get an update, no additional action today, just ask staff to keep on keeping on. 43, we previously postponed. 44, a little bit of additional advice, no action required. I guess we can pull this item, put it back on --
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>> 45, basically we asked staff to contact the appropriate parties [multiple voices]
>> couple more weeks maybe.
>> just put it back on when we need it.
>> yeah, when we need it.
>> we were asked to pull number 46. Until further notice. We got an update on 47 involving the handley matter, we were asked to have it back on the commissioners court agenda next week to -- to further discuss an appropriate response to a settlement offer. Pursuant to a court order, also. 48, we asked legal counsel to chat with mr. Snead's attorney, find out exactly what the request is so we can take appropriate action. That will be back on next Tuesday, also.
>> and to actually even be direct -- it may be that we are directing his inquiry to somebody else because it is not ours to grant.
>> right. If there's no action for us to take, then --
>> right.
>> we will make sure that we get them to the right place to get an answer.
>> based on my review of the agenda, that does it for us.
>> move we adjourn.
>> second.
>> all in favor? That passes by unanimous vote.
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