Travis County Commissioners Court
May 8, 2007
Executive Session
Now we have come to our executive session items. Number 35 is to receive up update and take appropriate action on selection of executive manager of justice and public safety. That is under the consultation with attorney and personnel matters. 36, consider and take appropriate action regarding point the of Travis County fire marshal and take appropriate action, consultation with attorney and personnel matters exceptions. 37, consider and take appropriate action regarding potential purchase of property along airport boulevard in central Austin. That is the real property exception to the open meeting act. 38 is to consider and take appropriate action on an offer to sell Travis County a point 082 acre, 3,586 square foot, parcel of land and a point 244 acre drainage and slope easement area located on howard lane in precinct one, required for construction of the howard lane east two roadway improvement project as parts of the 2005 bond program. Consultation with attorney and real property exceptions to the open meetings act. 39, consider and take appropriate action on a counter-offer to sell Travis County a point 043 acre, 1,8 1,873 square foot, tract of land, parcel number 15, and a point 014 acre, 618 square foot, tract of land, parcel number 16, needed for use as right-of-way in construction of the gattis school road improvement project as part of 2005 bond program, under the consultation with attorney and real property pep exceptions to the open meetings act. 40, consider and take appropriate action on an offer to trade to Travis County a point 316 acre, 13, 13,776 square foot tract of land, needed for use as right-of-way in construction of old manner road bridge number 113, in exchange for a point 23 acre, 10,0986, square foot parcel of excess unused right-of-way on duke road in precinct one, consultation with attorney and real property exceptions to the open meetings act. 41, consider and take appropriate action on an offer to sell Travis County a point 44 acre, 19,266 point 4 square foot tract of land needed for use as right-of-way in construction of the travis cool road, barton cream boulevard, improvement project in precinct three as part of the 2001 bond program. Consultation with attorney and real estate exceptions to the open meetings act. 42, receive legal briefing as take appropriate action on the expansion application and related documentation of bfi-all ied waste filed with the textation commission on environmental quality. My office was advised that staff really is not ready for that update unless the court just wants to discuss it. No reason to have the same discussion as last week. May as well wait. Therefore, notwithstanding the fact that I just read 42 we will not discuss it in executive session. Indeed, we will postpone it until may 15 for discussion next week. 43, consider and take appropriate action regarding leasing additional parking at the 812 san antonio parking garage, consultation with attorney and real estate exceptions to the open meetings act. 44, our last executive session item, receive report regarding security issues at the northwest rural community center in jones Jonestown and take appropriate action, and this will be under the security consultation with attorney and real estate exceptions, alve three, to the open meetings act. We'll discuss these mat erse in executive session but will return to open court before taking any action. Action.
We have returned from executive session where we discussed the following. We discussed a probable decision that would enable us to make a decision next week. Each of us should make a bit more time with the application and decide next Tuesday to move on what we have, whether to initiate another search or to discuss or to select another option that we have not thought about today. If those directions are fine we will just do those without objection. If there's a more specific motion, we will entertain it at this time. 38 ask a matter involving the appointmentment of a fire March shall. I move that we appoint brad meacham as fire marshal and make it effective next Tuesday, which is may 15, that we authorize the county judge to negotiate an appropriate salary with mr. Meacham next week and report back to the court so the court can take action on that. Up to but not exceeding.
>> (inaudible)
>> we will do that next week make the official appointment next week. It really is to make the choice, communicate with him bring bag back the salary and appointment. My recommendation to the court will be that the appointment be for a period of 12 months, that we indicate our intention to sit with him one year from next Tuesday, the effective date of the appointment, and evaluate progress, et cetera cetera. The law authorizes us up to two years. And that will be more specifically worded next week. Second by Commissioner Davis Davis. Discussion? All in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. We do express our regret in this matter taking a little longer than we were hoping it would, but this is the Travis County Commissioners court. Number 7 involves potential purchase of a property along airport boulevard in Austin. No specific action today. We did direct our consultants to discuss the price a bit more with the owners of the property in question, and two weeks from today on may 22, we will have this matter back on the agenda for appropriate follow-up action. 38 involves real property that we need as part of the howard lane roadway improvement project. I move that we accept the offer from mike peter, the property owner, to sell the property in question and described in this item, to us for the sum of $31,156. Discussion? All in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. 39, property that we need for the gattis school road improvement project, I move that we reject the offer and communicate a counter offer to purchase the said property for the sum of $14, $14,300.
>> second.
>> discussion? All in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. Number 40, I move that we with approve the offer to trade the property in question that we need for the old manner road bridge number 113 project, in exchange for property that the county owns but does not plan to use, after being assured by our consultants that the property that we will acquire is worth at least as much as the property that we will transfer to the property owner.
>> second.
>> the county financially ends up in a good position. Discussion? All in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. 41 sñmp, move that we accept the offer from nature conserve si to sell to us the property in question, which is in the right-of-way of the travis-cook road project for the sum of $35 $35,000.
>> second.
>> any discussion? All in favor. Those that passes by unanimous vote. We did not discuss 42 but we will postpone until next week. 48 is a matter involving additional parking.
>> 43.
>> 43, right.
>> judge, may I mention just one thing, that the attorney for that did show up and wanted to make sure that you knew he was here just in case he needd to provide testimony. We told him that the item is moved to next week.
>> okay.
>> he wanted to make sure you knew he was here.
>> that was not in an effort to add to billable hours.
>> judge, we will be back. (inaudible)
>> I hope the staff will have the requested information next week and we will be able to have a meaningful discussion. 43, the parking spaces at san antonio street, 812, move that we agree to the terms recommended by the owner of the property, and that is that Travis County would lease for the rest of this year the spaces at $80 per parking space, and in calendar year '08, that amount would increase to $85 and that we agree to the other terms and conditions set forth in the contract proposed.
>> authorize you to sign it whenever it is completed.
>> and that you authorize your county judge to sign it when it is completed.
>> second.
>> discussion? All in favor. Show Commissioners Gomez, Davis, eckhardt and yours truly voting in favor. Commissioner dougherty voting against. Number 44 involves the northwest rural community center in Jonestown. We did get a staff staff briefing which includes several security members. I move that we authorize staff to proceed with the recommendation they laid before us, with the county to absorb additional costs from, it was a loss--
>> general fund loss prevention.
>> general fñnd loss prevention lined item. Should the item run short, it be called to the attention of the Commissioners court immediately so we can identify another source of funding, and if we need up update, should we have the item up next week just in case there is an update needed? We'll have it back on just in case. That is the motion.
>> second.
>> discussion? All in favor. That passes by unanimous vote. We did not discuss how long the executive session took.
>> but we will discuss it now. This meeting has no further business.
>> move adjourn.
>> seconded by Commissioner Daugherty. All in favor. Passes unanimously
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