Travis County Commissioners Court
July 14, 2009,
Executive Session
Ms.
porter, I believe we've come to executive session.
number 21, consider and take appropriate action regarding proposal for downtown office building by d2000, a turn key development company.
consultation with attorney and real property exceptions to the open meetings act.
22, receive legal briefing from county attorney on issues regarding implementation and status of the human resources management department development plan for executive manager of administrative operations and director of human resources and take appropriate action.
consultation with attorney.
number 23, deliberate implementation and status of human resources management department development plan for executive manager of administrative operations and director of human resources and take appropriate action.
personnel matters exception to the open meetings act.
24, receive briefing from county attorney and take appropriate action in Travis County et al.
versus trydough company, llc, warnecker enterprises, llc, restale deed.
consultation with attorney.
25, receive briefing from county attorney and take appropriate action in Travis County et al.
versus jean treadwell, consultation with attorney.
26, receive briefing from county attorney and take appropriate ax in james t.
knox.
rhoni a.
lahn resale deed.
consultation with attorney.
27, consider and take appropriate action concerning settlement offer rendered to maria villarreal.
consultation with attorney.
28, receive legal briefing from county attorney and take appropriate action regarding whether to file suit against sheila bailey to recover for damage to a county owned guardrail.
commentation with attorney exception.
29, receive legal briefing and take appropriate action regarding whether to file suit against troy trailer to recover damage to a county owned guardrail.
consultation with attorney exception.
30, consider and take appropriate action on offer to sell approximately 29.35 acres of undeveloped land located west of loop 360 between rm 222 and spicewood springs road in precinct 3 for addition to balcones canyonlands preserve.
consultation with attorney and real estate exceptions to the open meetings act.
and 31, consider and take appropriate action regarding security committee recommendations for the fiscal year 2010.
and this is under the security exception to the open meetings act.
we will discuss these items in executive session but will return to open court before taking any action.
>> we rejoined executive session where we detective the announced items.
-- session where we announced the items including, item 21 matter involving for propose of downtown proopposed for a turnkey development company, I move we authorize a county judge to take the language in the proposed resolution, reduce it to a letter.
basically indicating the same content and that we authorize two members out of Commissioners court to serve as county representatives instead of just one, and that we have it back on the court's agenda for approval next Tuesday.
did we land on the second number?
>> may I make a friendly amendment that it be mr.
Huber?
>> yes, so the judge and Commissioner Huber.
>> that will be fine.
>> seconded by Commissioner Gomez.
discussion?
all those in favor.
show Eckhardt, Huber and yours truly voting in favor and Davis abstaining and number two we talked with legal counsel and the discussion in the fact that is surfaced the last couple of days, I move we have this matter back ton court's agenda two wokes from today that will be 22 and two weeks from today is the 28th of July.
>> second.
>> discussion?
>> do we need 22 and 23?
>> we actually did not discuss 23 and I was going to indicate we will have both of them on.
discussion?
all those in favor.
i show Commissioners Eckhardt, Davis, yours truly and mr.
davis abstaining, we did not discuss item 23 and because of our discussion in 22, with legal counsel but we will have 23 back on at the same time we have 2 back on, that is July 28th.
any other action required of 23?
twenty-four is the matter involved the proposing (warnecker enterprises, llc resale deed).
1 for the judge to execute the proposed tax resale deed because the warnecker enterprises llc had played $6,033 in cash.
discussion?
all in favor.
that passes by unanimous vote.
proposed tax resale deed to run a lawn, lahn, who has paid Travis County $3,000 in cash.
>> second
>> discussion?
all in favor.
that passes by unanimous vote.
item number 27 is a when the ter of settlement offer of a payment owed for star flight services rendered to maria villarreal, and I move that we offer to settle this matter for $4,876 contingent upon the county actually being paid this money.
>> second.
>> discussion?
the difference of not being a promise to pay but actually a payment received.
all in favor.
that passes by unanimous vote.
number 28, we did discuss and in my view need to postpone it at least one week to allow additional time for research andn looking into ownership of the vehicle in question.
any other action required on this one today?
then it will be back on the court's agenda the 21st of July of 2009.
twenty-nine is a matter involved tray taylor who damaged county owned guardrail, I move we authorize the county attorney to file a lawsuit.
>> second.
>> discussion?
all those in favor.
this passes by unanimous vote.
thirty is an offer to sale Travis County 29.35-acres of undeveloped land located west of loop 360 when rm2222 and spice wood springs road.
i move that we agree to -- I move we approve the agreement to settle this and acquire this land for $1,042,000 and erecting a sign on said properties that three feet by three feet indicateg that owners sold the property to Travis County.
>> second.
>> discussion?
by the way that is the amount of the appraisal that Travis County did.
all in favor.
this passes by unanimous vote.
number 31, we did discuss security recommendations with the security committee as swell as our planning and budget -- as well as our planning and budget office, and in my view, any action required today?
>> no.
>> let's think about this a little bit.
at some point we need to come back -- it will come back as either a budget item or a security item or both.
but we will make sure we do it in plenty of time to take action.
with that,.
>> we adjourn.
>> second.
>> all those in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
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