Travis County Commissioners Court
October 6, 2009,
Executive Session
That does it for the regular open court items.
i do see mr.
hicks here.
on item 21.
on 22, 23, 24, do we need to call those up today or can we just postpone those?
>>
>> [inaudible - no mic]
>> > all right let's announce those, too, then.
21.
receive legal briefing from county attorney and outside counsel renea hicks, esq.
and take appropriate action regarding the matter of northwest Austin m.u.d.
v.
holder in the supreme court of the united states.
we will postpone 22, 23, we will not discuss either in executive session.
24 we will discuss -- by the way -- 21 is a consultation with attorney exception to the open meetings act.
24.
consider and take appropriate action concerning the offer to settle Travis County's workers compensation lien on the claims of benjamin maldonado; subrogation.
consultation with attorney, also, so just two items to discuss.
for the record, when we come back to open court, we will take appropriate action on those two items.
if any.
and adjourn the Commissioners court meeting, then take up the two corporations, which should take a matter of seconds.
>> okay.
>> > we are back from executive session where we announced number 21, the matter involving the northwest Austin m.u.d.
versus holder in the supreme court of the united states.
i move that with regard to the case of northwest Austin municipal utility district number 1 verse eric holder oh, et al., number 106 cv 1384 in the united states district court for the district of columbia, that we authorize Travis County to join with the united states through the u.s.
department of justice and all other defendant interveners to enter into a consent decree subject to federal district court approval with the plaintiff northwest Austin municipal utility district number 1 which would allow the mud to, 1, bail out under section 4 of the voting rights act from the obligation of section 5 or obligations of section 5 of the voting rights act.
and number 2, dismiss the m.u.d.'s challenge to the constitutionality of section 5 of the voting rights act.
>> second.
>> motion by judge Biscoe, seconded by Commissioner Davis.
discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
we also discussed item number 24 involving the claims of benjamin maldanado subrogation.
move that we reject the $5,000 counteroffer and counter the count we are an offer to settle for $7,500.
>> second.
>> discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
and that does it for the voting session of Commissioners court.
>> move we adjourn.
>> second.
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
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