Travis County Commissioners Court
Tuesday, December 7, 2010,
Executive Session
10 item 10 is to consider and take appropriate action on filling the position of executive manager, transportation and natural resources in executive session under personnel matters.
posted for executive session discussion today -- by the way, thank you all very, very much.
>> thank you very much, judge and Commissioners.
>> 21, receive briefing and take appropriate action and/or consider settlement offer in shea morrow versus tracy hill, civil action a-10-ca-554 ss.
consultation with attorney.
22, consider and take appropriate action regarding purchase of open space land in precinct 1.
consultation with attorney and real property exceptions.
we announced postponement of 23 until next week.
24, consider and take appropriate action regarding the potential purchase of real estate in central Austin.
consultation with attorney, real property exceptions.
25, receive legal briefing and take appropriate action on appeal from June 18, 2010, Travis County grievance panel decision in sergio flores versus precinct 3 constable richard mccain.
consultation with attorney and personnel matters.
26, receive briefing and take appropriate action on request for financial incentives for project helios, a solar energy initiative in northeast Travis County.
and this is under the financial incentives exception, and our final executive item is a 1, consider and take appropriate action regarding possible sale of county owned land off fm 969 in east Austin.
it will be under the consultation with attorney and the real property exceptions to the open meetings act.
we'll discuss these items in executive session but will return to open court before taking any action.
>> we've returned from executive session where we discussed the items that we announced, including number 10, the need to fill the position of executive manager, transportation and natural resources.
move that we select steven manilo to fill this position.
>> second.
>> that we ask Commissioner Eckhardt, do you want to join, Commissioner Davis?
>> she will be fine.
>> come on!
>> [ laughter ]
>> to chat with him regarding the salary and we'll have it on the court's agenda next week.
>> we'll chat with him.
all right.
that will be fine.
>> Commissioners Eckhardt and Davis in tandem will have that discussion.
we'll have it back on the court's agenda for appropriate action next week.
weekon the salary.
his selection is final today, though, if this motion passes.
did we get a second?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
by the way, Commissioners Huber and Gomez had to run to other important commitments.
a few minutes ago.
21, we did discuss.
that's the matter involving the morrow versus hill civil action.
in my view no action required today.
we'll have it back on the court's agenda next week for further discussion and appropriate action.
22, the matter involving the purchase of open space land in precinct 1.
we did have our discussion.
in my view no action required today.
I think staff got direction.
and indicated that they believed we would be able to take action on something specific two weeks from today, which is December 21st.
23, we did not discuss.
and announced that postponement earlier today.
24, the potential purchase of real estate in central Austin.
we did have a meaningful discussion.
in my view no action today.
need to have it back on the court's agenda next week.
any disagreement with that?
>> no.
>> and next week is 12/14.
25, the matter involving sergio flores versus precinct 3 constable richard mccain.
we did discuss the counteroffer.
in my view no action required today.
have it back on the court's agenda next week just in case.
is that what we said, john?
we'll have it back next week?
>>
>> [inaudible - no mic].
>> we'll just have it back on anyway.
how is that?
26, the matter involving financial incentives for project helios, a solar energy initiative in northeast Travis County.
we did discuss various outstanding issues on that matter.
we are not quite as far down the road on it as I thought we would be.
we gave staff specific directions after that full discussion.
we'll have it back on the court's agenda next week for appropriate action.
there is a press conference on that scheduled for the 15th of December to which the Commissioners court has been invited.
so I will just post it on the agenda and I guess each of us will take whatever action we deem appropriate.
>> okay.
let me just post that a quorum of the court may agenda, okay?
we'll have it back on the court's agenda on the 14th, so that's one day earlier if we are ready at that point, we'll just do it.
a-1 is the matter regarding the possible sale of county owned land off of fm 969.
I move that we approve a proposed amendment number 7, which effectively extends the due diligence period another 30 days until January 14th.
and hopefully we'll be able to close on this before the end of January.
>> second.
>> discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
that concludes our work for today.
>> do we have to do c -- 12-c?
>> hold on.
12-c is the data center.
we did discuss the need for a contract with cyrus?
is that the name of -- for the primary location for befit.
and we also said we would have another item on the agenda in a week for follow-up consideration.
>> move approval.
>> second?
discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
we approved the funding for that in the other part of that item earlier today.
>> right.
>> thank you.
>> move adjourn.
>> second?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
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