Travis County Commissioners Court
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 (Agenda)
Executive Session
We are to executive session now?
all right.
this is a pretty long executive session.
beginning with 34, receive briefing from the county attorney in Travis County et al versus shirley bradford, city of lago vista, Texas resale deed and take proament action.
consultation with attorney exception.
35, receive briefing from the county attorney in Travis County et al verse edwenna long, christopher n.
taylor resale deed and take appropriate action.
consultation with attorney.
36, receive briefing from the county attorney in Travis County et al versus vincent g.
murdock, city of Austin resale deed and take appropriate action.
consultation with attorney.
37, receive briefing from the county attorney in Travis County et al versus stephen michael fletcher, bruce g.
smith resale deed, and take appropriate action.
consultation with attorney.
38, consider and take appropriate action concerning the settlement offer regarding payment for starflight services rendered to martha alvarez ramirez.
consultation with attorney.
39, receive briefing, consider settlement offer and take appropriate action on recommendation of mediation representative in jane doe versus richard dick furrs, number a-10-ca-005034-ly, consultation with attorney.
40, consider and take appropriate action regarding the lease agreement at 700 lavaca with dwyer murphy calvert, llp.
consultation with attorney plus real estate.
41, consider and take appropriate action regarding the purchase of open space land near gilliland greek in precinct 1.
that's the real estate exception.
let's also say consultation with attorney in 41 just in case.
we'll discuss these items in executive session, but will return to open court before taking any-action.
We have returned from executive session and discussed four of the items that we announced.
34, I move that we -- that we approve the -- the proposed tax resale deed to the city of lago vista, Texas, which has paid Travis County the sum of $3,000 in cash.
>> second.
>> seconded by Commissioner Gomez.
discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
on item no.
35, I move take we approve the -- the proposed resale deed to christopher n.
taylor, who has paid Travis County the sum of 8,431.16 and that we authorize the county judge to sign the deed on behalf of the Commissioners court.
>> second.
>> discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
item no.
36, I move that we proposed resale tax deed to the city of Austin which has paid Travis County the sum of 8,444.65, that we authorize the county judge to sign on behalf of the court.
>> second.
>> discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
on 37 I move that we pull this item for a week or two in order to give staff an opportunity to chat with t.n.r.
about this property to see if there are some facts about it that we should know, reasons why we should not sell it.
>> right.
>> is that right?
>> okay.
>> so we will have it back on after you are ready to make that presentation to us, okay?
>>
>> [indiscernible]
>> 38, is the matter involving the -- the payment for star flight services rendered to martha a.
ramirez.
I move that we renew our offer to settle this matter for $4,000.
>> second.
>> seconded by Commissioner Huber, discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
39, the matter involving the recommendation from mediation in the matter involving jane doe versus richard dick furrs, I move that we agree to settle this matter for $29,000.
>> second.
>> seconded by Commissioner Davis.
discussion?
by the way, there are other parts of that agreement that do not involve the -- the Commissioners court.
so this motion wouldn't cover those, right?
this motion would not cover the parts of the agreement that concern the constable.
>> there's going to be a separate agreement.
>> all right.
there will be a separate agreement.
any more discussion?
all in favor?
that passes by unanimous vote.
>> 40 is the matter involving --
>> before you move off of that item, were you going to authorize somebody else to sign that settlement agreement.
>> let's authorize the risk manager dan mansour to sign on behalf of the Commissioners court, assuming it's a pretty standard settlement agreement --
>> standard.
>>
>> [indiscernible]
>> no.
>> thank you.
>> by the way, we've already identified a source of funding on that risk management.
40 the matter involving the tenant at 700 lavaca, the -- the calvert llp.
we directed staff to chat with doris, our leasing agent at that building and so on this matter it will -- let's have it back on next week, just in case there's further consideration.
okay in.
>> okay.
>> 41 we did get a briefing on and in my view no action required today, Commissioner Davis.
>> no.
>> we'll have it back on at the appropriate time in the future.
colleagues, I'm happy to announce that concludes our business today.
>> move adjourn.
>> all in favor?
that passes unanimously by an enthusiastic Commissioners court.
5:09 p.m.
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