Case File 26-1241
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Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071 and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to Article II, Section 11 of the City Charter and other legal matters related to the hearing for the removal action of the mayor, including referral to the Ethics Commission, reprimand, suspension, or removal of the mayor.
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Pull charter removal provision and closed-session records for mayor hearing
Why now: Identical executive session items citing Texas Government Code § 551.071, Disciplinary Rule 1.05, and Article II, Section 11 of the City Charter were posted for special meetings on August 6 and August 7, 2026, listing referral, reprimand, suspension, or removal of the mayor as possible outcomes.
What to do: Obtain the full text of Article II, Section 11 of the City Charter along with the posted notices, certified agendas, and any minutes for the August 6 and August 7 special meetings, then confirm whether the charter prescribes hearing steps (notice, charges, open deliberation, vote threshold) that the closed sessions bypassed. The posting invokes only the attorney-consultation exception in Texas Government Code § 551.071, so the open question is whether deliberation on referral to the Ethics Commission, reprimand, suspension, or removal itself stayed within that stated exception — a question that gets much harder to reconstruct once the sessions conclude and any action is ratified.
Act before: After the requested charter text and meeting records are produced
Ask why identical mayor removal session ran two straight days
Why now: The same executive session item concerning Article II, Section 11 of the City Charter and the mayor's possible referral to the Ethics Commission, reprimand, suspension, or removal appears on both the August 6 and August 7, 2026 special meeting agendas with no recorded open-session result.
What to do: Ask the city secretary and city attorney what happened between the August 6 and August 7 special meetings that produced word-for-word identical closed-session postings on consecutive days, and whether the removal hearing was recessed, continued, or reset — then request the open-session minutes for both dates to see whether any vote, referral, or reprimand was taken in public. The record shows only the closed-session posting twice with no disclosed outcome, and the distinction between a continued hearing and a re-noticed one determines whether the mayor received the charter's process.
Act before: After the requested minutes for both meeting dates are produced
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Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071 and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to Article II, Section 11 of the City Charter and other legal matters related to the hearing for the removal action of the mayor, including referral to the Ethics Commission, reprimand, suspension, or removal of the mayor.
Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071 and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to Article II, Section 11 of the City Charter and other legal matters related to the hearing for the removal action of the mayor, including referral to the Ethics Commission, reprimand, suspension, or removal of the mayor.