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The Watauga City Council held a special meeting on September 24, 2026, calling to order at 5:30 PM with all council members present. The purpose was to address correspondence from the U.S. Department of Labor. The meeting included an executive session for legal consultation and a subsequent vote on a settlement agreement.
The meeting adjourned at 6:00 PM.
I call to order that we'll target City Council special meeting Thursday, September 24th, 2026, City City Hall, Council Chambers at 5 30 P.M. First Item of Business is roll call. Place one. Pat Shelborn, present. Place two. Chris Blackford, present. Place three. Love Vidowney, present. Place four. Andrew Neal present. Place five. Stephen Welch present. Place six. Mark Taylor, present. Place seven. Jan Hill present. Mayor Art Minor present. Ms. Prosky, any requests for public comment? Yes, sir. All right, moving on. Item number one. An executive session. The city council will recess its open meeting and reconvene in executive session to discuss the following items pursuant to the below reference sections of the Texas Government Code. Pursuant section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code legal consultation to consult with the city attorney regarding correspondence from the U.S. Department of Labor and seek legal advice concerning potential legal issues, obligations, and settlement. With that, we will recess into executive session at 531 p.m. She can't what? No. I'm one as fast as technology allows. I don't know how to hear the thing. I've got her, so we lost one of our rubber shop. Oh, okay. I reconvene the special meeting at 5 58 p.m. The item consider action on the executive session item consultation with city attorney regarding correspondence from the U.S. Department of Labor and to seek legal advice concerning potential legal issues, obligations, and settlement. Councilman Welch. Yes, sir. I would like to make a motion to approve a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to remit an assessment of not to exceed 96,000 seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars. Do I have a second? Councilman Hill. Second.