STATE OF TEXAS             )( )(
                                                                                 COUNTY OF RUNNELS    )( )(
	                CITY OF BALLINGER        )( )(
	
	On this the 25th day of April 2020 the Ballinger City Council met in special called session at 9:00 a.m., in the Council Chamber of City Hall located at 700 Railroad Avenue with the following members present:

	         Dawni Seymore                    Mayor
                    Jeff Smith                             Council Member # 1
                    Richard “Rick” Morrish         Mayor Pro-tem
	         Ryan Lange                         Council Member #3
                   Michael New      	           Council Member # 4

	City Staff:

	         Bonita Shields                       City Secretary
	                                                       City Manager
	         William “Pat” Chesser           City Attorney
	         Absent                                   Chief of Police
	          Chad Mercer			 Code Enforcement
	     	     	
	Others present: 

	CALL TO ORDER:
Mayor Dawni Seymore called the meeting to order at 9:06 a.m.

PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
	Council Member Rick Morrish was asked to lead the group in a word of prayer and the pledge of allegiance and pledge to the Texas flag.

	EXECUTIVE SESSION:
	The Council went into executive session at 9:08 a.m. pursuant to Chapter 551.074 ( Personnel Matters) of the Texas Government Code to conduct interviews on four applicants for the City Manager position.

	RECONVENE:
	The City Council closed the executive session and convened into regular session at 1:34 p.m.
	No action was taken.

	ADJOURN:
	Council Member Michael Riley made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:35 p.m. Second by Council Member Ryan Lange and was unanimously approved.

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		     Dawni Seymore
                                                                                      Mayor

ATTEST:

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Bonita F. Shields
City Secretary