Emergency City Council Meeting
Special MeetingTomball, TX · December 30, 2022
Minutes
MINUTES OF EMERGENCY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF TOMBALL, TEXAS
Friday, December 30, 2022
2:00 PM
The City Council of the City of Tomball, Texas, conducted the meeting scheduled for December 30, 2022,
2:00 PM, at 401 Market Street, Tomball, Texas 77375, via telephone conference.
A. Mayor Klein Quinn called the meeting of the Tomball City Council to order at 2:00 p.m.
PRESENT
Council 1 John Ford (video)
Council 2 Mark Stoll
Council 3 Dane Dunagin
Council 4 Derek Townsend, Sr.
Council 5 Randy Parr
OTHERS PRESENT
City Manager – David Esquivel
Assistant City Manager – Jessica Rogers
City Secretary – Doris Speer
City Attorney – Loren B. Smith
Assistant City Secretary – Tracylynn Garcia
Police Captain-Patrol – Brandon Patin
Court Administrator – Maria Morris
B. No Public Comments were received.
C. New Business
1. Pursuant to Section 551.045 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of
the City of Tomball Texas will hold an emergency meeting to consider action
regarding an emergency or urgent public necessity made necessary by a
reasonably unforeseeable situation, to wit, cyberattack interrupting
communication facilities and total failure of City’s information technology
infrastructure and systems.
Executive Session: The City Council recessed at 2:05 p.m. to meet in Executive
Session as Authorized by Title 5, Chapter 551, Government Code, the Texas
Open Meetings Act, for the Following Purpose(s):
Minutes
Emergency City Council Meeting
December 30, 2022
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ᵒ Sec. 551.071 - Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code,
Consultation with City Attorney regarding a matter that the attorney’s duty
requires to be held in closed meeting
ᵒ Sec. 418.183(f) – (Texas Disaster Act) regarding Critical Infrastructure
Upon reconvening at 3:12 p.m., the following action was taken:
2. Motion by Council 5 Parr, Seconded by Council 4 Townsend, Sr., to authorize the
City Manager to expend the necessary funds for upgrades to city-wide systems
and the recovery of city data.
Voting Yea: Council 1 Ford, Council 2 Stoll, Council 3 Dunagin, Council 4
Townsend, Sr., Council 5 Parr
Motion carried unanimously.
D. Motion by Council 5 Parr, Seconded by Council 3 Dunagin, to adjourn.
Voting Yea: Council 1 Ford, Council 2 Stoll, Council 3 Dunagin, Council 4 Townsend,
Sr., Council 5 Parr
Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 16th day of January 2023.
Doris Speer Lori Klein Quinn
Doris Speer Lori Klein Quinn
City Secretary, TRMC, MMC Mayor
Agenda
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF TOMBALL, TEXAS
Friday, December 30, 2022
2:00 PM
Notice is hereby given of a Regular meeting of the Tomball City Council, to be held on
Friday, December 30, 2022 at 2:00 PM, City Hall, 401 Market Street, Tomball, Texas 77375,
for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. All agenda items are subject to
action. The Tomball City Council reserves the right to meet in a closed session for
consultation with attorney on any agenda item should the need arise and if applicable
pursuant to authorization by Title 5, Chapter 551, of the Texas Government Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TOMBALL, TEXAS, WILL CONDUCT AN
EMERGENCY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 30, 2022, AT 2:00 PM, AT
401 MARKET STREET, TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77375. THIS MEETING AGENDA AND
THE AGENDA PACKET ARE POSTED ONLINE AT:
HTTPS://TOMBALLTX.GOV/ARCHIVE.ASPX?AMID=38
A RECORDING OF THE MEETING WILL BE MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE
TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT UPON
WRITTEN REQUEST.
A. Call to Order
B. Public Comments and Receipt of Petitions; [At this time, anyone will be allowed to speak
on any matter other than personnel matters or matters under litigation, for length of
time not to exceed three minutes. No Council/Board discussion or action may take place
on a matter until such matter has been placed on an agenda and posted in accordance
with law - GC, 551.042.]
C. New Business
1. Pursuant to Section 551.045 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of
the City of Tomball Texas will hold an emergency meeting to consider action
regarding an emergency or urgent public necessity made necessary by a
reasonably unforeseeable situation, to wit, cyberattack interrupting
communication facilities and total failure of City’s information technology
infrastructure and systems.
Agenda
Emergency City Council Meeting
December 30, 2022
Page 2 of 2
Executive Session: The City Council will meet in Executive Session as
Authorized by Title 5, Chapter 551, Government Code, the Texas Open Meetings
Act, for the Following Purpose(s):
ᵒ Sec. 551.071 - Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, Consultation
with City Attorney regarding a matter that the attorney’s duty requires to
be held in closed meeting
ᵒ Sec. 418.183(f) – (Texas Disaster Act) regarding Critical Infrastructure
2. Consideration and Action regarding expenditures pertaining to the recovery of
city wide systems and data
D. Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board of City Hall,
City of Tomball, Texas, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the 29th
day of December 2022 by 5:00 PM, and remained posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding
the scheduled time of said meeting.
Doris Speer, City Secretary TRMC, MMC
This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for accommodations or
interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the City Secretary’s office at (281)
290-1002 or FAX (281) 351-6256 for further information.
AGENDAS MAY BE VIEWED ONLINE AT www.ci.tomball.tx.us.
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