HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016/03/01-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MARCH 1,2016
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
Council meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, to
convene into the Special City Council Meeting for the closed Executive Session in the Pre-
Council Chamber of the Fort Worth Municipal Building.
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tem Salvador Espino, District 2 (left at 5:42)
Council Member W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Jay Chapa, Assistant City Manager
Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager (out at 6:16)
Gerald Pruitt, Deputy City Attorney
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Aaron Bovos, Chief Financial Officer
Chris Moseley, Law
Dana Burghdoff, Planning and Development
Randle Harwood, Planning and Development
Melinda Ramos, Law
Sofia Canady. Risk Management
Joel Fitzgerald, Police Chief
Abdul Pridgen, Asst. Police Chief
Mattie Parker, Mayor's Office
John Carman, Water
Patrice Randle, Internal Audit
Brian Dickerson, Human Resources
Rudy Jackson, Fire Chief
Laetitia, Brown, Law
Victoria Honey, Law
Denis McElroy, Law
Sam Steele, Property Management
Mary Elliot, Planning and Development
Christa Reynolds, Law
Steve Cooke, Property Management
Richard McCracken, Law
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH 1,2016
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Leann Guzman, Law
Glenn Balog, Property Management
Deanna Cody, property Management
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 4:54 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in the Pre-Council Chamber
of the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
1. Seek the advice of its attorneys concerning the following pending or contemplated
litigation or other matters that are exempt from public disclosure under Article X, Section 9 of
the Texas State Bar Rules and as authorized by Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code:
a. Turner v. City of Fort Worth, Civil Action No. 4:15-CV-00824-A, United States District
Court for the Northern District of Texas;
b. Legal issues concerning Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC v. Giovanni Homes
Corporation, No. 02-11-00237-CV (Second Court of Appeals, Fort Worth, Texas);
c. Legal issues concerning terminal leave pay for civil service employees;
d. Legal issues concerning City Secretary Contract No. 28585;
e. Legal issues concerning BAR-16-007; and
f. Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's City Council meeting agendas;
2. Deliberate the purchase, sale, lease or value of real property in accordance with Section
551.072 of the Texas Government Code. Deliberation in an open meeting would have a
detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third party; and
3. Deliberate concerning economic development negotiations as authorized by Section
551.087 of the Texas Government Code; and
4. Deliberate the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security
personnel or devices, in accordance with Section 551.076 of the Texas Government Code; and
The council adjourned Executive Session at 5:50 pm and reconvened at 5:59 pm.
There was no formal action taken by the City Council on the items discussed during the
Executive Session and with no further business to be conducted, Mayor Price adjourned the
meeting at 6:22 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
Attest: proved:
Mary J. Ka e 4BetCity Secretary