HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017/09/26-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
City Council Work Session meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 4:48 p.m. on Tuesday,
September 26, 2017, to convene into the Special City Council Meeting for the closed Executive
Session in the City Council Conference Room 290 of the Fort Worth Municipal Building.
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tem Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5 (left at 5:32pm)
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 (left at 5:16 pm)
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Gerald Pruitt, Deputy City Attorney
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Jay Chapa, Assistant City Manager
Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
Aaron Bovos, Chief Financial Officer
Denis McElroy, Law
Laetitia Brown, Law
Assistant Chief Kenneth Dean
Captain Mark Pitt
Lieutenant Mark Barthen
Steve Cooke, Property Management
LeAnn Guzman, Law
Denis McElroy, Law
Robert Stums, Economic Development
Brenda Hicks-Sorenson, Economic Development
Michael Henning, Economic Development
Mattie Parker, Mayor's Office
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, September 26, 2017, in the City Council
Conference Room 290 of the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the
following:
A. The City Council will conduct a closed meeting in order to discuss matters permitted by the
following sections of Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code:
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 26,2017
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CITY ATTORNEY
1. Section 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY
To seek the advice of its attorneys concerning the following pending or contemplated litigation
or other matter that is exempt from public disclosure under Article X, Section 9 of the Texas
State Bar Rules:
a. Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's City Council meeting agendas.
CITY MANAGER
1. Section 551.072, DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY
Deliberate the purchase, sale, lease or value of real property where deliberation in an open
meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third
ply.
2. Section 551.087,DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEGOTIATIONS
Deliberate the commercial or financial information or the offer of a financial or other incentive
to a business prospect.
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 5:44 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
Attest: Approved:
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City Secretary