HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018/03/06-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MARCH 6, 2018
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 4:47 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 6, 2018, 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 5:30pm)
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
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
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Aaron Bovos, Chief Financial Officer
Mattie Parker, Mayor's Office (Left at 5:25 pm)
Patrice Randle, Internal Audit
Chief Joel Fitzgerald, Police
Denis McElroy, Law
Richard McCracken, Law
Melinda Ramos, Law
Tyler Wallach, Law
Leann Guzman, Law
Chris Mosely, Law
Carolyn McFatridge, Law
Kelly Madrid, Law
Deputy Chief Krause, Police
Dana Burghdoff, Planning and Development
Randle Harwood, Planning and Development
Randy Hutcheson, Planning and Development
Justin Newhart, Planning and Development
John Riggs, Internal Audit
Sandra Youngblood, Park and Recreation
Brian Dickerson, Human Resources
Kevin Gunn, ITS
Deirdre O'Neal-Mills, Risk Management
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH 6, 2018
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With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 4:50 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 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 ATTORNEY
1. Section 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY
To seek the advice of its attorney about pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers, or
any matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council under the Texas Disciplinary
Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open
Meetings Act. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.071]:
a. Leann Walley v. City of Fort Worth, Cause No. 4:17-cv-00168-0, in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division;
b. Legal issues regarding the application of City property tax exemptions
c. Legal issues regarding vendor payment processes; and
d. 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
party.
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.
B. The City Council may reconvene in open session in the City Council Conference Room and
act on any item listed on the Executive Session Agenda in accordance with Chapter 551 of the
Texas Local Government Code.
Deliberate the commercial or financial information or the offer of a financial or other incentive
to a business project.
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH 6, 2018
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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 5:53 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, 2018.
Attest: Approved:
Mary Kayser 4e:tsce
City Secretary