HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018/03/27-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MARCH 27,2018
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 5:05 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 27, 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
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
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Laetitia Brown, Law
Lynn Winter, Law
Randle Harwood, Planning and Development
Dana Burghdoff, Planning and Development
J.B. Strong, Law
Denis McElroy, Law
Melinda Ramos, Law
Tyler Wallach, Law
Justin Newhart, Planning and Development
Patrice Randle, Internal Audit
John Riggs, Internal Audit
Assistant Police Chief, Ed Krause
Police Chief, Joel Fitzgerald
Laetitia Brown, Law
Mattie Parker, Mayor's Office
Aaron Bovos, Chief Financial Officer
Deirdre O'Neal-Mills, Risk Management
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 5:11 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in the City Council
Conference Room 290 of the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the
following:
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH 27, 2018
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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. Henry Newsom v. Texas Health Resources, Jeremy Flores, J Romer and Jonathan
Walterbach, Cause No. 153-296521-17, in the 153`d Judicial District, Tarrant County,
Texas
b. Legal issues regarding the application of City property tax exemptions; and
c. Legal issues regarding 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.
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 5:49 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.
Attest: Approved:
Mary Kayser etsy
City Secretary May