HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018/10/23-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
OCTOBER 23, 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 4:24 p.m. on Tuesday,
October 23, 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 Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Absent:
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
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
Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
Jay Chapa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Mattie Parker, Mayor's Office
Kevin Gunn, Acting Chief Financial Officer
Tyler Wallach, Law
Denis McElroy, Law
Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald
Laetitia Brown, Law
Brandon Bennett, Code
Melinda Ramos, Law
Chris Moseley, Law
Harvey Frye, Law
Margaret Wise, Human Resources
Brian Dickerson, Human Resources
Dee Kelly, Jr., Kelly Hart
Marianne Auld, Kelly Hart
Paul Schrader, PFM
Sean McNeely, PFM
Bruce Rideaux, PFM
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER 23, 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 4:33 p.m. on Tuesday, October 23, 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. Legal issues related to proposed amendments to the Employees' Retirement Fund of the
City of Fort Worth;
b. Stephannie Lynn Rylie, et al. v. The City of Fort Worth and David Cooke, in his official
capacity as City Manager, Cause No. 17-276483-15;
c. Legal issues related to funding for Trinity River Vision Project; 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.
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 5:52 p.m. on Tuesday, October 23, 2018.
Attest: Approved•
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