HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011/08/30-Minutes-City Council-Executive SessionCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
AUGUST 30, 2011
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Pro tem Zimmerman
adjourned the City Council Budget Study Session on the FY2012 Budget at 12:22 p.m. on
August 30, 2011, 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 Pro tem W. B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Frank Moss, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kathleen Hicks, District 8
Absent:
Mayor Betsy Price
Council Member Joel Burns, District 9
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, Interim City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Marty Hendrix, City Secretary
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Karen Montgomery, Assistant City Manager
Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Gerald Pruitt, Deputy City Attorney
Carolyn McFatridge, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Christa Reynolds, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Randle Harwood, Director Planning and Development
Richard Zavala, Director Parks and Community Services
Rick Trice, Assistant Director -Gas Wells, Planning and Development
Jean Petr, Gas Lease Program Manager, Planning and Development
Lena Ellis, Director Financial Management Services
Nancy McKenzie, Senior Risk Analyst/Supervisor, Risk Management Division
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AUGUST 30, 2011
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With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 12:22 p.m. on August 30, 2011, 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. Legal issues regarding the subsurface drilling of Wedgewood Park;
b. Ric Clark, David Ellis, and Weldon Norman, Individually and On Behalf of
Others Similarly Situated v. City of Fort Worth, Texas, Civil Action No. 4:10
CV- 0519 -A; and
C. Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's City Council meeting agendas.
2. Deliberate the purchase, exchange, 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 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.
Mayor Pro tern Zimmerman adjourned the closed Executive Session at 12:36 p.m., on Tuesday,
August 30, 2011, and reconvened back into the Special City Council Meeting.
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 Pro tem Zimmerman
adjourned the meeting at 12:36 p.m., on Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
Attest:
Approved:
Marty Hend 'x W m" Zimmerman
City Secretary Mayor Pro tem