HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019/04/16-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
APRIL 16,2019
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 3:24 p.m. on Tuesday,
April 16, 2019, 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 tern 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
Gleniece Robinson for Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Jay Chapa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington,Assistant City Manager
Kevin Gunn, Acting Chief Financial Officer
Melinda Ramos, Law
Carolyn McFatridge, Law
LeAnn Guzman, Law
Kelly Albin, Law
Mattie Parker Mayor's Office
Allison Gray, Planning and Development
Dana Burghdoff, Planning and Development
Chris Harder, Water
JB Strong, Law
Denis McIlroy, Law
Steve Cooke, TPW
Ty Thompson, TPW
Mark Stefanik, TPW
Brian Dickerson, Human Resources
Larry Lockley, Human Resources
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 3:28 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 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
APRIL 16, 2019
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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 §551.0711:
a. Legal issues regarding Vance Keyes and Abdul Pridgen v. City of Fort Worth, Case No.
DC-17-15279;
b. Legal issues regarding implementation of Chapter 284, Texas Local Government Code
related to wireless facilities; and
c. 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 Section 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS
To hear a complaint or charge against and to deliberate the employment, evaluation,
reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of Judge Danny Rodgers.
C. 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.
With no further business to be conducted, Mayor Price adjourned the meeting at 5:14 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 16, 2019.
Attest: MP
ary J. Kay r
City Secret Mayor