HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005/01/11-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JANUARY 11, 2005
Date &Time On the 11th day of January, A.D., 2004, the City Council of the
City of t=ort Worth, Texas, met in special session, at 5.20 p.m.,
with the following members and officers present:
Attendance Mayor Mike Moncrief; Mayor Pro tempore Ralph McCloud;
Council Members Jim Lane, Chuck Silcox, Becky Haskin,
Donavan Wheatfall, Clyde Picht, and John Stevenson; City
Manager Charles Boswell; City Attorney David Yett and City
Secretary Marty Hendrix. Council Member Wendy Davis was
absent. With more than a quorum present, the following
business was transacted:
Executive Session It was the consensus of the City Council that the City Council
meet in closed session at 5:20 p.m. to:
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) Ex Parte Lone Star Local Government Corporation
and the City of Fort Worth, Texas, Cause No. 67-
208473-04;
b) City of t=ort Worth v. 3120 Precinct Line Road
L.L.C. and Walker Branch Recycling, Inc., Cause
No. 04-20857-2;
c) Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company v. City
of Fort Worth, No. 4-03CV-139-Y (5th Circuit Court
of Appeals—04-10433);
d) Legal issues concerning state and local financial
disclosure requirements for public officials and
candidates;
e) Legal issues concerning any item listed on
today's City Council meeting agendas; and
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
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
JANUARY 11, 2005
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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.
Adjournment There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at
5:50 P.M. P.M.
C TY SECTARY MAYOR