HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019/09/17-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
SEPTEMBER 17,2019
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 5:19 p.m. on Tuesday,
September 17, 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 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 Ann Zadeh,District 9
Absent:
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
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
Dana Burghdoff, Acting Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Jay Chapa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Kevin Gunn, Acting Assistant City Manager
Mattie Parker, Mayor's Office
Reggie Zeno, Chief Financial Officer
Melinda Ramos, Law
J.B. Strong, Law
Tyler Wallach, Law
Chris Mosely, Law
Dr. Tim Morton, Code Compliance
Denis McElroy, Law
Deirdre O'Neal-Mills, Risk
Laetitia Brown, LAw
Carolyn McFadden, Law
Chris Trout, Law
Brittaney Davis, Law
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 5:24 p.m. on Tuesday, September 17, 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
SEPTEMBER 17, 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 §551.071]:
a. Legal issues concerning claims against the City of Fort Worth and its former
employee, Ben Morgan;
b. Legal issues concerning Town of Northlake v. City of Justin, Supreme Court of
Texas Case Number 18-0651;
c. Legal issues concerning Joel F. Fitzgerald, Sr., v. City of Fort Worth, Texas,
Cause No. DC-19-08184; and
d. Legal issues regarding any item listed on today's City Council meeting agenda.
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.
With no further business to be conducted, Mayor Price adjourned the meeting at 6:19 p.m. on
Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
Attest: Approved:
Mary J. K se etsy Price
City Secretqy Mayor