HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/06/05-Minutes-City Council-Executive SessionCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
JUNE 5, 2012
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
Pre - Council meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 4:12 p.m., on
June 5, 2012, 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 Betsy Price
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 Joel Burns, District 9
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kathleen Hicks, District 8
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Doug Black, Assistant City Attorney II
Gerald Pruitt, Deputy City Attorney
Carolyn McFatridge, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Jay Chapa, Director Housing and Economic Development Department
Pete Anderson, Chief Information Officer, IT Solutions Department
Police Chief Jeff Halstead, Police Department
Frank Crumb, Director, Water Department
JoAnn Rowls, Senior Risk Management Analyst, Financial Management Services Department
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 4:12 p.m. on June 5, 2012, in the Pre - Council Chamber of the Fort
Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JUNE 5, 2012
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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 regulation of off - premise signs;
b. Schorn v. City of Fort Worth, Cause No. 48- 245325 -10; 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 Price adjourned the closed Executive Session at 4:37 p.m., on Tuesday,
June 5, 2012, and convened into the Regular 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 Price adjourned the
meeting at 4:37 p.m., on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
Attest:
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Aary J. Kay e
City Secret
Approved:
Betsy P 'c
Mayor