HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019/12/17-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
DECEMBER 17,2019
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Pro tem Jordan
adjourned the City Council Work Session meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 4:41 p.m.
on Tuesday,December 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 Pro tem Jungus Jordan, District 6
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 Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Absent
Mayor Betsy Price
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
Kevin Gunn,Acting Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington,Assistant City Manager
Reggie Zeno, Chief Financial Officer
Mattie Parker,Mayor's Office
Denis McElroy, Law
Melinda Ramos, Law
Brian Dickerson, Human Resources
Tyler Wallach, Law
Justin Newhart, Planning and Development
Carolyn McFatridge, Law
Charles Ramirez, Police
Edwin Kraus, Police
Laetitia Brown,Law
Kelly Albin,Law
Raymond Hill, Fire
Deirdre O'Neal-Mills, Risk Management
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
DECEMBER 17,2019
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With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session ,at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, in the City Council
Conference Room 290 of the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the
following:
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 §551.07I]:
a. Legal issues concerning Kenneth Morgan v. City of Fort Worth, Civil Action No.
4:18-cv-00992-0, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Texas, Fort Worth Division;
b. Legal issues concerning Dorshay Morris v. City of Fort Worth, Texas, et. al.,
Civil Action 4:19-cv-00638-A, in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division;
c. Legal issues concerning Female Firefighter Jane Doe v. Fort Worth, Texas, et al.,
Civil Action No. 4:19-cv-01001-A, in the United States District Court, Northern
District of Texas, Fort Worth Division; 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.
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
DECEMBER 17, 2019
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With no further business to be conducted, Mayor Pro tem Jordan adjourned the meeting at
5:34 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, 2019.
Attest: Approved:
Mary J. K etsy rice
city Secretary Mayor