HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020/05/09-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MAY 19,2020
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 12:19 p.m. on Tuesday,
May 19, 2020, 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 Jungus Jordan,District 6
Council Member Carlos Flores,District 2(Virtual)
Council Member Brian Byrd,District 3 (Virtual)
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens,District 5 (Virtual) (12:42 pm)
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray,District 8 (Virtual)
Council Member Ann Zadeh,District 9 (Virtual)
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, Assistant City Manager(Virtual)
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Jay Chapa,Deputy City Manager
Reggie Zeno, Chief Financial Officer
Chelsea Adler, Mayor's Office
Denis McElroy,Law
Chris Moseley, Law
Chief Edwin Kraus
Robert Sturns, Economic Development
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, with a quorum of the City
Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into closed Executive Session
at 1:10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 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 OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 19, 2020
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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 concerning City of Fort Worth and David Cooke, in His Official ,
Capacity as Fort Worth City Manager v. Stephanie Lynn Rylie et al,-Supreme
Court of Texas No. 18-1231;
b. Legal issues concerning Alexis Carlito-Garcias v. City of Fort Worth, et al., Case
No. 4:20-cv-00330-P; and
c. Legal issues concerning 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 1:12 p.m. on
Tuesday,May 19, 2020.
Attest: Approved:
Mary J. K r Betsy Price
City Secretary Mayor