HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/08/21-Minutes-City Council-Executive SessionCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
AUGUST 21, 2012
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
Council meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday, August 21, 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 (left at 9:56 am)
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Joel Burns, District 9
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Gerald Pruitt, Assistant City Attorney
Laetitia Brown, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Dave Camp, City Marshal
Christa Reynolds, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Richard Talley, Water and Wastewater
James Mauldin, City Treasurer
Paul Tomme, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Denis McElroy, Assistant City Attorney Il
Richard Zavala, Director of Parks and Community Services
Jeff Halstead, Chief of Police
JoAnn Rowls, Sr. Risk Management Analyst
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AUGUST 21, 2012
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With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, in the Pre - Council Chamber
of the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
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 Related to Class Action Lawsuit Styled City of Greenville v. Syngenta Crop
Protection, Inc., and Syngenta AG, Case No. 3:10 -cv- 00188- JPG -PMF (Southern District
of Illinois);
b. Legal Issues Related to Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 1:08 -cv-
2516 (SDNY);
c. Legal Issues Related to Paz Energy v. DFW, Case No. 153- 237052 -09;
d. Legal Issues Related to Rose, et al, v. City of Fort Worth, Case No. 96- 244220 -10;
e. Legal Issues Related to Stacy Davidson, et al, v. City of Fort Worth and Daniel Lopez,
Civil Action No. 4:11 -cv- 00713 -A; and
f. 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.
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 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 21, 2012.
Attest:
Mary J. Zyd City Se e
Approved:
Betsy ce
Mayor