HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020/07/24-Minutes-City Council-Special Called CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CALLED SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JULV 24, 2020
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 (Virtual)
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5 (Virtual)
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
Mary Kayser, City Secretary
I. Call to Order
Mayor Price called the Called Special meeting of the Fort Worth City Council to order at 10:05
a.m.,on Friday,July 24,2020,in the City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall,200 Texas
Street, Fort Worth, Texas, 76102, with a quorum present.
II. A. Certification of Official Returns by the City Secretary
City Secretary Kayser advised the Council that before them were the certification and tabulations
of the official election returns from Tarrant, Denton, and Parker Counties for continuation of the
Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District for ten years and the continuation of the
District's one-half cent sales tax for ten years with the certified cumulative returns for such election
reported as follows:
Crime Control and Prevention District
For: 36,045
Against: 19,930
Mayor Pro tern Jordan made a motion seconded by Council Member Shingleton to accept the
certification of the official returns and to direct that they be filed of record in the City's election
register. The motion carried 9-0.
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CALLED SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JULY 24,2020
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H.B. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution Canvassing the Votes and Declaring the
Results of the Election Held on July 14, 2020, on the Continuation of the Fort
Worth Crime Control and prevention District for Ten(10) Years and Continuation
of the District's One-Half Cent Sales Tax for Ten (10) Years.
Motion: Mayor Pro tem Jordan made a motion, seconded by Council Member Shingleton
that Resolution No. 5254-07-2020 be adopted. The motion carried 9-0.
III. Adjourn
There being no further business, Mayor Price adjourned the Called Special meeting at 10:06 a.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 4th day of August, 2020.
Attest: Approved:
Mary J. Ka er U etsy P 'ce
City Secretary Mayor