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CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tern 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 (Video)
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 (Video)
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9 (Video)
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Price called the Fort Worth
City Council Work Session to order at 12:34 p.m. on Friday, August 14, 2020, in the City
Council Conference Room 290 of the Fort Worth City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort
Worth, Texas.
1. Opening Remarks - Mayor Betsy Price and David Cooke, City Manager
2. Recommendations on Proposed Changes and Programs within the Police
Department and the CCPD Budget—Chief Kraus
Report was provided by Chief Kraus. Additionally, Deputy Chief Neil Noakes and Pastor
Rodney McIntosh provided a briefing on the Group Violence Intervention Program.
3. Presentation on Options Concerning the Makeup of the CCPD Board—Denis
McElroy
Report was provided by Sr. Assistant City Attorney Denis McElroy.
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4. Update on Process and Schedule for Completing Final Recommendations
Concerning Civilian Oversight—Kim Neal
Report was provided by Police Oversight Director Kim Neal.
5. Briefing on Proposed Business Equity Ordinance—Christina Brooks
Report was provided by Diversity and Inclusion Director Christina Brooks.
6. Recommendations on Process and Schedule for Completing Municipal Equity
Plan—Christina Brooks
Report was provided by Diversity and Inclusion Director Christina Brooks.
7. Update on Race and Culture Task Force Recommendations Implementation—
Fernando Costa
Report was provided by Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa. Additionally, Director
of TPW William Johnson, provided detailed information on TPW's work in Majority
Minority Areas.
S. Closing Remarks -Mayor Betsy Price and David Cooke, City Manager
There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Price adjourned
the meeting at 4:25 p.m.
J4Mary J. Kay e
Recording Secretary
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