HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020/10/20-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
OCTOBER 20,2020
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 5:27 p.m. on Tuesday,
October 20, 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 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 (Virtual at 6:12)
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 J. Kayser, City Secretary
Gerald Pruitt, Deputy City Attorney
Leann Guzman, Deputy City Attorney
Jay Chapa, Deputy City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Dana Burghdoff, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Chelsea Adler, Mayor's Office
Reggie Zeno, Chief Finance Officer
Melinda Ramos, Law
Leticia Brown, Law
Chris Moseley, Law
Chris Austria, Law
Ed Kraus, Police
Steve Cooke, Property Management
Roger Venables, Property Management
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 5:36 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, in the City Council Conference Room 2020 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
OCTOBER 20, 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 regarding Contract for City Retail Electric Provider;
b. Waller, et al., vs. City of Fort Worth, et al., Civil Action No. 4:15-CV-00670-P, in
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth
Division, Tarrant County, Texas; 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 6:20 p.m. on
Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
Attest: Approv
Mary J. Kq& etsy Pric
City Secret Mayor