HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/01/12-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
JANUARY 12, 2021
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 5:19 p.m. a.m, on
Tuesday, January 12, 2021, to convene into the Special City Council Meeting for the closed
Executive Session in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort Worth Municipal
Building.
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tem Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4 (Virtual)
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5 (Virtual left at 5:51)
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
Laetitia Brown, Deputy City Attorney
Leann Guzman, Deputy City Attorney
Denis McElroy, Assistant 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
Edwin Krause,Police Chief
Melinda Ramos, Law
Lynn Winter, Law
DJ Harrell, Development Services
Arty Wheaton-Rodriquez, Development Services
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 5:22 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 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
JANUARY 12, 2021
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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 Waller, et al. v. City of Fort Worth, et al. (Cause No.
4:15-CV-00670-P);
b. Legal issues Vasquez v. Landon, et al. (Cause No. 4:18-CV-00340-P
c. Legal issues concerning Texas Local Government Code Chapter 212 Subchapter
E; and
d. 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 5:58 p.m. on
Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
Attest: rr Approv
kaly J. K etsy Price
City Secr Mayor