HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/04/13-Minutes-City Council-Executive SessionCITY OF F ORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY CO UNCIL MEETING
CLO SE D EXECUTIVE SESSION
AP RI L 13, 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 4:26 p .m. on Tuesday,
April 13, 2021, to convene into the Special City Counci l Meeting for the closed Executive
Session in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort Worth Municipal Building.
P resen t:
Mayor Price
Mayor Pro tern Jungus Jordan, District 6
Counci l Member Carlos Flores , District 2
Council Member Brian B yrd, District 3 (left at 4:50pm)
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
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
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
Dana Burghdoff, Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Reggie Zeno , Chief Finance Officer
Denis McElroy , Law
Chelsea Adler, Mayor's Office
Roger Venables , Aviation
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 4:28 p.m. on Tuesday , April 13 , 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
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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 T exas Disciplinary
Rule s of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open
Meetings Act. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.071]:
a. Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's City Council meeting agenda;
CITY MANAGER
1. Section 551.072 , DE LIBERATIONS 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 , DE LIBERATIONS REGARDING E CONOMIC 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 :00 p.m. on
Tuesday , April 13 , 2021.
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City Secretary Mayor