HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/08/03-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
AUGUST 3,2021
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Parker adjourned the
City Council Work Session meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 5:48 p.m. on Tuesday,
August 3, 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 Mattie Parker
Mayor Pro tern Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4 (Virtual - Arrived at 6:10 p.m.)
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth M. Beck, District 9
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Ronald Gonzales, Acting City Secretary
Laetitia Brown, Deputy City Attorney
Melinda Ramos, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Dana Burghdoff, Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Robert Sturns, Economic Development
Michael Hennig, Economic Development
Guests:
Brandom Gengelbach, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Chris Strayer, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
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 5:58 p.m. on Tuesday, August 3, 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:
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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 §551.071]:
a. Legal issues concerning Ashley Carr, as Administrator for the Estate of Atatiana
Jefferson and the Estate of Yolanda Carr v. Aaron Dean, et al. (Civil Action No.
4:21-cv-00665-Y) and Jerome Eschor, et al., v. City of Fort Worth, Texas, et al.
(Civil Action No. 4:20-cv-01242-Y;
b. Legal issues concerning Jacqueline Craig, et al. v. City of Fort Worth, Texas, et
al: (Case No. 4:07-CV-01020); 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. Section 551.076, DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY
Deliberate the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or
devices, in accordance with Section 551.076 of the Texas Government Code.
C. Section 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS
Deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, and duties of the City
Attorney as authorized by Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code.
D. 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 Parker adjourned the meeting at 7:01 p.m. on
Tuesday,August 3,2021.
t: Appro i d:
onald 7P.�Gonzales Matte IarTcjr
Acting City Secretary Mayor