HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/08/17-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
AUGUST 17,2021
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 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, August 17, 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 tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
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 P. Gonzales,Acting City Secretary
Jay Chapa, Deputy City Manager
Laetitia Brown, Deputy City Attorney
Leann Guzman, Deputy City Attorney
Dana Burghdoff,Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Denis McElroy, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Jo Ann Pate, Senior Assistant City Attorney
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 9:46 a.m. on
Tuesday, August 17, 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 ATTORNEY
1. Section 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY
To seek the advice of its attorney about pending or contemplated litigation, settlement officers, 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:
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a. Legal issues concerning Governor Greg Abbott's Executive Order No. GA-38; and
b. Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's City Council meeting agenda.
CITY MANAGER
1. Section 551.072, DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY
2. Section 551.087, DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEGOTIATIONS
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 Government
Code.
With no further business to be conducted, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 10:08 a.m. on Tuesday,
August 17, 2021.
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