HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0003) 081319 Work Session MinutesCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tern Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Price called the Fort Worth City Council Work
Session to order at 3:02 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in City Council Conference Room 290 of the Fort
Worth City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
1. Report of the City Manager - David Cooke, City Manager
a. Changes to the City Council Agenda
M&C 19-0037 will be withdrawn from the agenda.
M&C 10-0017 will be continued to August 20, 2019.
b. Upcoming and Recent Events
No events were announced.
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c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s)
Council Member Brian Byrd recognized Chief Kraus and numerous members of the Police Department for
their response to an incident on July 18, 2019, at the Broadmoor Apartments.
Library Director Manya Schorr announced that the Fort Worth Public Library has been reaccredited
through the State Library of Texas.
d. Informal Reports
19-10295 Arlington Heights Voluntary Acquisition Project Benefits - Greg
Simmons
19-10296 Cooperative Park Projects and Funding Sources - David Creek
19-10297 Fort Worth Police Department Community Programs - Captain JC
Stockton
19-10298 FY2019 Eight -Month Revenue and Expense Budget Forecast - Terry
Hanson
19-10299 June 2019 - Sales Tax - Terry Hanson
19-10300 Northwest Community Center - David Creek
19-10301 Recent Federal Aviation Administration Grant Awards - Bill Welstead
19-10302 Submission of 2019 Certified Appraisal Roll and Certified Collection
Rate - Terry Hanson
19-10303 Submission of 2019 Effective and Rollback Tax Rates - Terry Hanson
19-10304 Water Department FY2020 Revenue Requirements - Chris Harder
2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members
There were no questions or concerns.
3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Meeting
There were no items continued.
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4. Update and Year One Review of Economic Development Strategic Plan
Objectives - Robert Sturns, Economic Development and John Roberts, TIP
Strategies
Director of Economic Development, Robert Sturns and John Karas and Jennifer Todd with TIP Strategies
presented an update and review of the Economic Development Strategic Plan.
5. Presentation on the Recommended Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget - David
Cooke, City Manager
City Manager David Cooke presented the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget. The
budget is 1.8 billion dollars. The proposed tax rate is $0.7475 with $0.5950 going to
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and $0.1525 going to Debt Service. Of the $0.5950
going to O&M $0.5300 will go to Operations and $0.0650 will go to Capital. There will
be a total of 114 net new positions.
6. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports
Council Member Moon - review of small cell tower requirements and controls and how we can make changes
quickly.
Council Member Bivens -are we aggregating complaint data and analyzing it.
7. Executive Session (CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL,
ROOM 290) - SEE ATTACHMENT A
There being no further business to come before the City Council Mayor Price adjourned
the meeting at 4:37 p.m.
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