HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/08/24-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
AUGUST 24,2021
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 4:42 p.m. on Tuesday,
August 24, 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(Left at 5:00 p.m.)
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 (Arrived at 4:47 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 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
Melinda Ramos, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Doug Black, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Christopher Troutt, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Reginald Zeno,Financial Management 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 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday,August 24,2021,in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort
Worth Municipal Buildingto 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
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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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 officers,or
any matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council underthe 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 the proposed TRVA Bridges project settlement;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 Pro tem Bivens adjourned the meeting at 5:19
p.m. on Tuesday,August 24,2021.
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Acting City Secretary Mayor