HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/09/14-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
SEPTEMBER 14, 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 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday,
August 14, 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 Gonzales, Acting City Secretary
Laetitia Brown, Deputy City Attorney
Leann Guzman, Deputy City Attorney
Melinda Ramos, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Jay Chapa,Deputy City Manager
Dana Burghdoff, Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Robert Sturns, Economic Development
Michael Hennig, Economic Development
Martha Collins, Economic Development
Reginald Zeno, Financial Management Services (CFO)
Denis McElroy, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Tyler Wallach, Senior Assistant City Attorney
John B. Strong, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Steve Cooke, Property Management
Michael Crum, Public Events
Sophia Gatewood, Risk Management
Yolanda Fouche, Risk Management
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 6:17 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 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 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:
a. Legal issues concerning settlement of personal injury claim of Joseph Lee
Humphrey;
b. Legal issues concerning appointments under Chapter 452 of the Texas
Transportation Code; 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 551.074, 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.
C. Section 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS
Deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, and duties of the City
Secretary 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 7:14 p.m. on
Tuesday, September 14, 2021.
t: Approve
onald P. Gonzales Mattie Parker
Acting City Secretary Mayor