HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/10/12-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
OCTOBER 12,2021
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Pro tem Bivens
adjourned the City Council Work Session meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 4:53 p.m.
on Tuesday, October 12,2021,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(Video)
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
Leann Guzman, Deputy City Attorney
Laetitia Brown, Deputy City Attorney
Jay Chapa,Deputy City Manager
Dana Burghdoff,Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa,Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington,Assistant City Manager
Reginald Zeno,Financial Management Services(CFO)
Denis McElroy, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Christopher Mosley, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Douglas Black, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Lynn Winter, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Tyler F. Wallach, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Neil Noakes,Police Chief
Robert Sturns,Economic Development
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act,with a quoru m o f th e C ity
Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into closed Executive Session
at 5:03 p.m.on Tuesday, October 12,2021,in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the
Fort Worth Municipal Buildingto discuss matters pertainingto 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
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER 12,2021
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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 ofthe State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open
Meetings Act. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.071]:
a. Legal issues concerning Jose Vasquez v. Justin Landon (Civil Action No. 4:18-
CV-00340-P);
b. Legal issues concerning the acceptance or rejection of received competitive b ids;
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 th ird
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. 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 Pro tem Bivens adjourned the meeting at 5:28
p.m.on Tuesday, October 12,2021.
A s Appr v d:
onald P.Gonzales Mattie Aarker
Acting City Secretary Mayor