HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/09/28-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
SEPTEMBER 28,2021
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 9:56 a.m. on Tuesday,
September 28,2021,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 tern 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
Jay Chapa,Deputy City Manager
Dana Burghdoff,Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa,Assistant City Manager
Reginald Zeno,Financial Management Services(CFO)
Denis McElroy, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Christa Reynolds, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Melinda Ramos,Senior Assistant City Attorney
Richard McCracken, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Chris Mosley, Senior Assistant City Attorney
J.B. Strong, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Tyler Wallach, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Benjamin Sampract, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Steve Cooke,Property Management Department
Chris Harder,Water Department
Robert Stums,Economic Development Department
D.J.Harrell,Development Services Department
Daniel Leal,Development Services Department
Yolanda Fouche,Risk Management
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act,with a quoru m o f the C ity
Council Members present,the Fort Worth City Council convened into closed Executive Session
at 11:47 a.m. on Tuesday,September 28,2021,in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of
the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 28,2021
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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 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 §551.071]:
a. Legal issues concerning civil penalties under the Urban Forestry Ordinance;
b. Legal issues concerning Christopher Perez v. City of Fort Worth, et al. (Cause
No. 153-308530-19);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 employment, evaluation, and
duties of the City Manager, City Attorney, City Auditor, and City Secretary as authorized by
Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code.
C. 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 accordancewith Chapter 5 51 of the
Texas Local Government Code.
With no further business to be conducted,Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 1 :I 2 p.m. on
Tuesday, September 28, 2021.
A A roved:
onald P.Gonzales MattAParker
Acting City Secretary Mayor