HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/01/04-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
JANUARY 4, 2022
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
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 (Video)
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7 (Video)
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth M. Beck, District 9
Absent:
Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Laetitia Brown, Interim City Attorney
Jannette Goodall, City Secretary
Leann Guzman, Deputy City Attorney
Jay Chapa, Deputy City Manager
Dana Burghdoff, Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Manya Shorr, Interim City Manager
Reginald Zeno, Financial Management Services (CFO)
Christa Reynolds, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Doug Black, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
JoAnn Pate, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Whitney Rodriguez, Mayor's Chief of Staff
James Aldredge, Principal Attorney with Lloyd Gosselink
A. Call to Order
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, with a quorum of the City
Council Members present, Mayor Parker called the Executive Session Meeting to order and the
Fort Worth City Council convened into closed Executive Session at 12:18 p.m. on Tuesday,
January 4, 2022, in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort Worth City Hall to
discuss matters pertaining to the following:
B. 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
I 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
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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 related to settlement agreement for 2324 Glencrest Drive;
b. Legal issues concerning Mary's Creek discharge permit status; and
c. Legal issues concerning Joel F. Fitzgerald, Sr. v. City of Fort Worth, Texas
(Cause No. DC-19-08184).
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.
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 accordance with Chapter 551 of
the Texas Local Government Code.
D. Adjourn
With no further business to be conducted, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 1:08 p.m. on
Tuesday, January 4, 2022.
Attest: Appro e :
nnette S. Goodall Mattie arker
ity Secretary Mayor