HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013/02/05-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
FEBRUARY 05,2013
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
Council meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 4:29 p.m. on Tuesday, February 05, 2013, to
convene into the Special City Council Meeting for the closed Executive Session in the Pre-
Council Chamber of the Fort Worth Municipal Building.
Present:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tem W. B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Frank Moss, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 (left at 4:42pm and returned at 4:49 pm)
Council Member Joel Burns, District 9
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Gerald Pruitt, Assistant City Attorney
Denis McElroy, Assistant City Attorney II
Jessica Sangsvang, Assistant City Attorney I
Laetitia Brown, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Jeffery Hallstead, Chief of Police
Chris Trout, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Melinda Ramos, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Dana Burghdoff, Deputy Director Planning and Development
Charlene Sanders, Assistant City Attorney I1
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 4:32 p.m. on Tuesday, February 05, 2013, in the Pre-Council
Chamber of the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
1. Seek the advice of its attorneys concerning the following pending or contemplated
litigation or other matters that are exempt from public disclosure under Article X, Section 9 of
the Texas State Bar Rules and as authorized by Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code:
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a. Legal issues related to pension legislation and labor negotiations;
b. Legal issues related to regulation of the discharge of airsoft guns in the City limits;
c. Legal issues related to municipal elections; and
d. Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's City Council meeting agendas.
2. Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property in accordance with
Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code. Deliberation in an open meeting would have a
detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third party; and
3. Deliberate economic development negotiations as authorized by Section 551.087 of the
Texas Government Code; and
4. Deliberate the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security
personnel or devices, in accordance with Section 551.076 of the Texas Government Code.
There was no formal action taken by the City Council on the items discussed during the
Executive Session and with no further business to be conducted, Mayor Price adjourned the
meeting at 5:10 p.m. on Tuesday, February 05, 2013.
Attest: Approved:
Mary J. Kaye *etsy City Secretary