HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/05/03-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MAY 3,2022
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
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth M. Beck, District 9
Absent:
Mayor Pro tern 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
Dana Burghdoff,Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Manya Shorr, Interim City Manager
Reginald Zeno, Interim City Manager/Financial Management Services (CFO)
Whitney Rodriguez, Mayor's Chief of Staff
Denis McElroy, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Christopher Mosley, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Carlo Capua, Mayor's Deputy Chief of Staff
Bethany Warner, Communications Coordinator
Dianna Giordano, Human Resources Director
Nathan Gregory,Deputy Human Resources Director
Sian Sang,Assistant City Attorney
Harvey Fry, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Lynn Winter, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Others:
Mike Androvett, President/CEO of Androvett
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 12:09 p.m. on Tuesday, May
3, 2022, in the City Council Conference Room 2020 of the Fort Worth City Hall to discuss
matters pertaining to the following:
CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MAY 3, 2022
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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
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.
a. Legal issues concerning Cause Number 141-325455-2, 141St District Court, Tarrant
County,Martha Aguilar v. City of Fort Worth; and;
b. c. Legal issues concerning the Aaron Dean criminal trial.
CITY MANAGER
1. Section 551.072, DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY -
WITHDRAWN
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
ply.
2. Section 551.087, DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEGOTIATIONS - WITHDRAWN
Deliberate the commercial or financial information or the offer of a financial or other incentive
to a business prospect.
C. Section 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS Deliberate the employment, evaluation, and
duties of the City Auditor as authorized by Section 551.074 of the Texas Government
Code.
D. Section 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS Deliberate the employment, evaluation, and
duties of the City Manager as authorized by Section 551.074 of the Texas Government
Code.
E. 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 Government Code.
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MAY 3, 2022
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F. Adjourn
With no further business to be conducted, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 1:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
Attest: Appr v d:
a nette S. Goodall Mattie Parker
ty Secretary Mayor