HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013/05/07-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH. TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MAY 7, 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 3:59 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 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 tern W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2 (out 4:38 4:42 1 c&-d)
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
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 Alams, Assistant City Manager
Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Gerald Pruitt, Assistant City Attorney
Nancy McKenzie, Sr. Risk Management Analyst
Laetitia Coleman-Brown, Sr. Asst. City Attorney
James Mauldin, Asst. Finance Director
Jay Chapa, Interim Director of Financial Management Services
Karen Marshall, Human Resources Director
Tyler Wallach, Asst. City Attorney I
Martha Peters, FW Arts Council
Christa Reynolds, Sr. Asst. City Attorney
Art Bashor, Asst. City Attorney I
Michael Gange, Asst. Environmental Management Dir.
Richard Zavala, Director of Parks and Community Services
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 4:02 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in the Pre-Council Chamber of
the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 7, 2013
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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:
a. Davis and Turner v. J. Romer and City of Port TVorth, Cause No. 4-13CV-198-A, U.S.
District Court, Northern District of Texas;
b. Sean E. Harris vs. City of Fort Worth, Texas, CV 11-0806, 43rd Judicial District Court ,
Parker County, Texas
c. In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, Cause
No. MDL No. 1720 (JG)(.10); U.S. District Court, Eastern District, New York;
d. Legal issues related to domestic partner benefits;
e. Legal issues related to public art and copyrights;
f. Legal issues related to alternative asbestos control method;
g. Legal issues related to insurance requirements for volunteer services on public parks and
rights-of-way; and
h. 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 4:47 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.
Attest: Approved:
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Mary J. Kaysef�/o - ' Betsy Price
City Secretary Mayor