HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013/05/14-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT NVORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MAY 14, 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 4:37 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 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
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Frank Moss, District 5
Council Member Jun-us Jordan, District 6
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 (Left at 4:56 during discussion of 1 b and c)
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
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Gerald Pruitt, Assistant City Attorney
Maleshia Farmer, Assistant City Attorney
Police Chief Jeff Halstead
Laetitia Coleman-Brown, Sr. Asst. City Attorney
Jay Chapa, Interim Director of Financial Management Services
Cynthia Garcia, Acting Director HOUSIng and Economic Development
Robert Sturns, Acting Asst. Director Housing and Economic Development
Chris Trout, Sr. Asst. City Attorney
Dee Kelly, Jr., Kelly Hart and Hallman
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 4:39 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 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:
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
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a. Randall E. Talkington v. City of Fort Worth, City of Fort Worth Police Chief Jef fr-ey
Halstead, and Officer z4brams, Cause No. 4-12-CV-585-A, U.S. District Court, Northern
District of Texas;
b. City of Fort Worth v. Employees' Retirement Fund of the City of Fort YVorth, Cause No.
342-262392-12, 342"`1 District Court, Tarrant County, Texas;
c. Richard Vart Houton, Jr. and Stephen Hall i,. City of Fort Worth, a Tours Municipal
Corporation, Civil Action No. 4:12-CV-00826-Y, U.S. District Court, Northern District
of Texas, Fort Worth Division; 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 5:05 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
Attest: Approved:
F
Mary J. Kayserz, . ' Betsy Price
City Secretary ` Mayor