HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/06/21-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
JUNE 21,2022
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Michael D. Crain,District 3
Council Member Alan Blaylock,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
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Leann Guzman, City Attorney
Jannette Goodall,City Secretary
Fernando Costa,Assistant City Manager
Dana Burghdoff,Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington,Assistant City Manager
Manya Shorr,Interim City Manager
Reginald Zeno,Interim City Manager/Financial Management Services(CFO)
Laetitia Brown,Deputy City Attorney
Melinda Ramos,Deputy City Attorney
Whitney Rodriguez,Mayor's Chief of Staff
Denis McElroy, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Carlo Capua,Mayor's Deputy Chief of Staff
Kelly Albin, Sr.Assistant City Attorney
Chris Mosley, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Mike Crum, Public Events Director(remote)
John Samford, Assistant Finance Director
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 4:23 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 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
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 the Aaron Dean criminal trial;
b. Legal issues concerning Cause Number 048-333817-22; Fort Worth Firefighters Association V.
The City of Fort Worth, Texas;
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c. Legal issues concerning Cause Number 067-323 889-2 1; Artemio Garza-Morales, et al. v. City of
Fort Worth, Texas; and,
d. Legal Issues concerning Cause No. DC-20-16941; 193`d Judicial District Court, Dallas, County,
Texas; Trisa Crutcher v. City of Fort Worth.
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. Discussion on pro-soccer in Fort Worth.
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
Government Code.
D. Adjourn
With no further business to be conducted, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 5:10 p.m. on Tuesday,
June 21, 2022.
Attest: pproved:
nnette S. Goodall Mattie Parker
ity Secretary Mayor