HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/09/20-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
SEPTEMBER 20,2022
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Alan Blaylock, District 4
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7 (via. Video)
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth M. Beck, District 9
Absent:
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager Melinda Ramos, Deputy City Attorney
Leann Guzman, City Attorney Laetitia Brown, Deputy City Attorney
Jannette Goodall, City Secretary Chris Troutt, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Dana Burghdoff, Assistant City Manager J.B. Strong, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
William Johnson, Assistant City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Jesica McEachern, Assistant City Manager
Whitney Rodriguez, Mayor's Chief of Staff
Carlo Capua, Chief of Strategy and Innovation
Reyne Telles, Chief Communications Officer
Roger Venables, Aviation Director
John Tomme, Assistant City Attorney
Others Present:
Ken Buchanan, Dallas Fort Worth Airport
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 12:06 p.m. on Tuesday,
September 20, 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 OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
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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. [Tex. Govt Code §551.071]:
a. Legal issues concerning Cause No. DC-19-06941; William Birchett v. City of Fort
Worth, in the 162nd Civil District Court of Dallas County, Texas;
b. Legal issues concerning Cause No. 05-22-00381-CV; City of Fort Worth v. Ronald
Burke, in the Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas County, Texas;
c. Legal issues concerning Cause No. 05-22-00327-CV; City of Fort Worth v. Joel F.
Fitzgerald, Sr., in the Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas County, Texas;
d. Legal issues concerning Cause No. 4:17-CV-0120-P; Jacqueline Craig, Individually, and
on behalf of Minors, J.H., K.H., and A.C. and Brea Hymond v. City of Fort Worth,
William D. Martin and Itamar Vardi;
e. Legal issues concerning the City of Fort Worth's Rental Car Tax at Dallas Fort Worth
International Airport;
f. Legal issues concerning Council Rules of Procedure; and
No discussion occurred.
g. Legal issues concerning the Aaron Dean criminal trial.
No discussion occurred.
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.
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 m eting at 1:15 p.m. on
Tuesday, September 20, 2022.
Attest: Approved:
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J nette S. Goodall Mattie Parker
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