HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/09/20-Minutes-Other-City Council CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Present:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Mayor Pro tern Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Alan Blaylock, District 4
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth Beck, District 9
Absent:
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Leann Guzman, City Attorney
Jannette Goodall, City Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Parker called the City
Council Public Comment Meeting of the Fort Worth City Council to order at 6:03 p.m.
on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, in the City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City
Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
INVOCATION -Pastor Cody Bailey,Alliance Community Fellowship
The invocation was provided by Pastor Cody Bailey, Alliance Community Fellowship.
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CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 20,2022
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PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE
OF TEXAS - (State of Texas Pledge: "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance
to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.")
The Pledges of Allegiances to the United States of America and the State of Texas were
recited.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
Motion: Mayor Pro tem Bivens made a motion, seconded by Council Member Nettles, that
the minutes the Work Session and Public Comment meeting of September 6,
2022, and the 2022 Budget Work Session on the FY2023 Budget and Proposed
Tax Rate of September 9, 2022, be approved. Motion passed 6-0, Council
Members Crain, Williams, and Firestone absent.
22-2314 Minutes - September 6, 2022 Work Session
22-2315 Minutes - September 6, 2022 Public Comment
22-2454 Minutes - September 9, 2022 Budget Work Session on the
FY2023 Budget and Proposed Tax Rate
PUBLIC COMMENTS
The City Council may not discuss or deliberate about a topic not specifically listed on the
Agenda,including those presented during the Public Comments section of the Agenda
(Tex. Gov't Code § 551.042)
22-2335 Public Comments
Bob Willoughby appeared before Council relative to general comments.
George Chiles appeared before Council relative to what to the City Council.
Dave Fulson appeared before Council relative to repetitive Citizen Presentations.
Calvin Scott appeared before Council relative to smoke shops and game rooms
opening directly next to a daycare.
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Adrian Smith appeared before Council relative to City improvements.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 6:18 p.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 18th day of October, 2022.
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