HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022/10/18-Minutes-Other-City Council CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2022
Present:
Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5
Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2
Council Member Alan Blaylock, District 4
Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7
Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8
Council Member Elizabeth Beck, District 9
Absent:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3
Council Member Jared Williams, District 6
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 6:02 p.m.
on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, in the City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall,
200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
INVOCATION- Dr. Ramirez Bonifacio, Fort Worth Harvest Church
The invocation was provided by Dr. Bonifacio Ramirez, Fort Worth Harvest Church.
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.
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CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING
TUESDAY,OCTOBER 18,2022
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CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
Motion: Council Member Blaylock made a motion, seconded by Council Member Flores,
that the minutes of the Regular meeting of September 13, 2022, and the Work
Session and Public Comment meetings of September 20, 2022, the Regular
meeting of September 27, 2022, and the Work Session meeting of October 4,
2022, be approved. Motion passed 6-0, Mayor Parker and Council Members
Crain and Williams absent.
22-2316 Minutes - September 13, 2022 Council Meeting
22-2317 Minutes - September 20, 2022 Work Session
22-2318 Minutes - September 20, 2022 Public Comment
22-2319 Minutes - September 27, 2022 Council Meeting
22-2320 Minutes - October 4, 2022 Work Session
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)
22-2337 Public Comments
The following individuals appeared before Council relative to inaccurate
information concerning the John T. White Neighborhood Association:
DeDe Smith
James Hook
Daniel Serralde
Dave Fulson
Billy Jones, Dallas, Texas, appeared before Council relative to Charleston White.
Jim DeLong appeared before Council relative to de-escalation.
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TUESDAY,OCTOBER 18,2022
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George Chiles appeared before Council relative to the Mayor's State of City
Address being a ceremonial occasion under Section 2 to the City Charter or not.
Lana Stephens appeared before Council relative to safety of the City's roads.
Mayor Pro tem Bivens directed Ms. Stephens to meet with Lauren Prieur,
Transportation and Public Works Department, after the meeting,
Adrian Smith appeared before Council relative to the usual.
Will Dryden appeared before Council relative to the City Manager's recusal of the
Sundance Square and Code of Ethics.
(Council Member Beck stepped away from the dais and left the meeting.)
Bob Willoughby completed a Public Comment card relative to general comments
but was unable to speak due to the lack of a quorum.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Parker adjourned the meeting at 6:38 p.m.
These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 1 st day of November, 2022.
Attest: Ap o ed:
ftte Goodall Matti Parkerecretary Mayor
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