HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013/09/10-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
SEPTEMBER 10, 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 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10, 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 tem W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 (left at 5:45 pm not present for I a &I b)
Council Member Joel Bums, 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
Charles Daniels, Assistant City Manager
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Gerald Pruitt, Assistant City Attorney
Melinda Ramos, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Laetitia Coleman Brown, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Christa Reynolds, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Randall Harwood, Planning and Development Director
Rick Trice, Assistant Planning and Development Director
Dana Burghdoff, Deputy Director Planning and Development
Chris Mosley, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Jean Petr, Gas Well Lease Manager
Terry Holden-nan, Internal Audit
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10, 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:
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a. City of Fort Worth v. Employees' Retirement Fund of'the City of'Fort Worth, Cause No.
342-262392-12, 342nd District Court, Tarrant County,Texas;
b. Richard Van Houten, Jr., and Stephen Hall v. City of Fort Worth, a Texas Municipal
Corporation, Civil Action No. 4:12-CV-00826-Y, U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Texas, Fort Worth Division;
c. City of Fort Worth i,. JSDIJLD Real Estate II, Ltd., et al., Cause No. 2011-004510-1,
County Court at Law No. 1, Tarrant County, Texas;
d. Legal issues related to mineral leases with Chesapeake Energy Corporation;
e. Legal issues related to terms of service for municipal judges; and
f. Legal issues concerning any item listed on today's City Council meeting agendas;
2. Deliberate the purchase, sale, 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 concerning 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 5:49 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.
Attest: Approves
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/v
Mary J. KKaqayW Betsy Pric
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City Secretary Mayor