HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014/01/07-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
JANUARY 7, 2014
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
Council meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 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
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
Gerald Pruitt, Deputy City Attorney
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Laetitia Brown, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Chris Trout, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Charlene Sanders, Assistant City Attorney
Denis McElroy, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Elizabeth Dierdorf, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Monica Wood, Assistant City Attorney
Police Chief Halstead
With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 5:43 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, in the Pre-Council Chamber
of the Fort Worth Municipal Building to discuss matters pertaining to the following:
L 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:
a. Legal issues concerning Collective Bargaining with Fort Worth Fire Fighters
Association, Local 440;
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b. Legal issues concerning the indefinite suspensions of]unney Dunn, Maurice Middleton,
Marcus Mosguedo, Robert Peoples and Ronald \Yiggiogtoo;
o. Legal issues concerning municipal elections; and
d. Legal issues concerning any iinnu listed on today's City Council meeting agendas;
Z. I]e|ihcrutu the purchase, sale, |nusc or value of real property in accordance with Section
551.072 of the Texas Government Code. Deliberation in an open nunobog 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
55|.087of the Texas Government Code; and
4. Deliberate the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security
personnel or devices, in accordance with Section 55 1.076 of the Texas Government Code; and
There was no fhrrnu| action taken by the City Council on the items discussed during the
Executive Session and with no further business to he conducted, Mayor Price adjourned the
meeting ut6:44p.nn. om Tuesday, January 7, 2O}4.
&Uon|: Approved:
Mary J. r Betsy
City Sec'r' Ma