HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015/05/05-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
MAY 5, 2015
After proper notice given pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Mayor Price adjourned the
Council meeting of the Fort Worth City Council at 4:17 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 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 Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member W.B. "Zim"Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Absent-
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Rudy Jackson, Interim Assistant City Manager
Gerald Pruitt, Deputy City Attorney
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Aaron Bovos, Chief Financial Officer
Laetitia Brown, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Brian Dickerson, HR Director
Margaret Wise, Asst. Human Resources Director
Ron Josselet, Human Resources
Harvey Frye, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Carolyn McFatridge, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Victoria Honey, Assistant City Attorney I
Kelly Madrid, Assistant City Attorney I
Sophia Canady, Risk Management
Rhonda Robertson, Police Chief
CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 5, 2015
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With a quorum of the City Council Members present, the Fort Worth City Council convened into
closed Executive Session at 4:19 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 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:
a. Robert Spencer v. City of Fort Worth, Cause No. 141-268410-13, in the 141" District
Court, Tarrant County, Texas;
b. Antoine J. Williams v. City of Fort Worth and Jeffery Halstead, Individually and in
His Official Capacity, Civil Action No. 4-15-CV-160-A, in the United States District
Court of the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division;
c. Donneika Goodacre-Darden, et al. v. City of Fort Worth, et al., Civil Action No.
4:15-CV-00221-A, in the United States District Court of the Northern District of
Texas, Fort Worth Division; and
d. 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; and
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 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015.
Attest: Approv;�&r
Mary J. Kayse Betsy rice
City Secretary May
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