HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015/09/29-Minutes-City Council-Executive Session CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
SEPTEMBER 29, 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 4:48 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 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 (left at 5:25pm)
Council Member W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3 (left at 5:34pm)
Council Member Cary Moon, District 4 (left at 5:07pm)
Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6 (arrived at 4:59)
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9
Staff Present:
David Cooke, City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Jay Chapa, Assistant City Manager
Valerie Washington, Assistant City Manager
Gerald Pruitt, Deputy City Attorney
Peter Vaky, Deputy City Attorney
Aaron Bovos, Chief Financial Officer
Rhonda Robertson, Police Chief
Laetitia Brown, Law Department
Bill Welstead,Aviation Director
LeAnn Guzman, Law Department
Richard Zavala, Parks and Community Services
Tyler Wallach, Law Department
Doug Wiersig, Director of TPW
Robert Sturns, Economic Development
Todd Blomstrom, TPW
Dana Burghdoff, Planning and Development
Randle Harwood, Planning and Development
Melinda Ramos, Law Department
Rudy Jackson, Fire Chief
enis McElroy, Law Department
S6t,ane Steiner, Planning and Development
Jeff Kloska, Meacham Airport Manager
Aaron Barth, Spinks Airport Manager
Mattie Parker, Mayor's Chief of Staff
CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 29, 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 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 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. Legal issues concerning boundary adjustment with City of Crowley;
b. Legal issues concerning municipal utility districts;
c. Legal issues concerning use of municipal facilities and rights-of-way;
d. Legal issues concerning Texas Penal Code Section 30.06; and
e. 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
The meeting was recessed from 5:51pm until 5:59 pm.
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 6:31 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2015.
Attest: Approv
Mary J. Kay Betsy Price
City Secretary Mayor