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CITY COUNCIL

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 · Government meeting record

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Increase legal counsel funding for Fitzgerald v. City of Fort Worth

The Fort Worth City Council approved the fiscal year 2024 budgets for several Public Improvement Districts and the Crime Control and Prevention District. The Council also authorized significant capital projects, including a $43 million expansion for the Convention Center and a $5 million contribution to the Museum of Science and History.

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Residents and business owners in specific districts will see changes in special assessment rates for local services, while city-wide infrastructure and public safety programs received significant funding allocations.

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Next meeting: Tuesday, September 26, 2023.

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Item M&C 23-0745
Increase legal counsel funding for Fitzgerald v. City of Fort Worth
approved - passed 10-1
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Item M&C 23-0768
Convention Center Renovation and Expansion
approved - passed 10-1
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$43,000,000.00 · Convention Center Renovation and Expansion
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$400,000.00 · Increase legal counsel funding for Fitzgerald v. City of Fort Worth
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Alan Blaylock

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CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Present:

Mayor Mattie Parker

Mayor Pro tem Gyna M. Bivens, District 5

Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2

Council Member Michael D. Crain, District 3

Council Member Charlie Lauersdorf, District 4

Council Member Jared Williams, District 6

Council Member Leonard Firestone, District 7

Council Member Chris Nettles, District 8

Council Member Elizabeth Beck, District 9

Council Member Alan Blaylock, District 10

Council Member Jeanette Martinez, District 11

Staff Present:

David Cooke, City Manager

Leann Guzman, City Attorney

Ronald P. Gonzales, Assistant City Secretary

CALL TO ORDER

With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Parker called the City

Council Regular Session of the Fort Worth City Council to order 6:04 p.m. on Tuesday,

September 12, 2023, in the City Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall, 200 Texas

Street, Fort Worth, Texas.

INVOCATION - Joyce Brown Thomas, Our Mother of Mercy St. Ann’s Altar

Society

The invocation was provided by Joyce Brown Thomas, Our Mother of Mercy St. Ann’s

Altar.

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CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

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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 Allegiance to the United States of America and the State of Texas were

recited.

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23-0554 Presentation of Proclamation for Hispanic Heritage Month

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Agenda item M&C 23-0745Budget and financeapproved - passed 10-1
Increase legal counsel funding for Fitzgerald v. City of Fort Worth
$400,000.00 · Outside legal counsel fees
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Agenda item M&C 23-0768Other meeting itemsapproved - passed 10-1
Convention Center Renovation and Expansion
$43,000,000.00 · Contract amendment for Phase 1
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