October 05, 2020 minutesCITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
October 5, 2020
After determining that a quorum was present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas
convened in a Work Session on Monday, October 5, 2020, at 11:31 a.m. in the Council Work
Session Room at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas. .
PRESENT: Mayor Chris Watts, Mayor Pro Tem Gerard Hudspeth and Council Members Keely
Briggs, Jesse Davis, John Ryan, Deb Armintor, and Paul Meltzer
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ABSENT: None
Also present were City Manager Todd Hileman and City Attorney Aaron Leal.
Note: Mayor Chris Watts, Mayor Pro Tem Gerard Hudspeth, and Council Members Keely
Briggs, Jesse Davis, John Ryan, Deb Armintor and Paul Meltzer participated in the work
session, and regular meeting via video/teleconference under the provisions allowed by the
Texas Government Code Section 551.127.
WORK SESSION
1. Work Session Reports
A. ID 20-1586 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the final
report and recommendations from the Ad Hoc Use-of-Force Committee.
The item was presented and discussion followed.
Following discussion, City Council consensus was to schedule an ordinance for October 13
creating an Advisory Board as part of the Denton Police Department to advise the Chief of
Police with the particulars on the purpose, scope, and membership details during a work
session prior to considered adoption.
CLOSED MEETING - NOT HELD
1. The item was a placeholder in the event any member of the City Council requested discussion
in a Closed Meeting. None indicated the need to hold the Closed Meeting.
A ID 20-2016 Consultation with Attorneys under Texas Government Code Section 551.071.
Discuss, deliberate, receive information from staff, and provide staff with direction pertaining
to the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Mayor’s Ad-Hoc Use of Force
Committee, where a public discussions of these legal matters would conflict with the duty of
the City’s attorneys to the City of Denton and the Denton City Council under the Texas
Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct or of the State Bar of Texas, or would jeopardize
the City’s legal position in negotiations or potential litigation.
NOT DELIBERATED
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With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:34 p.m.
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CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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