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REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 11, 2015,6:00 P.M.
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
Call to Order — City Council Regular Session
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of
Texas. (Minister Henry Campbell, Resurrection Baptist Church)
City Events and Announcements
• Announcements of upcoming City Events ( /B. James /D. Wait /B. Cantu)
• Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel)
Employee Recognition
• Recognition regarding Emergency Vehicle Training Certification. (D. Wait/J.
Harshman)
Presentation
• Presentation of the 2015 Hal Baldwin Scholarship to Roni Fraser. (B. Cantu /S.
Gonzalez)
Hearing of Residents
This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person
should fill out the speaker's register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to
no more than 3 minutes.
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All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member
thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while
addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting.
Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of
specific factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in
response to an inquiry, and /or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding
officer, during the Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who
have signed up to speak in the order they have registered.
Workshop
• Discussion and update regarding the Schertz Senior Center. (B. James)
• Presentation and discussion of the FY 2015 -16 Proposed Budget. (J. Kessel/ J. Walters)
• Discussion and possible action regarding setting the dates and locations for "Council on
the Move" meetings. (Item requested by Councilmember Edwards)
• Discussion and possible action regarding moving to three (3) Council meetings per
month. (Item requested by Councilmember Thompson)
Consent Agenda Items
The Consent Agenda is considered self - explanatory and will be enacted by the Council with
one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed
from the Consent Agenda upon the request of the Mayor or a Councilmember.
1. Minutes - Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the
Regular Meeting of August 4, 2015. (J. Kessel /B. Dennis)
2. Ordinance No. 15 -S -24 — Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance
amending Part III, Schertz Code of Ordinances, Unified Development Code (UDC),
Article 9 Section 21.9.5 Exterior Construction and Design Standards. Final Reading
(B. James /L. Wood/B. Cox)
Discussion and Action items
3. Resolution No. 15 -R -72 — Consideration and /or action approving a Resolution
authorizing a Project Agreement with Ford Engineering, Inc., for expenditures
totaling no more than $4,000 for a variety of small consulting tasks during the
remainder of the 2014 -15 Fiscal Year. (B. James /K. Woodlee)
4. Ordinance No. 15 -T -26 — Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance
authorizing a budget adjustment for construction of the Woodland Oaks Retaining Wall
Construction in the amount of $134,800. First Reading (B. James /K. Woodlee)
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5. Resolution No. 15 -R -73— Presentation and consideration and/or action approving a
Resolution authorizing the approval of a five year rate schedule for water and
wastewater rates and other matters in connection therewith. (D. Wait /S. Willoughby)
6. Ordinance No. 15 -M -25 — Consideration and /or action approving an Ordinance
amending the City of Schertz Code of Ordinances establishing fees for certain
licenses, permits, and other services provided by the City of Schertz. First reading (J.
Kessel /J. Santoya /J. Walters)
7. Resolution No. 15 -R -71 — Consideration and /or action approving a Resolution
approving Evergreen Solutions report and recommendations on City Staff
Classification and Compensation Study. (J. Kessel/J. Walters)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Requests and Announcements
8. Announcements by City Manager
• Citizen Kudos
• Recognition of City employee actions
• New Departmental initiatives
9. Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items be placed on a future City
Council agenda.
10. Announcements by Mayor and Councilmembers
• City and community events attended and to be attended
• City Council Committee and Liaison Assignments (see assignments below)
• Continuing education events attended and to be attended
• Recognition of actions by City employees
• Recognition of actions by community volunteers
• Upcoming City Council agenda items
Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, BRENDA DENNIS, CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON
THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN BOARDS ON THIS THE 7th DAY OF AUGUST 2015 AT 3:30
P.M., WHICH IS A PLACE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES
AND THAT SAID NOTICE WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551,
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
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Brenda Dennis, City Secreta
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I CERTIFY THAT THE ATTACHED NOTICE AND AGENDA OF ITEMS TO BE
CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WAS REMOVED BY ME FROM THE
OFFICIAL BULLETIN BOARD ON DAY OF 2015.
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The City Council for the City of Schertz reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at
any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as
authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act.
Executive Sessions Authorized: This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City's
legal counsel and the presence of any subject in any Executive Session portion of the agenda
constitutes a written interpretation of Texas Government Code Chapter 551 by legal counsel
for the governmental body and constitutes an opinion by the attorney that the items discussed
therein may be legally discussed in the closed portion of the meeting considering available
opinions of a court of record and opinions of the Texas Attorney General known to the
attorney. This provision has been added to this agenda with the intent to meet all elements
necessary to satisfy Texas Government Code Chapter 551.144(c) and the meeting is conducted
by all participants in reliance on this opinion.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Carpenter
Mayor Pro -Tem Fowler — Place I
Audit Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Schertz Housing Board Liaison
Investment Advisory Committee
Randolph Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) Executive
TIRZ II Board
Committee
Schertz Seguin Local Government Corporation
Councilmember Azzoz — Place 2
Councilmember John — Place 3
Animal Control Advisory Committee
Lone Star Rail District
Sweetheart Advisory Committee
Councilmember Edwards — Place 4
Councilmember Thompson Place 5
Audit Committee
Audit Committee
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
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