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A Special Meeting was held by the Schertz City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, on
January 20, 2017, at 8:30 a.m., Fairfield Inn & Suites, Meeting Room, 5008 Corridor Loop
Road Schertz, Texas. The following members present to-wit:
Mayor Michael Carpenter
Councilmember Ralph Gutierrez
Councilmember Robin Thompson
Councilmember Bert Crawford
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Staff Present: I
Executive Director Dudley Wait
ET Director Myles Clauser
City Attorney Charles Zech
Guests Present
Mr. Glen Outlaw and Mr. Richard Dziewit
Staff who joined meeting:
lifichael VW#Lse-.w,, — Police C_"
Councilmember Mark Davis
Councilmember Scott Larson
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City Manager John Kessel
Executive Director Kyle Kinateder
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City Secretary Brenda Denni's
Jon Harshman — Director of Fleet FacilitieDavid Covington — Fire Chief
Nfichael Harris — Marshal
Tony McFalls — GIS Coordinator
Chuck Van Zan• t — Parks Director
Melissa Uhlhorn — Library Director
James Walters — Finance Director
Lesa Wood — Planning & Community Development
Director
I Discussion and appropriate action • strategic planning issues, including but not
limited to citizen survey, policy discussion and prioritization, major projects, City
Council liaison assignment, and how to apply the infon-nation to assist in
appropriate priority based decision-making. (J. Kessel/Executive Team)
[Vayor Carpenter called the meeting to order at 8:34 a.m., and recognized City Manager
John Kessel who provided information regarding the goals for the retreat and the desired
outcomes.
Topics included the following and Council discussed each one providing their overview
and comm ants:
Desired Outcomes
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A. Foster aligm-nent and continue to improve trust among Council members through
dialogue.
B. Provide Council members time to share big picture views of the city and areas they
are passionate about. Each member of Council shared his or her views.
C. Gain insights and improve understanding of key factors impacting the City's ability
to meet goals.
A. City Council Members discuss what they are passionate about and what they want
their legacy to be.
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C. Discussion with Staff regarding ways we are doffig things differently to meet the
changing needs and requirements of a growing city.
Staff joined the Council at 9:45 a.m., and staff was broken out into different groups so that
they could share with Council what each department is doing and how they are managing
through innovative wais to; irovide the level of service that is necess out hav e
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Council discussed the meaning of psychographics and went over our size and shape
compared to Cibolo and Selma.
Mr. Jason Morado with ETC Institute went over the recent 2016 Citizen Satisfaction
Survey and some of the results. Councilmember discussed some of the results.
Council reviewed the 2016 Five Year Forecast Model and the 2015 Class/Compensation
study and philosophy. They reviewed the staffmg ratio.
Lastly, Councilmembers reviewed the open Council liaison positions and it was decided by
the group that the following would serve:
Council Member Angelina Kiser Animal Control Advisory Committee
Council Member Mark Davis, Schertz Housing Authority Board
Council Member Bert Crawford, Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation
Council Members Crawford and Davis will serve on the Interview Committee for
appointments to the City Boards and Commissions.
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A. General Goals — refine strategic plan — no need for change
B. Policy Values — Agree with them
C. Circle Model — still works
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D. Physographics — data staff is gathering — we are becoming a data driven, fact base
organizations
Brenda Dennis, etaxy
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