01-08-2019 Agenda Only MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
January 8, 2019
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
1-8-2019 Council Agenda
Policy Values
Safe Community
Essential Services
High Quality of Life
Attractive Community
Economic Prosperity
Fiscally Sustainable
AGENDA
TUESDAY JANUARY 8, 2019 AT 6:00 P.M.
COUNCIL PHOTOS
4:00 - 6:00 P.M.
Call to Order – Regular Session
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and State of
Texas. (Councilmember Davis)
Presentation
Proclamation recognizing Zenobia Coverson for her charity efforts for the Forgotten
Child Program. (Mayor Carpenter)
Proclamation recognizing January as National Mentoring Month. (M. Carpenter/S.
Chapa with Communities in Schools)
New Employee Recognition
Mayor/Council – City Manager – Mark Browne
City Secretary – Deputy City Secretary – E. Gayle Wilkinson
Library - PT Library Page - Meghann Wall
Utility Billing – Meter Tech 1 – Jeremy Weaver
City Events and Announcements
Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/S. Gonzalez)
Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (M. Browne)
Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (M. Carpenter)
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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.
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.
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 December 11, 2018 and the minutes of the Emergency meeting of
December 19, 2018. (B. Dennis)
2. Appointments to the various City Boards, Commission and Committees –
Consideration and/or action appointing Paul Macaluso to the Committee of
Committees Advisory Board and to the Interview Committee. (B. Dennis/Mayor -
Council)
3. Resolution No. 19-R-04 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by
the City Council of Schertz authorizing purchases up to $80,000 with WatchGuard
Video and up to $105,000 with Motorola for radios. (B. James/M. Hansen)
4. Resolution No. 19-R-05 - A Resolution by the City of Schertz authorizing the City
Manager to enter into an amended agreement for the services of Mr. David Klein of
Lloyd Gosselink Attorneys at Law. (B. James)
Discussion and Action Items
5. Ordinance No. 19-K-01 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance
releasing and terminating a vehicular non-access easement on Lots 6 and 8, Block 1
of the Enterprise Industrial Park Subdivision. First Reading (B. James/L. Wood/B.
Cox)
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6. Ordinance No. 19-T-03 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance by the
City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing an adjustment to the FY 2018-
19 Budget to provide additional funding for the Corbett Elevated Water Tank Project,
repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance; and
providing an effective date. First reading (B. James/J. Walters)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Workshop
Workshop regarding ADP Payroll and HR Services. (B. James/J. Walters)
Workshop regarding Parks & Recreation Annual Events Discussion. (B. James/L.
Shrum)
Requests and Announcements
Announcements by the City Manager.
Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items be placed on a future City
Council agenda.
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
7. Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR
Monthly update on major projects in progress/CIP. (B. James/J. Harshman/T.
Buckingham)
Committee of Committees Advisory Board Update. (B. James)
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 4th DAY OF JANUARY 2019 AT
1:45 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.
BRENDA DENNIS
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Brenda Dennis, City Secretary
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 _______________, 2019. TITLE:
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The City Council for the City of Schertz reserves the right to adjourn into closed
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.
Closed Sessions Authorized: This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the
City’s legal counsel and the presence of any subject in any Closed 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
Main Street Committee
Councilmember Scagliola – Place 5
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions -
Alternate
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation - Alternate
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Audit Committee
Schertz Housing Authority Board
Interview Committee for Boards and
Commissions
Main Street Committee – Chair
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Gutierrez – Place 2
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Councilmember Larson – Place 3
Main Street Committee – Vice Chair
Councilmember Edwards – Place 4
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
MainStreet Committee
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6
Schertz Animal Services Advisory Commission
Investment Advisory Committee
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Audit Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation - Alternate