06-11-2019 MinutesMINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
June 11, 2019
A Regular Meeting was held by the Schertz City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas,
on June 11, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. in the Hal Baldwin Municipal Complex Council
Chambers, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Building 94, Schertz, Texas. The following members
present to -wit:
Present: Mayor Michael Carpenter; Mayor Pro -Tem Allison Heyward; Councilmember
Mark Davis; Councilmember Ralph Gutierrez; Councilmember Cedric
Edwards; Councilmember David Scagliola; Councilmember Tim Brown
Absent: Councilmember Scott Larson
City City Manager Dr. Mark Browne; Assistant City Manager Brian James;
Staff. Assistant City Manager Charles Kelm; City Attorney Megan Santee; Deputy
City Secretary Gayle Wilkinson
Call to Order — City Council Regular Session
Mayor Carpenter called the regular meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and
State of Texas. (Councilmember Davis)
Employee Recognition
• Presentation by EMS recognizing the team work of PD Communication Officers
in locating a suicidal patient. Their work is credited with saving the life of this
patient. (M. Hansen/J. Mabbitt)
EMS Director Jason Mabbit gave a brief introduction, thanked Dispatch for their
hard work and introduced Paramedic Dave Yergin who thanked our dispatchers
for their help in saving the life of a suicidal man. Dispatch tracked down the
location of the suicidal man with very little information which resulted in saving
his life. Communications Manager Kim Harris recognized the night shift
involved with the call. They are as follows: Supervisor Monica Kuehn,
Dispatcher Lisa Marie Cimins, Dispatcher Sarah Morin and Dispatcher Matt
Llanez. Dispatch Supervisor Monica Kuehn spoke about the event and expressed
her thankfulness for the positive outcome.
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City Events and Announcements
• Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James /S. Gonzalez)
Assistant City Manager Brian James announced the following:
Wednesday, June 12
Schertz Blood Drive 8:00 am - noon
Community Center Parking Lot
Call X 1410 to schedule your appointment.
Thursday, June 13
Northeast Partnership Meeting 11:30 am
Olympia Hills Golf and Conference Center, Universal City
Tuesday, June 18
Chamber Luncheon 11:30 am
Civic Center
Friday, June 21
Music in the Park Featuring Marcy Grace 7:00 pm -10:00 pm
Pickrell Park
Saturday, June 22
Tee -Off for the Library 10:00 am — 6:00 pm
Schertz Public Library
4th Annual mini -golf fundraiser, $5.00 cash per person
To raise money to purchase noise reducing panels in the Library
foyer.
Star Party 8:00 pm -11:00 pm
Crescent Bend Nature Park -12805 W. Schaefer Road
Telescopes for viewing provided by the San Antonio Astronomical
Association. Contact the Parks Department for more information
X1850
Sunday, June 23
Birding Walk 7:30 am -10:30 am
Crescent Bend Nature Park -12805 W. Schaefer Road
Bring your binoculars, cameras, water, and snacks.
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Tuesday, June 25
City Council Meeting 6:00 pm
Council Chambers
• Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (M. Browne)
None at this time.
• Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (M. Carpenter)
None at this time.
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.
Mayor Carpenter recognized the following:
D.J. Thompson - P.O. Box 52, Cibolo, Texas - Mrs. Thompson acknowledged
and thanked those from Council for coming to the Northcliffe meeting
referencing their Golf Course on June 8th 2019. She also mentioned a letter she
brought with her acknowledging a Councilmember. She asked Council to
contact the owner of the Golf Course on their behalf with an option
recommended by the Northcliffe residents to save the Golf Course.
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.
The following Consent items were read into record:
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1. Minutes — Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes
of the meeting of June 4, 2019. (B. Dennis)
2. Resolution No. 19 -R -69 — Consideration and /or action by the City Council of
the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing the approval of the Bexar Metro 911
budget for fiscal year 2020. (M. Browne /C. Kelm)
3. Resolution No. 19 -R -70 - Consideration and /or action authorizing a resolution
by the City Council of Schertz for purchases up to $95,000 with WatchGuard
Video for vehicle and officer recording systems. (C. Kelm/M. Hansen)
Moved by Councilmember Cedric Edwards, seconded by Councilmember
Mark Davis to approve Consent Items 1 -3.
AYE: Mayor Pro -Tern Allison Heyward, Councilmember Mark Davis,
Councilmember Ralph Gutierrez, Councilmember Cedric Edwards,
Councilmember David Scagliola, Councilmember Tim Brown
Passed
Discussion and Action Items
The following item was read into record:
4. Resolution No. 19 -R -49 — Consideration and/or action approving a resolution
authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Management
Advisory Group International, Inc. to conduct a Classification and
Compensation Study and other matters in connection therewith. (C. Kelm /J.
Kurz)
Human Resources & Purchasing Director Jessica Kurz gave an overview of the
Management Advisory Group International, Inc., their process of Classification
and Compensation Study and answered questions from Council.
Moved by Councilmember Ralph Gutierrez, seconded by Councilmember
Mark Davis to approve Resolution No. 19 -R -49.
AYE: Mayor Pro -Tem Allison Heyward, Councilmember Ralph Gutierrez,
Councilmember Cedric Edwards, Councilmember David Scagliola,
Councilmember Tim Brown
Passed
The following item was read into record:
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5. Resolution No. 19 -R -48 - Consideration and /or action approving a resolution
authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Matrix
Consulting Group to conduct a Staffing Study and other matters in connection
therewith. (C. Kelm/J. Kurz)
Human Resources Director Jessica Kurz gave a summary on the agreement
with Matrix Consulting Group, their methodology and introduced Alan
Pennington to answer questions from Council.
Moved by Councilmember Mark Davis, seconded by Councilmember Tim
Brown to approve Resolution No. 19 -R -48.
AYE: Mayor Pro -Tem Allison Heyward, Councilmember Mark Davis,
Councilmember Ralph Gutierrez, Councilmember Cedric Edwards,
Councilmember David Scagliola, Councilmember Tim Brown
Passed
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Deputy City Secretary Gayle Wilkinson provided the roll call for items 1 - 5.
Workshop
6. Discussion regarding the Street Preservation and Maintenance
Program Update. (B. James /J. Nowak)
Engineer John Nowak presented a Power Point updating and discussing
strategic planning for Street Preservation and Maintenance (SPAM). City
Engineer Kathy Woodlee, Engineer John Nowak, and Assistant City Manager
Brian James addressed questions from Council.
Closed Session
Mayor Carpenter went into closed session at 7:06 p.m. after introducing Megan
Santee as our legal representative.
7. City Council will meet in Closed Session under Section 551.071, to seek advice
of its attorney on legal matters, Section 551.072, for deliberations regarding
real estate; to wit: discuss all groundwater leases executed by the Cibolo Valley
Local Government Corporation for groundwater in Wilson County, Texas.
Reconvene into Regular Session
Mayor Carpenter reconvened into regular session at 7:38 p.m.
7a. Take any action based on discussions held in closed session under agenda item
7.
No action taken at this time.
Requests and Announcements
Announcements by the City Manager.
City Manager Dr. Browne commended the Fire Department for their Fire
Academy for Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers.
Dr. Browne also mentioned next week will be the Jr. Police Academy.
• Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items be placed on a future City
Council agenda.
None at this time.
• 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
Mayor Pro -Tem Heyward attended the following events:
• JB SA P -14 Meeting
• Newly Elected Workshop at ACOG
• Movie in the Park - Aquaman
Councilmember Gutierrez attended the following events:
# Newly Elected Workshop at ACOG
« Movie in the Park - Aquaman
Adjournment
As there was no further business, Mayor Carpenter adjourned the meeting at 7:41.
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ATTEST:
Ga ilkinson, eputy City Secretary