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SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 12, 1998
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session on
Wednesday, August 12, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Complex Conference
Room, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The following members were
present: Mayor Hal Baldwin, presiding; Councilmembers Pia Jarman; Joe
Potempa; Norman W. Agee, Sr.; Timothy Swinney and Ken Greenwald. Staff
present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary Norma Althouse.
#1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS
No one had signed up to speak.
#2 Discuss final reading of Ordinance making assignment of tax
abatement from Genuine Parts, Inc. to Atlantic Financial Group.
After being questioned by Mayor Baldwin, Council agreed they were ready for
this item to be placed on next Tuesday Night's agenda.
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#3 Discuss final reading of Ordinance regarding GVEC Franchise and
Street Lighting Agreement.
Mr. Sweatt advised the City Attorney has one minor change to Item #15 in that
the grantee has to accept the Franchise Ordinance.
Council indicated they were prepared for this item to be included on next
Tuesday night's agenda.
#4 Discuss appointments to Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) District.
Mr. Sweatt related he had discussed the chairmanship of TIF with Jerry Bethke.
Mr. Bethke has agreed to serve as chairman for the remainder of the chairman's
term ending December 31, 1998.
Due to absences, it is appropriate Council consider appointment of a
replacement for Louis Street whose term will expire December 31, 1998. Also, a
City representative will need to be appointed to replace Mr. Bethke with a term
ending December 31, 1999.
The meeting of the TIF was August 10th and they are considering any
recommendations for appointment. His suggestions, even though he has made
no contact with anyone yet, are Billy Pitts, David Heidman, June Krause and Trey
Ware.
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Mayor Baldwin asked how about Ramon Cook and Mr. Sweatt replied he is on
the Schertz Economic Development Corporation Board and he would like to try
and keep some kind of separation between members on various boards. The
Mayor then asked Council if they had any suggestions. Mr. Sweatt indicated he
would like to place this item on next week's agenda.
Mr. Agee suggested Billy Keen and Mr. Swinney observed that David Heideman
is sharp on financial matters. The three names suggested by Council were Billy
Pitts, David Heideman and Billy Keen.
Mr. Potempa noted that Ollie Burkett is running scared - he got a call from
George Mower. Mr. Potempa doesn't know if the same law that applied to him
applies to school personnel.
Mr. Sweatt stated this item will be placed on next Tuesday night's agenda if all
the details can be worked out.
#5 Discuss Interlocal Agreement in Mutual Aid for Emergency Medical
Services between the City of Schertz and the City of Seguin.
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Mr. Sweatt reminded Council they have a copy of the proposed agreement in
their packets. There are several benefits in cooperating with the City of Seguin.
It is a rare occasion when an ambulance is needed, but it could happen in a
major disaster.
He would like to strike Section 4.1 if Council has no objections. It reads as
follows: "The requesting party may, at the request of the responding party,
restock the responding party or any medical or pharmaceutical supplies used by
the responding party in the provision of services under this Agreement. The
provision does not apply to responding parties who are private entities." Council
had no objections.
Mr. Swinney mentioned Section 3.1 having to do with claims and asked if this
really protects the City or is an interlocal agreement trumped by other laws. He
stated he has somewhat of a distrust of attorneys. Mr. Sweatt replied if
personnel from the City of Schertz are performing emergency medical services in
the City of Seguin and are sued, the City of Seguin will cover them.
Council affirmed they were ready for this item to be placed on next Tuesday
night's agenda.
#6 Discuss Bexar Metro 9-1-1 Network proposed budget.
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Mr. Sweatt commented they bring this budget to us every year. The law says the
local entities must approve it. Council was reminded they have a copy of the
budget in their packets. He would like to place it on the agenda next Tuesday
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night and go through the formality of approving it. Council was agreeable to Mr.
Sweatt's suggestion. There is an item referred to as Individual PSAP costs and
Council asked him to find out what that means. He agreed to do that.
#7 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
. Announced the grand opening for Blockbuster is August 20th at 11 :00 a.m.
. Related the grand opening for Lone Star Pet is scheduled for September 25th
at 6:00 p.m. He will be on vacation but urges everyone to attend.
. Stated Planning and Zoning has had a request from the medical group at
Ashley Oak and FM 3009 for a sidewalk waiver. There was a brief discussion
about the topographical problems being experienced by the medical group
and about Council's feelings regarding sidewalks along FM 3009.
#8 ITEMS BY COUNCIL
Mr. Greenwald:
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. Mentioned the Christmas Lighting Committee will meet on August 20th at
4:00 p.m. They could use some volunteers if anyone knows somebody who
would like to serve.
. Remarked there was an article in a supplement of last Friday's Express-News
about a suburb of San Antonio and they called it Schertz-Cibolo. Mr. Swinney
commented there's an article in the Northeast Sun today about water.
. Reported he attended a meeting in Seguin last Thursday. One of the local
residents was developing his own well field and got caught and lost credibility.
. Stated Crockett Camp and his associates have two (2) wells pretty well
cleared and Green Valley Water Supply is ready to go with us any day.
Mrs. Jarman:
. Advised Council she had dental work done and cannot speak clearly, so she
asked Mr. Sweatt to speak about the Schertz Humane Society. Mr. Sweatt
said they have some questions on the status of their Charter and legally what
kind of entity they are. They also have questions about what they need to do
regarding their by-laws.
Mr. Potempa:
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. Thanked everyone for the beautiful flowers they sent to his wife during her
hospital stay.
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Mr. Swinney:
. Told everyone a ninth-grade student drowned at an outing of the First Baptist
Church at Canyon Lake over the weekend.
. Suggested dropping some of the project reports and streamlining them to only
the active ones. In regard to that, he was looking at the Schertz Business
Association (SBA) booths and thought they would have made more money
than that. He was advised by Mayor Baldwin that amount was only their
payment to SBA.
#9 ITEMS BY MAYOR
. Related that Reverend Jeffreys has asked that Council open its meetings with
prayer and said he promised him he would bring it up. Mr. Sweatt
commented that at several cities he worked for they had alliance of local area
pastors and they signed up for a year. Council agreed to consider it. Mr.
Swinney said if they have no objection to opening their meetings with prayer,
he will arrange to get started on October 1 st at the regular meetings only.
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. Mentioned he would like to present a proclamation to Riedel's honoring their
50th anniversary. He hopes he has Council's support. Mr. Swinney
wondered how many other businesses had been in the City for 50 years and
expressed concern about overlooking someone. Mr. Swinney then reminded
the Mayor about working up a proclamation for the Samuel Clemens football
team of last year.
Before the next item (Budget Workshop), Council took a short recess.
#10 BUDGET WORKSHOP
Mr. Sweatt introduced Henry Van Ausburg, President of Public Sector Personnel
Consultants, saying he is here tonight to present the results of the salary study
and explain how it will be implemented into this year's budget.
Mr. Van Ausburg gave Council a brief overview of the process by which the
report was derived. Each Council member had been provided with a binder
containing the results of the study. The binder contained an Executive Summary,
Position Analysis and Classification, External Competitiveness Comparisons,
Recommended Salary Grade Structure, Recommended FY 1999 Base Salary
Plan, Initial Implementation of the FY 1999 Salary Plan, Salary Administration
and Employee Benefits. Mr. Van Ausburg answered questions from Council and
reviewed items in the binder in the hopes of helping them understand just how
the process will work. Mayor Baldwin thanked Mr. Van Ausburg for his time.
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