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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 2, 1993
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session
Tuesday, November 2, 1993 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway,
Schertz, Texas. The following members were present: Mayor
Earl W. Sawyer, presidingi Joe Potempai Hal Baldwini
Barbara Stanhopei Mary Marsh and Ken Greenwald. Staff
present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary
June Krause.
Mayor Sawyer welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked them
to rise and join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Sawyer then had the pleasant duty of reading and
presenting a proclamation to several students of the Samuel
Clemens High School DECA Chapter, proclaiming the week of
December 6-10, 1993 as "Free Enterprise Week" in Schertz.
Mr. Baldwin then introduced their sponsor Sharon Pope, who
in turn introduced the students to the Council.
Another pleasurable duty the Mayor had was announcing that
Danny Stift was the Schertz "Star of the Month" for October.
He then presented him with the plaque, the "Star" pin and a
gift certificate.
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#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A.
Public Hearing 9-15-93; C.
Regular Meeting 9-21-93 and E.
Regular Meeting 9-7-93.
Special Meeting 9-15-93;
Special Meeting 9-29-93.
Mrs. Marsh moved to approve the
presented. Mr. Greenwald seconded
carried as follows:
listed minutes as
the motion, which
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. George Mower of 501
Brooks Avenue advised that he had a little problem with the
doors at the Municipal Building. One side was locked and
when you approached the door and pushed that door, you could
possibly sprain your wrist. He strongly recommended
unlocking both of the double doors; or at least, as an
alternative, use traffic cones to signify that that door was
locked.
Mayor Sawyer assured him we would do something about this.
#3 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance
and read the caption as follows:
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AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, BE
AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 19 - WATER,
SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT.
Mr. Baldwin moved to approve the first readinq of an
ordinance amendinq the Code, by revisinq Chapter 19 - Water,
Sewers and Sewaqe Disposal. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the
motion, which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald
NAYS: Mr. Potempa
#4 BID AWARD: Consider and take action on awardinq
bid on a new ambulance.
Mr. Sweatt advised that bids were solicited and opened on
September 30, 1993. Bids were received from four reputable
companies to provide this equipment. After review and
backqround check, staff recommends the bid from McCoy
Miller, includinq the trade-in of 1986 vehicle, in the
amount of $55,345.
Mrs. Stanhope moved to award the ambulance bid to McCoy
Miller in the amount of $55,345 includinq trade-in. Mrs.
Marsh seconded the motion, which carried as follows:
AYES; Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#5 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer introduced a resolution
and read the caption as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 93-R-9
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, CASTING THE
CITY'S 183 VOTES FOR GUADALUPE COUNTY
APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Mayor Sawyer explained that the resolution named Sylvia
Schlather as the City's selection.
Mr. Baldwin moved to approve the resolution castinq the
City's 183 votes for SylVia Schlather for Guadalupe County
Appraisal District Board of Directors. Mr. Greenwald
seconded the motion, which carried with the followinq vote:
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AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#6 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Reminder of the
Annual Conference starting Wednesday in San Antonio.
General Opening Session will be Thursday morning at
a.m.
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#7 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. PotemDa announced that the
Schertz Parkway Reinvestment Zone members met for the first
time, with representatives from the School District, County
and City present. He mentioned that Mr. Mark Marquez is a
very knowledgeable person and he looks forward to working on
this committee for another year.
Mrs. Stanhooe: Reported on the Housing Authority meeting
the previous night. There were two gentlemen present who
are buying property here and will be building apartments.
They will build the units to meet the specifications the
Housing Authority would desire for a retirement center at
Elbel Road and Schertz Parkway. They are talking about
fifty units on a 1.2 acres of land. They discussed HUD
regulations and will give the complete management of the
center to the Housing Authority, even to setting the rents.
Mrs. Stanhope said she had talked with Mrs. Brannon about
the wrong impression given out that the City required the
Senior Citizen participants to pay for table rental. They
will be getting out a correction on that. She asked for
volunteer judges for this event and received three. Mr.
Sweatt was asked to obtain the prizes.
Mrs. Marsh said she just couldn't resist the opportunity to
mention a very important program - the Voice of Democracy
scholarship program sponsored by the Veteran's of Foreign
Wars. She mainly addressed her comments to the students in
the audience. The rules are very simple - write a three to
five minutes speech on "My Commitment to America" and put it
on a casette. She mentioned that Joyce Briscoe is the
coordinator for this program.
Mrs. Pope mentioned that she is
scholarships for her students and was
one. Mrs. Marsh also explained
Association scholarship program.
always looking for
glad to hear of this
about the Business
Mr. Greenwald
the newsletter
mentioned that
they should call
called attention to the very good article in
about the Christmas Lighting Contest. He
if anyone wanted their house to be judged,
the City and let them know.
Mr. Greenwald also mentioned that CVADAC met the
night and they are gOing to enter a protest
non-funding.
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'8 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mentioned that the FM 3009 project
is on schedule with work proqressinq very well.
Mr. Sweatt reminded Council of the invitation to the City
of Helotes qround breakinq on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Mr. Sweatt advised that our City float will be in the
Veteran's Day Parade in Universal City.
'9 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Potempa moved the meetinq be
adjourned at 7:24 p.m., Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion,
which carried with a unanimous vote.
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