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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MAY 4, 1993
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session
Tuesday, May 4, 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, presiding; Hal Baldwin, Barbara Stanhope, Mary
Marsh and Ken Greenwald. Absent: Joe Potempa. Staff
present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary
June Krause.
Mayor Sawyer welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked them
to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mrs. Stanhope moved to
the minutes of the BOA meeting of April 6, the
Meeting of April 6, the Special Meeting of April 14
Regular Meeting of April 20, 1993. Mrs. Marsh
the motion, which carried with the following votes:
AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald
NAYS: None
ABSTAINING: Mr. Baldwin for the minutes of April 14, 1993.
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: None
#3 AUDIT: Consider and take action on the
presentation and acceptance of the Audit Report for fiscal
year ending September 30, 1992.
Mr. Sweatt mentioned that representatives of the auditing
firm and Debbi Kline, Finance Officer, were present to
answer questions. He said that since Barney Ortiz, of Leal,
Carter & Rocha, P.C. had given detailed reports to the
Audit Committee and Council at the previous workshop, he
would just asked Mr. Ortiz to briefly discuss the Reserve
Funds, Capital Projects and Enterprise Funds.
Mr. Ortiz said that he would like to stress that the City
had a 16% increase over last year's fund balance and we now
have approximately a 2.4 month operating reserve in the fund
balance versus the 1.4 we had last year.
Concerning the Capital Projects Fund, Mr. Ortiz said that
this year, because of a new state law, we had to separate
the Capital Recovery Fees into a new fund. This fund is a
combination of the bond issue monies that have not been
spent and the capital funds that were transferred in.
Mr. Ortiz said that at the workshop and in the meetings
with the City Manager and Audit Committee, he had gone into
great detail on the audit. He, again, reminded council that
if they had any questions at all, to please give him a call.
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Mrs. Marsh moved to accept the audit for fiscal year endinq
September 30, 1992. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion,
which carried with the followinq vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald
NAYS: None
Mr. Baldwin mentioned this audit is the culmination of the
qoals we set out several years aqo when we decided that we
had to qet the City in a solvent financial situation. He
said we are very close to beinq at the 3 months operatinq
expense qoals that had been set. He said he felt the
administration had done the job they were asked to do and we
are very close to meetinq that qoal we set.
#4 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance
and read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 93-E-8
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS
AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE CITY
GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN SAID CITY ON MAY 1,
1993 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Council then canvassed the returns of the election of
May 1, 1993, with the followinq results: There were 1117
ballots voted and that for Councllmember Place 3, Barbara L.
Stanhope received a plurality of votes cast; and for
Councilmember Place 4, Mary A. Marsh received a plurality
of votes cast; and for Councilmember Place 5, Ken Greenwald
received a plurality of votes cast; therefore these three
were duly elected for their respective places.
Mr. Baldwin moved to approve the ordinance canvassinq the
returns and declarinq the results of an election held on May
1, 1993. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried
with the followinq votes:
AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald
NAYS: None
#5 SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES: At this time Barbara Stanhope
was sworn in to the office of Councilmember, Place 3; Mary
Marsh was sworn into the office of Councilmember, Place 4;
and Ken Greenwald was sworn in to the office of
Councilmember, Place 5 of the City of Schertz.
*6 MAYOR PRO TEN: Consider and take action on the
official desiqnation of the Mayor Pro Tem.
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Following Council policy, Ken Greenwald was sworn in as
Mayor Pro Tern for the next six months, by Mrs. Krause.
#7 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. There will be a
pre-construction conference with Dean Word Construction
Company on the FM 3009 project on Friday, May 14th, at 10:00
a.m., in the Municipal Buildinq.
B. We have been informed by the Texas Department of
Transportation they have scheduled the openinq of 1-35 for
10:00 a.m. Monday, May 17th. They will qet back to us with
more details as to time and place.
C. Mr. Sweatt said that last week he was asked to look
into the blind corner at the entrance to the RV park on
I-35. He said the inspectors have investiqated and it does
not appear to be a violation as this is not a city street.
They are allowed to park up to the riqht of way. He said he
had asked the inspectors to qo back and watch the area for
more information.
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place on May 7th at the larqe pavilion in
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ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Baldwin welcomed
a student from Dobie Intermediate School,
He had previously introduced Joshua
Joshua
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Mrs. Stanhooe asked if we were havinq any problems with the
basketball court. Mr. Sweat no, we have had quite a few
users but no problems.
Mrs. Marsh once aqain reminded everyone of the Schertz
Business Association Jamboree on May 23 at the VFW. She
encouraqed everyone to attend and make this a biq success as
the proceeds qo toward the fireworks for the July 4th
Jubilee.
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Greenwald mentioned that May 22nd will be a very
as there are about five activities scheduled for
busy
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#9 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer said he was happy to
see our ordinance on cameras in convenience stores is payinq
off. On the TV news it showed the Payless store at I-35 and
FM 1103 had a robbery and they had a clear picture of the
person involved.
Mr. Baldwin mentioned that he was pleasantly surprised that
the curfew ordinance was doinq real well also.
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#10 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Baldwin moved the meetinq be
adjourned at 7:26 p.m. Mrs. Marsh seconded the motion,
which carried with a unanimous vote.
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