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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JUL Y 2 8, 1 9 9 3
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop
Session Wednesday, July 28, 1993 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Conference Room of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz
Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The following members were
present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Joe Potempaj
Hal Baldwin; Barbara Stanhope; Mary Marsh and Ken
Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and
City Secretary June Krause.
#1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Bill Neller commented
that he had seen two City employees with weedeaters,
followed by someone with a power mower in his alley. He
said he had always taken care of the alley and asked if the
City was going to take care of this in the future. He was
assured they were not.
#2 Discuss final consideration of an ordinance
amending the Code by amending Sec. 10-71, Exceptions, of
Article IV Guns, "BB" Guns, Pellet Guns.
Mayor
reading
comments
placed on
Sawyer advised that Council had approved the first
of this ordinance and, there being no further
from Councilmembers, he asked that this item be
the next action agenda.
#3 Discuss recommended changes to the Personnel Policy
Manual and Employee Manual.
Mr. Sweatt
handed out
department
recommended
addition of
pointed out that there are two documents, one is
to each employee and the other goes to the
heads for administration. The changes being
are clarification of some wording and the
sections on the Family Leave Act and Harassment.
Mr. Baldwin wanted to know what would be wrong with the
word "grievance". Mr. Sweatt explained we wanted to remove
any implication that there might be connotation of a
contract.
Mr. Potempa asked about Section 6.02 concerning sick and
vacation leave for 24 hour shift employees.
Mr. Sweatt
the budget
Department.
will already
explained this is something we are proposing in
going to a 24 hour shift in the Fire
Therefore, if that is adopted, this schedule
be in place.
Mrs. Marsh questioned the maternity portion of Section 6.04
which states a person would have to be employed a year
before the leave would go into effect.
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Mr. Sweatt informed her the Council can be more liberal;
but not more restrictive.
Mrs. Marsh said she would like to see this changed to only
six months, to be more in line with the probationary period
for taking any type of leave.
After further discussion, Mayor Sawyer asked that this item
be placed on the next action agenda.
#4 Review and discuss FY 93-94 budget study schedule.
Mr. Sweatt related that since August 1st falls on Sunday,
in accordance with Section 7.02 of the Charter, the budget
will be filed on Monday, August 2nd. The budget workshops
are scheduled for August 3, 11, 17 and September 1 and 7 if
needed.
The public hearing on the tax rate will be held September
15th, with the budget hearing on September 21st. The
Council will vote to place a proposal to adopt the tax rate
on September 1st, and the ordinances on the tax rate and
budget will be presented for emergency passage on September
21st.
Council had only one comment on the schedule - limit the
workshop sessions to two hours or a maximum of 10:00 p.m.
Mayor Sawyer agreed, saying there may be a need to call
other meetings or to meet on Saturday if necessary.
Mr. Sweatt pointed out that there are
scheduled on regular meeting nights and
meetings will be sufficient.
five meetings
hopefully five
#5 Consider and discuss E911 FY 94 proposed budget.
Mr. Sweatt advised that we are sent their proposed budget
each year for approvalj but we have not determined what
would happen if the City failed to approve it. He added
that we have not found anything wrong with their
administration and have gotten several grants from E911.
Our cost for this service is 8 cents for residential
customers and 42 cents for commercial customers. He added
that if there were no objections, he would place it on the
next action agenda.
#6 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Announced a TML Region 7
meeting in New Braunfels on Friday, August 6, at the Civic
Center starting at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m. He
asked to be notified of those wishing to attend.
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#7 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mrs. Marsh - A. Reported on
the Schertz Business Association meeting, stating the
treasurer's report showed them looking good. They did very
well on the Jubilee. They talked a good bit about next
year's Jubilee, with the theme being "Freedom Texas Style".
They voted to increase the fireworks by $500. She added
that the City could be getting a letter asking for half of
that.
B. She expressed her concerning about
during the construction period, saying
road surface, the large trucks are
accident.
the speed on FM 3009
that with the uneven
going to cause an
C. Mrs. Marsh asked the status of the stop lights for FM
3009. Mr. Sweatt advised that the Department of
Transportation said they did not meet the warrants before
construction. After it is finished, we will have to do
another study to see if it then meets the warrants.
Mr. Potemoa asked the
convenience stores. Mr.
are open passed 11:00 p.m.
status of the video cameras in
Sweatt said that all stores that
have installed the cameras.
Mrs. Stanhope said she had gone by the new animal shelter
and it really is looking good.
Mr. Potempa related that the previous Saturday night when
he got home there was a really mangy dog there. He called
the dispatcher and within ten minutes Matt was there to pick
up the dog.
Mr. Baldwin: A. Asked if there was any negative feedback
on the exception made to Dove Meadows Subdivision. Mr.
Sweatt said we had not.
B. Asked if the City was going to have them put
in any part of their subdivision, especially on
Road. Mr. Sweatt said he did not believe our
calls for sidewalks outside the subdivision.
sidewalks
Borgfeld
ordinance
C. Asked if anyone was going to the AICUZ meeting in Live
Oak. Mr. Sweatt advised that he or Steve Simonson would be
going along with Mr. Willman.
Mr. Greenwald: A. Asked the City Manager to contact the
Department of Transportation concerning the traffic light at
FM 78 and First Street. It is causing bottleneck there.
B. The preliminary plat for Dove Meadows was presented to
Planning & Zoning and they have problems. They have
included parkland and part of it is in the utility easement.
They wanted to put all utilities in front; and if it can be
worked out, no problem. The plat still needs a lot of work.
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#8 ITEMS BY MAYOR: A. He mentioned a meeting with
the Base Commander at 10:00 am on Friday to discuss Lower
Seguin Road. He felt at least one Councilmember should be
present.
B. Mr. Chappel, who was at the meeting but left, had asked
about the burglary alarm permits, saying he felt the $5 fine
was too much. Mayor Sawyer said he had explained to him
that the fine was only for false alarms. Mr. Sweatt
advised that our fine is the lowest of any in the state.
Council agreed, saying they did not feel it was too much.
#9 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Potempa moved the meeting be
adjourned at 8:07 p.m. with Mr. Baldwin seconding the
motion, which carried unanimously.
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