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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 17, 1991
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday,
September 17, 1991 at 6:00 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; Joe Potempa; Barbara Stanhope; Mary Marsh and Ken
Greenwald. Member absent was Hal Baldwin. Staff present were
City Manager Kerry R. Sweatt and Deputy City Secretary Alice
Austin.
Mayor Sawyer opened the meeting and asked everyone to join him in
the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC HEARING: Mayor Sawyer opened the public hearing at
7:02 p.m. and explained that the purpose of the public hearing
was to receive citizen input on fiscal 1991-92 proposed budget.
He asked those citizens present if they had anything to say.
Cynthia Boeck, 5035 Scenic Lake Drive; Shirley Baumann, 7046
Pfeil Road; Jamie Clark, 11940 Ware-Seguin Road; and Coralee
Fenner, 6440 Pfeil Road addressed council concerning the need to
increase budget item number 59122 STREET/MAINTENANCE MATLS. Each
citizen was concerned that the condition of the streets in the
Schermerville area would deteriorate more than they already were.
They all advised that they were very concerned with the safety of
their children on the school buses and with the repairs that they
have made to their vehicles due to the condition the streets are
already in. Mrs. Baumann also advised that they had been told
that mail service would be curtailed if the condition of the
streets did not improve.
Mr. Borgfeld
addressed to
follows:
advised that he would like
Mayor Sawyer into the record.
to read a
The letter
letter
is as
"September 10, 1991
Mayor Earl W. Sawyer
City of Schertz
P.O. Drawer I
City of Schertz
Mayor Sawyer:
I wish to express my THANKS to you and the City Council for the
support given to the Economic Development of Schertz. In my
opinion, it is one of the more important efforts in which a city
government can become involved. As you know, business and
industry is critical to the economic health of a community and
the development of a strong and diversified business sector
brings the jobs and capital investment necessary for a
financially sound city.
Over the past three (3) years, you have made a lot of progress
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which puts the city in the running for attracting business and
industry. Following are some of the results of the efforts
directed to development and enhance the city's economic growth:
1. The creation of the Economic Development Task Force
2. The development of an information base
3. The development of contacts in the Economic Development
Industry.
4. Tax Abatement Ordinance
5. The employment of an Economic Development Coordinator
6. The recent approval of the Schertz Development Foundation
7. Trade Show participation
8. Participation in the IH-35 Corridor Council
9. LCRA Certification for "Team Readiness", representing the City
with prospects
10. Participation
City Manager
Corporation
in LCRA Certified Development Corporation with
serving on the Board of Cen-Tex Development
This list is certainly not all inclusive, but does indicate the
city's progress in the area of economic development.
I have enclosed two (2) articles from a recent issue of the
Corridor Business Journal just to evidence the fact that we are
not alone in this effort. The Seguin article certainly has some
parallels to our efforts in Schertz.
Also please note,
resultant from their
development program
are also involved.
that Seguin has located a California firm,
trade show involvement and the LCRA economic
known as "Grand Central Texas" in which we
As a city a lot of progress has been made, but we still have a
lot to do and I am confident that the program the Council and
Staff has placed into being will bring success and benefit to the
City of Schertz.
Sincerely,
Lewis Borgfeld
Chairman Economic Development Task Force"
Mr. Borgfeld further advised that Seguin was very serious about
economic development and had hired Jim Gandy as Economic
Development Director and their focus was to create new jobs.
Mr. Sweatt displayed graphic charts showing taxes collected and
tax rates for the last 10 years. He also displayed graphs
showing the percentage of usage for the general fund income and
expenditures. He advised that the total revenues and
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expenditures were proposed as follows:
General Fund: Revenues: $2,487,261.00
Expenditures: $2,479,396.00
Water & Wastewater: Revenues: $1,860,278.00
Expenditures: $1,833,443.00
Fleet Services: Revenues: $66,166.00
Expenditures: $66,166.00
Capital Recovery: Revenues: $180,350.00
Expenditures: $180,350.00
S.A.F.E.S: Revenues: $344,723.00
$344,723.00
Mrs. Marsh said that
Schermerville residents
asked if there was any
that are safety hazards.
she would not like to see the
leave without some commitment. She
way we could give priority to potholes
Mr. Sweatt advised that we did not have the capital to rebuild
the road but that we patch as many potholes as possible in the
order they are reported.
Mrs. Marsh asked if there was some way we could have the
contractors, who are working on Randolph and using the roads, pay
to have them resurfaced.
Mr. Sweatt advised that the current contractor, when contacted,
assured that repairs of the damage incurred would be done when
they finished the job.
Mayor Sawyer advised that we knew there was a problem in the
Schermerville area and that we would do our best to solve the
problem. He advised that is was too late to change the current
proposed budget, but that it would be looked at before Christmas.
Mayor Sawyer closed the public hearing at 7:30 p.m.
Mayor Sawyer opened the Regular Meeting at 7:31 p.m.
#1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: none
#2 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance for
consideration and read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 91-M-11
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1991 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
1992, BY APPROVING THE BUDGET FOR SAID PERIOD AND
APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS OUT OF THE GENERAL
AND OTHER REVENUES OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, FOR
SAID YEAR FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND
IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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Mrs. Marsh made the motion to approve the ordinance providing
funds for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1991 and ending
September 30, 1992. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion which
carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Potempa, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald
NAYS: None
#3 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and
read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO.91-T-12
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND ASSESSING ALL TAXABLE
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS FOR THE YEAR 1991; PROVIDING THE BASIS
OF ASSESSMENT OF 100% APPRAISED VALUE AND PROVIDING
FOR THE COLLECTION THEREOF AT THE RATE OF $0.3889 ON
THE ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR ($100.00) ASSESSED VALUATION
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Mr. Greenwald made the motion to approve the ordinance setting
the tax rate of $0.3889 on the one hundred dollar assessed
valuation. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion which carried with
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Potempa, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald
NAYS: None
#4 PURCHASE: Mr. Sweatt advised that the State Department
of Highways and Public Transportation had designed Infoboards to
commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Old San Antonio Road.
These boards would be placed at rest areas and were being offered
to interested groups at a cost of $32.80 plus Shipping.
Mrs. Marsh made the motion to schedule this item for the next
workshop. Mr. Potempa seconded the motion which carried with
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald
NAYS: None
#5 BONFIRE: Mayor Sawyer advised that this was a request
by Samuel Clemens PTSA for permiSSion to hold a bonfire and to
use the street. He advised that this is an annual event.
Mr. Potempa made the motion to permit the PTSA to hold a bonfire
and use the street. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion which
carried with the fOllOWing vote:
AYES: Councilmember Potempa, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald
NAYS: None
#6 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Sweatt advised that the
Region 7 meeting of the TML would be held on Saturday the 21st
and that he needed the names of those who would be attending.
He also advised that the annual Business AppreCiation Dinner
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would be held on September 19 and the Chamber of Commerce Board
meeting would be on the 18th.
#7 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Joe Potempa 1. Thanked the citizens
who came to the budget workshops. 2. Thanked the department
heads for their work on the budget and the budget cuts.
Barbara Stanhope 1. Advised that she had a list of questions for
Workshop. 2. Thanked the citizens for their involvement in the
community. 3. Thanked the department heads.
Mary Marsh 1. Thanked the citizens and the department heads. 2.
Advised that the City Manager and done a beautiful job in
presenting the budget and working to make the budget cuts
requested. 3. Mrs. Marsh advised that the Business Club was
already working on the 4th of July picnic and that they were
going to try and outdo last year. She advised that they would be
starting a campaign to fund fireworks. A nice display could be
purchased for $2,500.00. She advised that they would have
red,white and blue cans out at the businesses around the city and
would have dances, raffles and contact business for donations to
raise money to fund the fireworks. She advised that they were
hoping to raise enough money to fund the next two years.
Ken Greenwald none
#8 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer said that he would like to
thank the citizens for attending and that he felt they had
learned something. If you demand service you have to pay for it.
He said that he would like to thank Council and that this was one
of the best budget sessions he had been involved in.
He advised the Schermerville citizens that Council will be
looking for money and that they do care.
#9 ADJOURNMENT:
Mrs. Marsh the meeting
On a motion by Mr. Potempa
was adjO~~~,
~or, City ofSchert
and second by
ATTEST:
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Deputy City Secretary, City of Schertz