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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 15. 1992
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session on
Tuesday, September 15, 1992 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; Joe Potempa; Hal Baldwin;
Barbara Stanhope; Mary Marsh and Ken Greenwald. Staff
present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary
June Krause.
Mayor Sawyer opened the meeting by welcoming everyone and
asking them to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
#1 PUBLIC HEARING: The purpose of the hearing was for
Council to receive citizens comments on the proposed budget
for fiscal year 1992-93.
Mayor Sawyer asked if
proposed budget; and
comment.
anyone wished to comment on
there were no citizens wishing
the
to
Mr. Sweatt presented several slides, which showed the
Historical Tax Rates and Taxable Value for years 1982
through 1992, break-down of General Fund Revenues and
Expenditures, expenditures by service and by funds. This
showed a total budget of all funds of $5,170,354.51, with
the General Fund being 51% of that, SAFES 7%, Fleet Service
1%, Capital Recovery 3% and Water/WasteWater 37%.
Mr. Sweatt added that one question was raised at the last
workshop and that concerned the amount of revenue received
from Bexar County for School Crossing Guards. That amount
is approximately $250 for the year.
There being no further questions or comments from the
audience or Council, Mayor Sawyer closed the public hearing
at 7: 12 p.m.
#2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
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Regular Meeting of
Mr. Baldwin_ mo~~g to approve the minutes of the Regular
Meeting of August 18, 1992, with Mr. Greenwald seconding
the motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#3 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Wayne Hofferichter said
he lives in Schertz in the Schirmerville area. He said that
two weeks previously his son was hit by a vehicle as he got
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off a bus. He said that 9-1-1 does work beautifully as an
officer was on the scene within minutes. as well as SAFES.
He just wanted to assure everyone that 9-1-1 certainly works
well - he said he would have hated to think of the time it
would have taken without 9-1-1.
#4 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance
and read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 92-M-20
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1992 AND ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 1993, 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.
Mrs. Marsh_.moyeci to approve the ordinance as an emergency
measure. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried
as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#5 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance
and read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 92-T-21
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND ASSESSING ALL
TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, FOR THE YEAR
1992; PROVIDING THE BASIS OF ASSESSMENT OF
100% APPRAISED VALUE AND PROVIDING FOR THE
COLLECTION THEREOF AT THE RATE OF $0.4255 ON
THE ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR ($100.00) ASSESSED
VALUATION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Mr. GreenwaldmQy.~d to approve the ordinance as an
emergency measure. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which
carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
Mr. Sweatt expressed his appreciation for Council's
continued attention to what staff believes are the needs of
the City of Schertz and it's citizens.
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#6 BID AWARD: Consider and take action on awarding
bid for the removal of underground storage tanks.
Mr. Sweatt reminded Council that staff had solicited bids
for the removal of two tanks that are not in use by the City
and because of the EPA regulations we believe it appropriate
to have these tanks removed. He said that, hopefully, we
will not experience any contamination. There were six bids
received and based on additional costs , if contamination of
soil is located, we recommend awarding the bid to Certified
Properties, in the base bid amount of $4,984.
Mr. Potempa moved to award the bid for removal of two
storage tanks to Certified Properties for the base bid
amount of $4984. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion, which
carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
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and read
follows:
RESOLUTION:
the entire
Mayor Sawyer introduced a
resolution, the caption
resolution
of which
RESOLUTION NO. 92-R07
A RESOLUTION TO BEGIN THE PROCESS
HEARINGS WITH THE INTENT TO
RE-NAMING JACK HAYS BOULEVARD/F.M.
RECOGNITION OF THE LATE DR. ROY
SR.
OF PUBLIC
CONSIDER
3009 IN
RICHARD,
Mr. Baldwin moved to approve the resolution to begin the
process of renaming Jack Hays Boulevard. Mr. Potempa
seconded the motion.
Mr. Greenwald asked for the reason for just changing the
name from F.M. 78 to I-35. Mr. Sweatt advised that in the
past the had named from 1-35 to the city limits "Natural
Bridge Caverns Road". When the Jack Hays Boulevard
designation was given several years ago, this was the only
portion involved.
Mrs. Froboese asked the extent of this proposal.
Mayor Sawyer said that this is merely an intent to start the
process of the public hearings, etc. to consider renaming
F.M. 3009 from F.M. 78 to I-35 in recognition of the late
Roy Richard, Sr. He advised that many years ago, it was
named "Greenfield Road" but the action was never taken to
finalize that designation. Then later it was legally named
"Jack Hays Boulevard". Now we would like to honor Dr.
Richard and this resolution will merely set the process in
motion. We will be holding public hearings to give all the
residents a chance to give their comments. We will be
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sending out notices to those fronting on F.M. 3009 and will
get the word out to the people in every way we can.
Mayor Sawyer then called for a vote on the motion, which
carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#8 HEALTH
regarding renewal
agreements.
INSURANCE: Consider
of health and life
and take
insurance
action
coverage
Mr. Sweatt reminded that over a year ago we solicited
proposals for the furnishing of employee hospitalization
insurance. After reviewing the proposals, we awarded the
contract to PacifiCare, which is a HMO organization. That
organization has performed well for us. Because of a number
of factors, our fiscal year and contract year were not
running concurrently. We have extended PacifiCare's current
agreement to the end of September so we are now back on a
fiscal year basis. We have reviewed various informal
proposals from other companies and our insurance advisory,
Mr. Bob Feike, has assisted us with a number of other
providers as to what a similar policy would provide. After
reviewing all of these, we recommend renewing with
PacifiCare contract, with the one change that was mandated
by State law concerning mental health coverage. The new
rate would be $118.23 per employee. That is an overall
10.9% increase. At the same time, with Mr. Fieke's help,
we have been able to negotiate a revised life insurance
coverage rate, which reflects a change from the current rate
of 44 cents per thousand to 33 cents per thousand. That
decrease will partially offset the increase from PacifiCare
and we recommend renewing our health insurance with
PacifiCare.
There were no questions from the audience on this proposal.
Mrs. MarshJ.T1Qy'~_ci to approve the renewal of the employees
hospital insurance with PacifiCare. Mr. Greenwald seconded
the motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
Mr. Sweatt advised that we will continue with the wellness
clinic again this year.
Mr. Baldwin commented that in this weeks San Antonio
Business News there was an article stating that PacifiCare
now has 65,000 enrollees. He said one of the complaints he
heard from an employee dependent was the lack of providers
with only two in the area.
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Mr. Feike advised that by the end of the year we would have
a new facility in this area and also the Live Oak Medical
Clinic has opened for new enrollees.
#9 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Remind Council of the
Schertz Business Appreciation Dinner on September 17th at
7:30 with the social hour starting at 6:30. This is the
Economic Development Task Force annual program to recognize
Schertz businesses and express appreciation for those
businesses for being here.
#10 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: _Mr. Baldwin: A. There is a
used car lot on Main Street that looks as if it is closed
down and is really shabby looking now.
Mr. Sweatt
them and as
violated the
do about it.
said the City Inspector has been dealing with
long as it is a business and they have not
junked car ordinance, there is not much we can
B. He noticed that it looks like someone is erecting an
enormous sign on F.M. 3009 right at Woodland Oaks
Subdivision. Is that a temporary sign or what?
Mr. Sweatt said this is the sign advertising the Dover
Construction Company, which has purchased all the main
vacant lots in Woodland Oaks.
_Mrs. Marsh just wanted to comment that the only reason
Council deserved the nice comments on the budget is because
Mr. Sweatt provided a document that was logical, workable,
readable and was scrubbed over and over again so that they
were not presented with a raw document that would have taken
months to weed out. She wanted to thank Mr. Sweatt for
that.
Mr. Greenwald asked that the next workshop agenda include a
discussion of the City logo and possibly amending the
charter.
#11 ITEMS BY MAYOR: None
#12 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Baldwin moved the meeting be
adjourned at 7:37 p.m. with Mrs. Stanhope seconding the
motion, which was unanimously approved.
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