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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 5, 1989
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday,
December 5, 1989, 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;
Barbara Stanhope; Mary Marsh and Ken Greenwald. Absent: Earl P.
Hartzog and Hal Baldwin. Staff present were City Manager Kerry
Sweatt and City Secretary June Krause.
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A.
B.
Special Meeting 11-1-89
Regular Meeting 11-7-89
Mrs. Marsh moved to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting of
November 1st and the Regular Meeting of November 7th, 1989 as
written. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried with
the following vote:
AYES:
NAYS:
Councilmembers Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald.
None
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#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: None
#3 RADIO BID: Mr. Sweatt advised that seven bids were
received from six companies, ranging from a low of $19,988.66 to
a high of $27,833.71 for radio equipment to upgrade our police
service.
Chief Agee said that this equipment is very much needed and this
will allow communications among all departments during an
emergency. The low bid from S & P Communications was recommended
as it meets or exceeds all specifications.
Mr. Greenwald moveg to approve the low bid, in the amount of
$19,988.66 to S & P Communications for radio equipment. Mrs.
Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried as follows:
AYES:
NAYS:
Councilmembers Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald.
None
#4 VEHICLE BID: Mr. Sweatt reminded Council that the
previous bids had been rejected and rebidding had taken place.
There were only two bids received this time - one from A.C.
Collins Ford for $12,618 each unit and one from Bluebonnet Ford,
in the amount of $13,689 each. Not onl y does the apparent low
bidder, A.C. Collins of Houston, represent a saving of over
$8,000 from the earlier Bluebonnet Ford bid; but also represents
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Mrs. Marsh said she would like to praise the staff and Chief Agee
for the excellent work and research done on this bidding process.
Mrs. Stanhope moved to authorize purchase directly through the
interlocal agreement with the City of New Braunfels for Ford
pol ice vehicles in the amount of $50,472. Mrs. Marsh seconded
the motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#5 9-1-1 BUDGET: Mr. Sweatt said the 9-1-1 program has
been in service for one year and is fund4ed through special
service charges on each telephone bill. He said that while there
is no direct cost to the City of Schertz, we are recommending
approval of the Bexar Metro 9-1-1 budget.
Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the Bexar Metrocome 9-1-1 Budget
in the amount of $1,661,736. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion,
which carried with the following vote:
AYES:
NAYS:
Councilmembers Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald.
None
#6 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Sweatt made the following
announcements: A. Christmas Tree Lighting Program - December
7th; B. Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet - December 7th; C.
Employees party December 15thi D. Melick, Amrstrong and
Vaughan's party on December 18th.
The Christmas Committee is pleased to report the bulk of their
work is completed for this year. They will be having a meeting
in January and will welcome input and comments.
Our ETJ representative to the Impact Committee has tendered his
resignation.
#7 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mrs. Stanhope wanted to thank the
Christmas Committee, saying she knew they had put in a lot of
hard work and it shows.
Mrs. Marsh added her thanks to all those who worked so hard.
Mr. Greenwald said he would also like to express his appreciation
to all the people who served on the Christmas Decorating
Committee. He said that in driving around the City you will
notice that there are many more houses decorated this year than
in the past.
#8 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Sawyer addressed the audience,
saying we always need volunteers for committees or if anyone just
had some ideas to corne to the meetings or call them in.
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The Mayor said he had received a letter from Mr. Kuempel saying
he would help us in our support of a race track in this area,
#9 ADJOURNMENT: Mrs. Marsh moveg the meeting be adjourned
at 7:15 p.m, Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried
with a unanimous vote.
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