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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 1, 1988
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday,
March I, 1988, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Schertz
Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The following members were present:
Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Charles B. Sharpe; Hal Baldwin;
Ray Stanhope; Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Staff present
were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G.
Krause.
Prior to opening the Regular Meeting Mayor Sawyer read a
proclamation designating the month of March as "Youth Art Week".
#l APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the
minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 2, 1988, the Special
Workshop Meeting of February 10, 1988 and the Regular Meeting of
February 16, 1988. Mr. Stanhope seconded the mot ion, which
carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#2 BEARING OF RESIDENTS: None
#3 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and
read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 88-E-5
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF 'l'HE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON MAY 7, 1988, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING A MAYOR AND TWO (2) COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR SAID CITY.
Mr. Aguilar moved to approve the final consideration of an
ordinance calling an election for May 7, 1988 to elect a Mayor
and Councilmembers. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, WhlCh
carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#4 BID AMARO: Mr. Gilmore explained that staff had gone
out for bids on a limb and brush chipper. Three bids were mailed
out; however only one was received from Al Verble Sales.
Mr. Sharpe moved to accept the bid in the amount of $7945 for a
limb and brush chipper from Al Verble Sales. Mr. Greenwald
seconded the motion, which carried as follows:
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AYES:
Greenwald.
NAYS:
Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and
None
Mayor Sawyer explained that this chipper will be used during our
Spring Clean Up coming up this month.
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Sess ion at
Statutes,
property.
The Regular meeting was reconvened at 7:42 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Sawyer called an Executive
7:08 p.m. under Article 6252-17 Vernon's Texas Civil
Section 2 (f) to discuss obtaining real estate
Mayor Sawyer explained the executive session was held to discuss
land involving a sewer plant on 135 and park land from CCMA.
Mr. Greenwald moved to instruct the City Manager to execute an
agreement with CCMA on park land. Mr. Stanhope seconded the
motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#5 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Judge Sagebiel, who was to be
here on Thursday, will not be corning because of a death in his
family.
B. On March 7th we will be closing East Live Oak Road for three
weeks. They will be putting in cement base and it has to be able
to dry thoroughly. This is for the Schertz Parkway extension.
C. It was brought up at a workshop on CPS installing the 227/480
volt service to our water well in Schirmerville. They do not
allow a pr ivate contractor to do this. It will cost about
$16,181.
D. You have been furnished an up dated major project flow chart.
E. To answer Mr. Stanhope's question on seal coating streets, we
have the bid specifications and should be going out and awarding
bids the last part of Apr il or May. A lot depends on the
weather.
F. The Council had author ized bond money to purchase dump
trucks, maintainer and front end loader, in the amount of
$180, ~00. We have been able to obtain these three items for
abQut $148,000. We do have a slJ'lall problem in that we need an
additional pickup for the Street/Parks Department. We currently
have a 1976 3/4 ton, a 1978 one ton and 2 small pickups. With
the expans ion of the Street/Parks Department, we do need to
purchase an additional truck. This was not a budget item but
could use some of the saving on the three mentioned items.
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Mayor Sawyer suggested this item be placed on the next workshop
agenda.
G. We are going out for bids for the computer TLETS to hook up
with DPS equipment for the police department. The bid opening
will be March 18th.
#6 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Sharpe announced that he will be
meeting in Universal City on March 15th on the 9-1-1 system. The
meeting will be at 10:00 a.m. in their City Hall.
Mr. Sharpe asked if it would be appropriate to have a
proclamation for the Samuel Clemens Basketball Team for being the
1987-88 Champions. Mayor Sawyer said to work on that with Mrs.
Krause.
Mr. Baldwin announced that there will be an appreciation luncheon
at Northview on March 9th at noon.
Mr. Aguilar said he had talked with Mr. Del Toro concerning the
cemetery back of Lone Oak. People are dumping trash back there
again.
Mr. Sharpe said this in on private property and they are doing
the same thing in Savannah Square on the back end and at the end
of Greenshire. Could the City post signs and perhaps close some
of the streets that are not being developed right now. Get
together with the developers and see if something could be worked
out.
Mayor Sawyer suggested offer ing a $200 reward for information
leading to the ar rest and conviction of anyone found dumping
trash. It is also happening in Schirmerville. It may be well to
remind people of the $1000 fine involved in this type action.
Mr. Greenwald mentioned they had a very good time Sunday at the
SAFES' Jamboree at the VFW.
#7 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer said he had a call from a
gentleman on Valley Forge who had talked with the police about
excessive noise in a garage there. He said the police told him
there was nothing they could do about it. Mr. Greenwald
mentioned out ordinance that says no loud noises from 10: 00 at
night until 7:00 in the morning.
Mr. Sawyer said he and Mr. Stanhope attended a meeting of about
22 cities on the CPS franchise question. We have a copy of a
resolution, which will be discussed at the next workshop.
Mayor Sawyer said he had written a letter to the Baptist Church
expressing our appreciation for the clean up they did on Jack
Hays Boulevard.
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Also sent GVEC a letter stating the cost to the City for the
power outage. There is a small chance that we might collect some
of these cost.
2~~ pounds of
This was on a
talk to Waste
A gentleman called the Mayor saying he had about
spoiled meat, the result of his freezer going out.
Saturday and our dump was closed. We need to
Management about emergencies like this.
Mr. Sawyer mentioned that Gene Schoonover passed away.
the Chief of Police for Schertz for over 15 years.
He was
#8 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Sharpe moved the meeting be adjourned
at 7: 59 p.m. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carr ied
unanimously.
ATTEST:
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Secretary, City of Schertz