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Mr. Baldwin asked if anyone knew the scoop on Ed Ford leaving the employ in
Kirby. Mr. Gilmore said he was definitely out, that this was the second time
and that perhaps some hard feelings were created the first time and had not
healed.
Mr. Aguilar asked about the signs discussed in the past at the school property
on Wright. Mr. Gilmore said that new signs have been ordered.
Mr. Yarling mentioned that the school signs read from 8:00 to 9:00 aJTl.but
children start to school before that time and perhaps the signs could be
changed to read from 7:30 am to 8:30 am.
#8 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Sawyer asked Council who they wanted to cast
the City's votes for in the Guadalupe County
Appraisal District Directors election. Council concensus was to go with Mr.
Cecil Tilghman, the City's nominee.
Mayor Sawyer said he would call the County Judge, and Commissioners Grein
and Ackermann to see if they would cast some of their votes for our nominee.
#9 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before Council,
Mayor Sawyer declared the meetin adjourned at 8:26 P.M.
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 1, 1983
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The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, November 1,
1983 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400
Live Oak Road with the following members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer,
presiding; Hal Baldwin; Ross Hoover; Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Staff
present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June Krause.
Absent: Mr. Charles B. Sharpe.
Mayor Sawyer welcomed everyone to the meeting ,saying he had the pleasant
duty of reading some proclamations and presenting them before the regular
meeting started.
First Mayor Sawyer read a proclamation designating the week of November 2-9,
1983 as "High on Life, Not Drugs" Week. He presented the proclamation to Mrs.
Pat Jarvis, president of the Advisory Council for Community Education for the
Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District.
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Mayor Sawyer then asked Mr. Baldwin to introduce the members of the Key Club
and their sponsors; those beinglpresident Gilbert Hernandez; secretary, Rick
Toothaker and Treasure~ Richard Huffman. Sponsors were ~dvisor Ron Yates, 0
Kiwanis advisor Col. Gilbert H. Poore and Kiwanis president Cecil Tilgman.
There were seventeen Key Club members and five sponsors present when the
proclamation was read by Mayor Sawyer and presented to the Key Club officers.
The third proclamation, presented to Mrs. Jarvis, designated the week of
November 14-18, 1983 as "Community Education Week".
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Aguilar asked that item #5 Resolution:
of the minutes of the regular meeting of
October 18, 1983, be corrected to read as follows:
"#5 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer explained it had been necessary to poll Council-
members earlier for approval for him to sign the license application for
Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad Company for',the contractor to bore under the
railroad track for the new water line project. Mr. Aguilar confirmed that
the Council had been polled and agreed.
Mr. Aguilar made a motion to pass this resolution authorizing the Mayor to
execute a licensewithMissouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company authorizing the
contractor to bore under the railroad track for the new water line. Mr. Greenwald
seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Counci1members Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald
NAYS: None II
Mr. Aguilar moved the minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 18, 1983
be approved as corrected. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried
with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald
NAYS: None
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: There were none wishing to be heard
#3 GUADALUPE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BUDGET: Mr. Mike Morris, Chief
Appraiser for the
District was present to answer questions of Council concerning the preparation
of their budget. One of the questions concerned the excessive cost of computer
software. Mr. Morris said hispredecessomecided not to pay this bill because
of litigation, so it had to be reappropriated in this budget. He was then
questioned about the Board of Review, mainly the salary paid the members.
Mr. Morris said they are paid $11.00 per hour but he did not know who set
the salary or why they are paid instead of using volunteers and paying mileage.
He explained they don't meet year around or even weekly except during one
period and their duties consist of equalizing property values in the county
and correcting errors. On being questioned about how often appraisals are
made, Mr. Morris said they check new improvements yearly but to his knowledge
no yearly appraisals are made - the law says at least once every four years.
Mayor Sawyer brought out that his property had been appraised two year in
a row. Mr. Morris said even though the law says four years, the frequency 0
of appraisal is up to the Board of Directors and himself. In conclusion,
Mr. Morris said that no action is necessary to approve the budget but if
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one of the government entities wanted to veto the budget, it would have to
be done by ordinance within thirty days of the Boards approval, which was
September 26, 1983, making the matter moot at this point.
#4 BID AWARD: A. Consideration of awarding computer bid. Mr. Gilmore
explained that we did go out for bids after Council
went over the specifications and only one bid was received. That one was from
Thomas Software Services, Inc., in the amount of $7020.80. This item was
discussed at the last workshop.
Mr. Aguilar moved to approve the bid of $7020.80 from Thomas Software Services,
Inc. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald
NAYS: None
B. Consideration of awarding bid on fire truck. Mr. Gilmore said that two bids
were received on the new fire truck; one from American LaFrance and one from
FMC Fire Apparatus, who also gave an alternate bid. The Fire Chief had appeared
at Workshop and recommended approval of the bid from American LaFrance in the
amount of $78,588 although it is $144 higher than the FMC bid of $78,444.
Ihe fMC bid, as well as the alternate, did not meet the specifications in
several areas.
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Mr. Baldwin moved to award the bid on the new fire truck to American LaFrance
in the amount of $78,588. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried
with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald
NAYS: None
#5 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer introduced a resolution and read the caption
as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-R-17
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS, CASTING THE CITY IS 195 VOTES FOR GUADALUPE COUNTY
APPRAISAL DISTRICT DIRECTORS.
Mr. Hoover moved to pass the resolution casting the City's 195 votes for
Cecil Tilgman for Guadalupe County Appraisal District Directors. Mr. Aguilar
seconded the motion.
AYES: Council~s Baldwi~, Roover. Aguilar and Greenwald
NAYS: None
#6 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer introduced and read the caption of a reso~
lution as follows:
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RESOLUTION NO. 83-R-18
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS,
SETTING A TIME, DATE AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO
THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF 10.5 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, OUT
OF GUADALUPE COUNTY.
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Mr. Baldwin moved to pass the resolution setting a public hearing on the
proposed annexation of 10.5 acres of land. Mr. Greenwald seconded the
motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald
NAYS: None
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#7 RESOLUTION: The Mayor asked Mr. Harris, City Attorney, to explain
this resolution.
Mr. Harris said this is recommended by the Industrial Development Board
to induce business in our area. He then introduced Mr. Tom Van DeWalle
of North loop Properties to tell a little about their project. Mr. Van
DeWalle said this is a $5,000,000 project and he feels it will qualify in
all aspects for the IDC bonds. It is located at the corner of 135 and FM 3009
and will be called Park 35. They plan to start in June of 1984. He said r'~,i
they were confident the park would be successful.
Mayor Sawyer read the resolution, the caption of which follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-R-19
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AGREEMENT BY SCHERTZ INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ISSUE BONDS FOR NORTH LOOP
PROPERTIES, INC.
Mr. Aguilar moved to approve this resolution as submitted by the Industrial
Development Corporation for North Loop Properties, Inc. Mr. Greenwald r'-'(
seconded the motion, which carried as follows: ~
AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald
NAYS: None
#8 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None was needed.
Mayor Sawyer called a recess at 7:50 P.M.
The Regular Meeting was reconvened at 7:58 P.M.
#9 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. The City has received a letter from the
Texas Historical Commission regarding
the historical marker proposed for Schertz, saying they accept in principle
our application. When the inscription has been written, a copy will be sent
to us for approval.
B. Mr. Gilmore gave a develppment status for the city as of October 1983.
There were 15 residential units built in 1983 and with the projected growth
and plans presented, it appears there will be 524 new residential units in
the city by the end of 1984.
C. Mr. Gilmore said there is a real need for some type of fire arm ordinance.
We are running into problems and are unable to file charges. Mayor Sawyer
said the last one was too restrictive and we need to look at some sample
ordinances and study them at workshop. The Mayor said we do need an ordin-
ance but in simple terms that can be easily understood.
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#10 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Hoover said there is a piece of paving
equipment on Nell Deane where the church was
built. It has been there for about li years and we need to get it out of
there. Everyone is complaining. It is partially on church property and they
want it out. Apparently the owner has no intention of moving it; he has been
contacted on several occasions and still has not moved the equipment.
Mr. Baldwin said that he is impressed with the Development Status report, he
knows it represents a lot of work on staff time as well as Council.
Mr. Baldwin also thanked the City Council, Mr. Gilmore and Mrs. Krause (for
writing the proclamation) for recognizing the high school members of the Key
Club.
Mr. Aguilar asked the status of Live Oak Road. Mr. Gilmore said they hope to
start soon, they had run into some trouble before. However, they do have the
curbing in now. The grant for the rest of Live Oak is still at the State
for approval; but we are checking out acquiring if necessary addition right-
of way.
#11 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer announced that he and Mr. Gilmore will
be going to school Thursday and Friday and will
bring back a report on the I35 Corridor.
Mayor Sawyer also ask that when there is an item on the agenda on awarding
bid, please put the back-up material in the agenda packet. He said he also
liked the development listing and we need to advertise this sort of thing
more to show what is going on in our city.
#12 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. Aguilar, seconded by Mr. Baldwin
and unanimously carried, the meeting was declared
adjourned at 8:18 P.M.
ATTEST: