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Mrs. Lawler advised Council that on the 6th of July at 10:00 AM in the
Community Center there will be an open house birthday party honoring
Mrs. Agusta Wuest. Mrs. Ann Richards is in charge of that. Then the City's
proclamation will be read on the 5th at our Council meeting and then on
the 7th at 6:00 p.m. the Mayor, Mr. Kuempel, The City Council and their
spouses are to take Mrs. Wuest and her daughter to dinner at Country Corner.
#9 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer advised that the lady from the County
Tax office is back at our office and will be here
each Monday and Tuesday selling license plates etc.
He also reported the library construction is going great with donations for
cement, etc. still coming in.
When talking about the resolution designating the entire'area of Schertz as
a blighted area be sure and stress that it is for business only so that the
businesses can get the low cost loans.
#10 ADJOURNMENT: Mrs. Lawler moved the meeting be adjourned at 8:27 PM.
Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried
unanimously.
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SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 29, 1983
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session, Wednesday,
June 29, 1983, at 7:00 P.M. in the Conference Room 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 Jacqueline Lawler.
Absent: Charles B. Sharpe. Staff were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and
City Secretary June G. Krause.
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#1 Hearing of Residents. There were none wishing to speak
#2 Discussion of Budget for FY 83-84.
Mr. Gilmore advised that concerning the proposed SAFES budget, he and Tom
Funk met with City Managers of Converse, Live Oak and Universal City to
discuss the Safes budget. When then left, they understood the budget and
at that time had no questions before taking it to their Councils. He
said the Universal City Manager was amazed at the type of facilities. They
were all satisfied with the collection ratio of about 87% as this is higher
than any in this area.
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Mr. Baldwin asked what happens if more revenues are collected than reflected
in the budget.
Mr. Gilmore explained that since this is the first year for this type of 1""-'
budget for SAFES, he would like to have one more year before a definite : )
decision is made. The overage would be placed in a fund that would be L~
easily identified and carried over. He said that since the other cities
are billed on a per capata basis, we could not bill them further if there
was a deficit; therefore any overages should be placed in an identifiable
fund and carried over. Mr. Gilmore also said they are bound by the budget
expenses also; and if there are any overages, they would have to come back
to Council for an amendment just like any other department.
SAFES is asking for one additional full-time EMS person, pay scale adjust-
ments to present and future full-time personnel and the continuation of
part-time personnel as required, at an adjusted pay scale.
Council then discussed the upgrading of police department personnel to
bring their beginning salaries more in line with the area scales. Mr.
Gilmore is to bring back figures with a starting salary for patrolman about
$1000 per month.
Council then discussed the manning document, which reflects three additional
employees for FY 83-84 - EMS technician, inspector and W&S Worker I. Mr.
Gilmore advised that if the City takes over Schaefer Road Rural Water District,
there will be a need for additional water and sewer workers but that the
system additional revenues should pay for that.
Mayor Sawyer called for a short recess at 9:01 P.M.
The Regular Session was reconvened at 9:07 P.M.
Mr. Gilmore said he had talked with both Tom Anderlitch and Richard Harris
about the purchase of Schaefer Water and HUD says we can go two ways. We
can take over their bonds at 5% interest. Mr. Harris is looking at it to
see which would be the most advantageous for the City.
Mayor Sawyer said the main thing the purchase of Schaefer Water would do
for the City is give us control in that direction.
Mr. Baldwin said there were two things that he is still concerned about the
budget. (1) he does not feel the need for the G.F. $35,000 contingency
when you have the $325,000 in Capitol Improvements that could be used for
emergencies. (2) he also feels the revenues in G.F. are under estimated.
Mrs. Lawler had to leave the meeting at 9:28 P.M.
Mr. Baldwin said that in his opinion budgeting is a gamble and you can be
safe and let the tax payer take the brunt or play it cool and gamble.
Mayor Sawyer said he has always believed that you need a cushion such as
the contingency amount, in the past the budget has been so close that the
City was in a bind. The $325,000 is restricted by Council for Capitol
Improvement outlays.
Council further discussed the pros and cons of conservative estimating on
revenues, as well as the need for the contingency.
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#3 EXECUTIVE SESSION: There was no need for one.
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#4 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Mr. Sharpe is working with the Business
Cl ub on the Jubil ee and he feels the
City should pay for the security police for that day. After short discussion,
Council concensus is for the City to pay for this.
B. The Guadalupe County Historical Society have been working on getting a
marker for the City. If they can get it, the City would be obligated to pay
$325 for the marker, which would be placed at the city limits, park or some-
where in the City. Council concensus was to not go along with it at this time.
C. Mr. Gilmore also called attention to some hand-outs: memo on the fall-out
exercises; letter from Social Security confirming that the City cannot draw
out as planned; a letter from a New Braunfels citizen saying very nice things
about one of our patrolmen and dispatcher; memo from P&Z giving their re-
commendation on Mrs. Hopkins request.
D. Mr. Gilmore also showed Council the first grant application produced by
Dr. Leary. It is being flown to Washington right now and is for a $2,500,000
grant using our $1,250,000 matching bond funds. Dr. Leary is also working on
three more applications and wants to work on a CDBG application although right
now we do not qualify for that.
#5 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: None
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#6 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Sawyer had received a packet from Southwestern
Bell explaining their rate request as sent to PUC.
#7 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Mayor Sawyer declared
the meeting adjourned at 10:35 P.M.
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