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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, July 19, 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;
Charles B. Sharpe; Hal Baldwin; Ross Hoover; Adolph Aguilar; and Jacqueline
Lawler. Staff were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G.
Krause.
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mrs. Lawler moved to approve as written the
minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 5,
1983. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Hoover, Aguilar and Lawler
NAYS: None
ABSTAINING: Mr. Baldwin
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#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mrs. Stegink reserved time for Item #4
#3 BID AWARD: After the Mayor introdtlced.- the subject, Mr. Gilmore
explained that two vehicles in the public works department
had blown engines or just gave up running and would have been too costly to
repair. Five bids were received on the one ton utility truck and 2 half-ton
pdckups. The one-ton truck is in the current budget and Council authorized
going out for bids on the other two trucks.
Mrs. Lawler moved to accept the bid from Keopp Chevrolet for 1982 one-ton
utility truck, in the amount of $8833, and the 2 half-ton pickups - one for
$6778 and one for $6669. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion.
Mr. Baldwin asked what is the difference between the two half-ton vehicles.
Mr. Tim Pfansteil, representing the company, said that was just what they
had available, that one of them had a radio already installed. Mr. Baldwin
said he didn't remember ever ordering one with a radio. Mr. Pfansteil said
they would take the radio out and reduce the price by $50.
Mr. Aguilar asked why a 1982 one-ton and Mr. Pfansteil said it came to them
from another dealer but that it is a brand new vehicle.
Mr. Baldwin asked where the money was coming from and Mr. Gilmore said from
the equipment replacement.
The Mayor then asked for a vote on the motion before Council and motion carried
as followed:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Lawler.
NAYS: None
#3-A BID AWARD: Mayor Sawyer said this was for the ambulance chassis
that was also discussed at workshop.
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There were three bids received and the Director of SAFES had recommended
accepting the bid from San Antonio Ambulance Sales, Inc. of San Antonio as
the bid includes pick-up and delivery of vehicle, they have a 1983 1 ton
Chevrolet Silverado chassis available and can begin work immediately. The
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work would be done in San Antonio, rather than Dallas or DeSoto as the
other bids, and they can watch the progress and advise on special require-
ments desired.
Mr. Baldwin asked if these were written bids and was told they were
telephone bids but would be followed up with written bids.
Mr. Sharpe moved to accept the bid from San Antonio Ambulance Sales, Inc.
in the amount of $20,835 to remount ambulance modulancec box to a 1983
Chevrolet 1 ton truck chassis. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion which
carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Lawler.
NAYS: None
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#4 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING: Mr. Sawyer said that Mr. Smierciak made
Council aware of the need for help in
funding some of the Striders going to the Nationals, which last time gave
some good publicity for the City of Schertz nationwide.
Mrs. Lawler moved the City of Schertz provide supplementary funds, not to
exceed $2100 for City recognition services provided by the Striders.
Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion.
Mr. Sharpe said he hoped this would not be a detriment to the Striders ralslng
additional funds. Mrs. Stegink said they are still trying to raise funds
and have hopes of a few donations.
Mr. Aguilar said Council will back the Striders up with what they need but 0,
the Striders can accept pledges for pay back.
The Mayor then called for a vote on the motion before Council, with the motion
carrying as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Lawler.
NAYS: None
#5 HISTORICAL MARKER: Mr. Sawyer said Council decided not to follow
through on this the first time it was casually
mentioned; however, when Mr. DeKunder came back and fully explained what an
honor it would be for the City, Council decided to consider it. In order
for Mr. DeKunder to continue with his research on the historical marker and
present it for consideration to the State through the County Commissioners,
Council will have to provide the money for the marker itself.
Mr. Sharpe moved to authorize Mr. DeKunder to pursue obtaining a Historical
Marker for the City of Schertz and expend $325 for the marker. Mr. Hoover
seconded the motion, which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Lawler.
NAYS: None
Mr. Aguilar said that at first Council was under the impression that all one 0
had to do was apply; but found out it all has to be justified and will have
significance for the City.
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#6 SW BELL RATE CASE: Mr. Sawyer said as we all know SW Bell has
requested a large increase in rates andTML
has requested we join with other cities to fight the increase.
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Mr. Baldwin moved the Council participate with other cities in the TML SW Bell
rate case. Mr. Hoover seconded the motion which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Lawler.
NAYS: None
#7 BUDGET: The Mayor explained this item is a consideration of trans-
ferri ng appropri at ions as presented by the C it,yl Manager.
Mrs. Lawler moved to transfer appropriations in the budget as requested
in the July 13, 1983 memo. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion which carried as
follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Lawler.
NAYS: None
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#8 LEASE/PURCHASE: Mr. Gilmore said that Mr. Yarling came to us,
knowing that the Council had discussed a three-
phase program to get the computer system in the City offices. He presented
a way the Council , if they desired to do so, could obtain the equipment
for the City Secretary.s office (word processing with letter quality printer)
and for the City Manager's office and would not ,have to pay for it until the
next budget year. He prepared different ways this could be purchased/leased.
As you know there is no money left in this year's budget to purchase this
equipment totally. We do have money in the coming year's budget for this.
Council discussed the different alternatives, with the City Manager saying
he did not need the equipment in his office at this time and he recommended
purchasing just the equipment for the City Secretary's office.
Mr. Baldwin moved to ask the City Manager to proceed with the taking of bids
for computer equipment, for the City Secretary's office only, that would give
her word processing capabilities in her office. Mr. Hoover seconded the
motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Lawler.
NAYS: None
#9 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None was needed.
#10 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. A memb~r of the P&Z and two staff
people attended a meeting on flood
plain this week. They said it was a very informative meeting and are going
to present something in writing on it. They found out that we can have
someone from Austin come down and discuss the flood plain with P&Z and Council.
In fact this was highly recommended.
B. The Highway Department personnel will be out this week and perhaps one
or two days next week shooting elevations on East Live Oak Road.
C. On the FM 3009 and Live Oak Road drainage, we are still working with
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the Highway Department to see what is the best way to bring the drainage
around CCMA. Mr. Von Scheele will also work with them and he will dedi-
cate land if it can be taken around CCMA.
D. the 8" water line is being sterilized and they will be taking samples
Thursday and expect them back Friday or Monday. This project was done with
City personnel and could not have been done without the recently purchased
backhoe.
E. Vandalism in the park is getting bad again. Over the weekend we lost
three bar-b-que pits. The police are making more frequent runs there
in hopes of deterring some of it or catching some of them in the act.
Also pickups trucks are being stolen - Schertz has lost two this week and
Live Oak has lost eight.
#11 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Aguilar said he has noticed we have a weed
problem in the drainage ditch by CCMA with all
the recent rains.
#12 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer welcomed former Mayor Jack Stomackin
to the meeting. Mr. Sawyer said he did not make
the Randolph Region Council of Mayors meeting as his teeth werebothering him.
#13 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. Baldwin, duly seconded and unanimously
carried the meeting was adjourne at 7:52 P.M.
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