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ccreg 03-16-1982 151 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 16, 1982 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, March 14, 1982 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Live Oak Road, with the following members present: Mayor Jack M. Stomackin, Sr., presiding; Richare L. Howe; Barbara Taylor; Earl W. Sawyer and Jacqueline Lawler. Absent: Jeff Duffield. Staff present 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 Workshop Meeting of February 24, 1982; the Regular Sesison of March 2, 1982 and the Workshop Session of March 10, 1982. Mr. Sawyer seconded the motion which carried with the foll owi ng vote: AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None MayorStomackin rt!ad a Proc1~mation whereby he proclaimed the week of March 25 through 31st as Knights of Columbus Week. #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: There were none wishing to speak. #3 SBC CONTRACT: After the Mayor introduced the consideration of a contract with the Schertz Business Club and the City of Schertz for the 4th of July Jubilee, Mr. Gilmore explained this the same contract as last year with three changes. Those being that the SBC would close the event at midnight; the SBC would provide the tables and chairs; and the SBC would provide an expenditure and revenue report no later than 45 days after the close of the event. , Mrs. Lawler moved to approve the contract with the SBC for the 4th of July Jubilee as written. Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried as follows: AYES: Counci1members Howe, Taylor, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None #4 REZONING REQUEST: Mayor Stomackin referred to the memo from the P&Z in which they recommended approval of the request for rezoning by Dr. Harborth. rezoning Mr. Sawyer moved the request by Dr. Harborth for/his property on FM 3009 be approved. Mrs. Lawler seconded the motion which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None #5 ORDINANCE: The Mayor introduced an ordinance amending the zoning ord i nance by. add i ng a section on IIHome Occupati on II . Mr. Gilmore explained that as requested by Council Article XXIII Section 4, 4.3 (m) was changed to read IIReta il Sales outl et. 152 "" .' <' Mrs. Taylor moved to accept the final consideration of this ordinance with the amendment as stated by Mr. Gilmore, for approval. Mrs. Lawler seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None ORDINANCE NO. 82-S-10 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE (NO. 79-S-15) OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XIX, SECTION 2-2.1, WHICH AUTHOR- IZES THE CITY COUNCIL TO, FROM TIME TO TIME, AMEND, SUPPLEMENT, CHANGE MODIFY, OR REPEAL THE REGULATION STANDARDS AND BOUNDARIES OF THE CITED ORDINANCE, THIS ORDINANCE DOES AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 79-S-15, AND RECINDS ORDINANCE NO. 81-S-29, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO ARTICLE XXIII, ENTITLED IIHOME OCCUPATIONS", WHICH ESTABLISHES THE REGULATIONS OF TYPES OF HOME OCCUPATIONS AUTHORIZED WITHIN THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AND ESTABLISHES THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO IIHOME OCCUPATIONS". #6 CONTRACT RENEWAL: Mr. Gilmore explained this is a request for a renewal of the contract between the city and Gates Steen, deliquent tax attorney. He has been providing us with this service for several years and is the same attorney that collects for the school district. He gets 15% of the taxes collected; however, with the City Council passing an ordinance allowing the city to pass this 15% on to the tax payer, the city will not be having to obsorbe this charge in the future. This will only apply to the uncollected taxes as of July 1, 1982. Mrs. Lawler moved to approve this renewal of the contract with Gates Steen and authorize the Mayor to sign same. Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: .~;.,,,,~ AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None 7:09 P.M. #7 EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Mayor called an executive session under Article 6252-17, as amended, Section 2 (g) at The regular meeting was reconvened at 7:25 P.M. Mr. Sawyer moved that Policy Letter 82-P-l regarding vacation leave for the City Manager be approved. Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: ,\ ,'v AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Sawyer and Lawler ~i NAYS: None Mr. Sawyer moved the City Manager's annual compensation adjustment be approved as discussed in executive session. Mrs. Taylor seconded the motion which carried as follows: I j I } '" JSB )~ l../ l. AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None #8 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: (1) Saturday at 9:00 a.m. there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at the building next to Country Corner on I 35 for the opening of a beauty shop and liquor store. (2) In regard to the clean up of the pavilion after the July 4th Jubilee, a company has given a bid of $632 for the entire cleanup. This in- cludes two people being there from noon on with an additional crew coming in at midnight to finish the job. They will keep the trash barrels emptied and the restrooms clean and furnished all day. As this is 1/2 the cost of the city doing the job inhouse, Council agreed the City Manager should pursue this project. (3) Mr. Gilmore said he is instructing the various departments to start on their individual budgets and have them to him by April 15th. He hopes to have the preliminary budget to Council by May. (4) He had received a letter from Norris Hall, Guadalupe County Appraisal District Manager, pro- posing the establishment of a "satellitell office to be placed in our Municipal building. This would be tied in with Seguin computer and they would provide the terminal, >plf'inter etc. at a cost of $7500 with the City providing the office space, telephone line and personnel, which would be our tax clerk. This would allow our citizens to come into our offices and inspect their tax records and compare for uniformity without going to Seguin, (4) He called attention to a letter from the City of Cibolo and asked that Council study the information and it will be discussed at the next Workshop meeting to generate and answer to their Mayor. - I #9 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: None #10 ITEMS BY MAYOR: None #11 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mrs. Lawler, duly seconded and unani- mously carried, the meeting was declared adjourned at 8:32 P.M. ATTEST: