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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MAY 4, 1982
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, May 4,
1982 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Live Oak Road with the
following members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Mayor Pro~.
Tem Jacqueline Lawler; Charles B. Sharpe; William G. Courtney; Jeff
Duffield. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore; City Attorney
Richard W. Harris and City Secretary June G. Krause.
Mayor Sawyer welcomed everyone and said we were especially priviledged
to have members of the Student Council present, along with their Councilor
Ken Place. This had been Student Government Day and approximately 25 students
visited the city offices to learn something about their city government.
He then introduced the students sitting with the Council at this meeting as
Sheryl Kinney, Mayor; Tomi Overstreet, Place 1; Tom Scott, Place 2; Piper
Partridge, Place 3 and Paige Whitley, Place 4.
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Sharpe moved to accept the minutes of
the regular meeting of April 20, 1982. Mr.
Duffield seconded the motion which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Courtney, Duffield and Lawler
NAYS: None
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: There were none at this time.
#3 COUNCIL APPOINTMENT: Mayor Sawyer explained that when he was sworn
in as Mayor, that created a vacancy on the
Council. Council had screened several applicants and he then called for
a nomination.
Mrs. Lawler moved that Adolph Aguilar be appointed to fill the Council seat
for Place 4. Mr. Duffield seconded the motion.
As there were no further nominations for this position, Mayor Sawyer called
for a vote, with Mr. Aguilar being appointed as follows:
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AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Courtney, Duffield and Lawler
NAYS: None
Mr. Sawyer thanked both Hal Baldwin and Mr. Aguilar for their interest in
serving on the City Council.
Mr. Adolph Aguilar was then sworn into office by Mayor Sawyer, and took his
place on the Council.
#4 BID AWARD: Mr. Gilmore asked to pass this item temporarily.
#5 PERSONNEL & EMPLOYEE MANUAL: This is a consideration of revisions
to both the Personnel Policy and
Manual as discussed at the last workshop meeting.
Mr. Duffield moved these revisions to the Personnel and Employee Manuals
concerning Section s 10.3 and 1.11 be approved as submitted. Mrs. Lawler
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seconded the motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Courtney, Duffield and Lawler
ABSTAINING: Mr. Aguilar
NAYS: None
#6 ORDINANCE: The Mayor introduced and read the caption of an ordinance
as follows:
AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING
CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE DISABLED AND UNABLE TO WORK AND DRAWING
DISABILITY BENEFITS AS AUTHORIZED BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN-
ISTRATION TO BE ENTITLED TO AN AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
ON THEIR PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AS
AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE VIII, SECTION l-b(b) OF THE TEXAS CONSTI-
TUTION; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 81-T-19.
Mrs.Lawler moved to accept this ordinance, which repealed Section II of
Ordinance No. 81-T-19. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion which carried with
the following vote:
AYES: Counci1members Sharpe, Courtney, Duffield5 Aguilar and Lawler
NAYS: None
#7 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced and read the caption of the
ordinance as follows:
AN ORDINANCE
APPROVING OF A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF SCHERTZ
AND CIBOLO, TEXAS, WHICH RESOLVES BOUNDAY DISPUTES BETWEEN
SAID CITIES AND ESTABLISHES AN AGREEMENT IN WRITING APPORTIONING
THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF SAID CITIES.
Mr. Sharpe moved to approve the first reading of this ordinance extablishing
the ETJ lines between Schertz and Cibolo. Mr. Courtney seconded the motion
which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Courtney, Duffield, Aguilar and Lawler ( ,-
NAYS: None
#8 BAD DEBT: Mr. Courtney moved to charge off the utility bad debts
as submitted. Mrs. Lawler seconded the motion.
Mr. Aguilar questioned the large amount of one of the items'on the list
and Mr. Gilmore asked Alice Austin to explain the large amount.
There being no further discussion, Mayor Sawyer called for a vote on the
motion before the floor, with the motion carrying as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Courtney, Duffield, Aguilar and Lawler
NAYS: None
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#9 CVA&DAC: Mayor Sawyer explained that when the Cibolo Valley Alcohol
and Drug Abuse first went into operation, the City of
Schertz agreed to pay the utilities for six months and they would come back
and ask for an extention if they were not self-supporting by that time.
Mr. Gilmore said that we had scheduled the Chairman to come before Council
but he is in the hospital and a member of the Board was present to answer
any questions. He introduced Mr. David Dillworth.
Mr. Dillworth explained a little about their operation, such as they have
someone in the office at least two hours a day and have had 391 clients,
which averages out to about 19 a week. They furnish a place for the AA
to meet - with the average weekly use of the building of 40 hours or more.
The still have crisis line availability and are planning steps of implemen-
ting talks on drug abuse in the elementary schools., He said their board
meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. and invited the Council
to attend some of their meetings.
Mrs. Lawler moved to extend the agreement for the City paying the utilities
on the CVADAC building for one year. Mr. Courtney seconded the motion
which carried with the following vote:
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AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Courtney, Duffield, Aguilar and Lawler
NAYS: None
details of the necessity.
#10 TEMPORARY ANIMAL SHELTER: The Mayor introduced the subject and
asked Mr. Gilmore to explain the
The City Manager explained that Universal City has notified the City that
their shelter will no longer be available to us past the 1st of June.
San Antonio would be the closet place to take animals and we would have
to pay at least $12.50 per animal. He said he had been working with CCMA
for a lease of the land at the old sewer plant for a temporary shelter.
There is already a slab that can be used with a little patching and we
have fencing and some materials have been donated (or will be) and the
Public Works department employees will do the work. With this we can
handle animals in our city and the ones from Cibolo. We have been paying
U.C. $7.50 per animal, which we will be saving and can collect this amount
from Cibolo. He said he had been contacted by Randolph about contracting
for their animals as well. There is a posibility of making the shelter pay
for itself. Mr. Gilmore said he was asking for approval to pursue this
temporary shelter and go ahead with the reapirs.
Mrs. Lawler moved to grant approval of a temporary animal shelter for the
City of Schertz. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion.
Mr. Courtney asked if any of the surrounding communities were planning to
put up a temporary shelter; Mr. Gilmore said Schertz was the only one. U.C.
will eventually build a permanent shelter, but they are trying to go with
Converse now.
The vote on the motion before the floor showed the motion carried as follows:
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AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Courtney, Duffield, Aguilar and Lawler
NAYS: None
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#11 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer introduced and read the following captioned
resolution in its entirety:
RESOLUTION NO. 82-R-4
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS,
SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND THE CONSTRUCTION
OF A ONE HUNDRED BED HOSPITAL IN THE RANDOLPH REGION.
Mr. Sharpe moved to accept the resolution to support the hospital. Mr.
Courtney seconded the motion which carried as follows:
Mr. Duffield said that his vote on this motion did not mean that he was
against the hospital being proposed for Live Oak; but merely, that he was
a member of another hospital board.
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Courtney, Aguilar and Lawler
ABSTAINING: Mr. Duffield
NAYS: None
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Mayor Sawyer asked to go back to item #4 at this time.
#4 BID AWARD: Mr. Gilmore explained that the electrical system at
the large pavilion in the park was a hazard to all
people using the pavilion. A new wiring system has been needed for years.
The Council authorized going out for bids, which the staff did. Only one
bid was received from Gerard Electric in the amount of $3,875.00. This
amount is in line with the estimates of both the Public Works Director
and the City Engineer.
Mrs. Lawler moved to award the bid to Gerard Electric Company in the amount
of $35875.00 for electrical system alterations at the large pavilion.
Mr. Duffield seconded the motion.
Mr. Duffield asked how many companies did we mail bid applications to.
Mr. Gilmore said we mailed bids to four different companies as well as the
regular advertisements in the papers, which is standard procedures.
On being questioned by Mr. Aguilar as to the length of time this project will
take, Mr. Gilmore said he hoped to have it ready before the 4th of July
Jubilee.
Mayor Sawyer then called for a vote on the motion on the floor, with the
following results.
AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Courtney, Duffield, Aguilar and Lawler
NAYS: None
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#12 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None needed.
#13 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: (a) Next Wednesday at regular workshop
the City Council is scheduled to
hear a report on the library. They have requested that Council meet at
the library at 6:30 P.M. for a tour and discussion. (b) the power outage
the previous night was created by an 18 wheeler pulling out of an area on
the south side of town and taking some of the electric wire with him. It
was an area where he should not have been. (c) Mr. Gilmore said he would
like to compliment the young people who attended government day and staff
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feels they learned as much as the students.
#14 ITEMS BY MAYOR: None
#15 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Courtney advised that he had attended
the Library Board meeting and several
questions came up. (1) There has been two broken windows for a long
time, how long does it take to get these repaired. Mr. Gilmore said
there is some question as to whether it would be better to repair with
glass or board them up; but at any rate with the water problems, we have
fallen behind in repairs. (2) Is the grass cutting part of the city main-
tenance? Mr. Gilmore said there is a maintenance man who goes down once
a week and cleans the inside of the building and the parks department
has the grass cutting on a week to 10 day schedule. (3) the outside
lights have been out for a very long time. Mr. Gilmore, these lights
are replaced quite frequently - too frequently - there is something
wrong with the system but as yet we have not discovered just where the
problem is. (4) Mrs. Landis indicated that she had discussed the budget
with the City Manager and had two days notice to submit her budget.
Mr. Gilmore said the submittal date for department heads to get their
budget in was discussed at two staff meetings. When she asked for additional
time, she was granted more time. The budget is of course incomplete at this
time and he will be discussing it with Mrs. Landis and all department heads
more before submitting his proposal to the Council. Mr. Courtney asked
when the latest time they could come in and was told anytime until the
Council approves the budget, which by charter should be done prior to or
by the 20th of August.
Mr. Duffield said he was sorry he could not be here for Student Day and
remembered that last year we really had fire works. He also welcomed
Mr. Aguilar and to say how difficult it was to make this decision. He
said he hoped that Mr. Baldwin would continue to take an interest and
perhaps in the future see him as a member of the Council.
Mr. Aguilar thanked the Council for appointing him and that he was glad to
be here and would do the best he can.
Mrs. Lawler thanked the students for a nice day and also welcomed Mr. Aguilar.
#16 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. Courtney, seconded by Mrs. Lawler
and unanimously carried, the meet'ng was declared
adjourned at 7:42 P.M.
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