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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MAY 12, 1982
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The Schertz City Council c@nvened in Special Session, Wednesday, May 12,
1982 at 6:30 P.M. in the Library Building, 100 First Street with the follow-
ing members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Mayor Pro Tem Jacque-
line Lawler; Charles B. Sharpe; William G. Courtney; Jeff Duffield and Adolph
Aguilar. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore, City Secretary
June G. Krause and Librarian Linn Landis.
After calling the meeting to order, Mayor Sawyer turned it over to Mrs.
Landis, Librarian, as part of the Council IS on-going program of meeting with
different department heads at Workshop Sessions.
Mrs. Landis reported first on the history of the library, which has been in
operation for approximately four years; then on the present status of the
library; and lastly on future plans and objectives. After touring the
facilities, Council view a 30 minute movie on library systems.
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The meeting was then recessed and reconvened at 8:05 P.M. in the Conference
Room of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Live Oak Road.
1. Mr. Gilmore brought the Council up to date on the status of a
temporary animal shelter, reminding those present of the June 1
deadline as that is the date Universal City has given Schertz to make other
arrangements for our animals. CCMA will decide on whether or not to lease
the land at the old sewer plant site for this purpose, at their Thursday
evening meeting. Mayor Sawyer urged all Council to attend this meeting
to support the issue.
Along this same v~in, Mr. Gilmore said he had again been contacted by Uni-
versa 1 City staff to:;" purchase 5000 square feet of Schertz 1 property
at the U.C. well site. They are willing to pay $1.00 per square foot; which
in staff opinion, is a reasonable price - after pricing land in that area.
2. Council were reminded of Senion Citizen Day on Saturday, May 15th.
After discussing the involvement of the City in this celebration,
Council suggested the financial part of this should be a one time thing and
future celebrations of this type should be sponsored by different organiza-
tions in the city, with the City providing the facilities and proclaiming
the day, etc.
3. A memo was presented from the Industrial Development Committe with
recommendations for two new members for Council consideration.
4. Mr. Gilmore then brought Council up to date on prospective develo-
ment in our industrial park area, including the reopening of the
Direct Oil Project and a large development on I35.
5. The City Manager then gave a preliminary preview of the proposed
budget for FY 1982-83. This included setting a maximum salary
on each position. Thisl@xHnurnwas arrived at after doing a TML salary
survey and averaging the top 10% of cities of comparable size. He mentioned
that the SAFES budget had been removed from the General Fund and put in a
separate budget. Also the proposal calls for utilizing the capitol equip-
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ment replacement funds by including a computer, hustler mower, the repeater
as already approved for SAFES, and backhoe for the Water & Sewer Department.
Mr. Gilmore said that with adding two paid driver positions in the Fire
Department, there is the possibility of a tax rate increase. He also
mentioned that he had cut some capital items from the library requests
but if they used a portion of the funds received from the County budget,
they would be able to have funds for the budget as submitted.
Council discussion: Mr. Duffield asked if we had heard anything about DPD
having a shut-down. Mr. Gilmore had heard nothing.
Mr. Sawyer said to keep our credibility, we need to re-annex that land
when the time has expired if they have not started building.
Mr. Sharpe ask if there was a policy concerning the releases to newspapers.
Mr. Gilmore said the City has a written policy, passed by Council, that all
news releases would be cleared through the City Manager.
Mayor Sawyer suggested the City should prepare a news release saying the
City Council is discussing hiring of paid firemen and more police, which
could cause a tax increase.
Mrs. Lawler ask if any word had been received as to when the people will
break ground on the apartments on Live Oak Road. None has been received.
Mayor Sawyer said that he had appointed George Barnard to represent the City
for the Greater Randolph Area Veterans Day Celebration. Time was short so
he went ahead appointed Mr. Barnard, as he had volunteered for the job.
Mr. Duffield ask if we had had an update from the Business Club on the 4th
of July Jubilee. Mr. Sharpe said he attended their last meeting and they
had discussed the Jubilee and were meeting with the people that want to
have booths. Mr. Gilmore said that the alterations to the wiring system
should be finished by then.
There being no further discussion, Mayor Sawyer declared the meeting ad-
journed at 10:00 P.M.
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