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ccss 06-30-1982 187 #l2 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. Sharpe, duly seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was declared adjourned at 8:19 PM ATTEST: SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL JUNE 30, 1982 The Schertz City Council met at the .SAFES Office of the Community Center, l400 Live Oak Road, at 6:30 P.M., with the following members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, Mayor Pro Tem Jacqueline Lawler, William G. Courtney, Adolph Aguilar, and Jeff Duffield. Absent: Charles B. Sharpe. #l SAFES ADMINISTRATOR PRESENTATION: Mr. Tom Funk, Dorector of SAFES briefed the Council on the oper- ations of SAFES, the present and future plans, while touring their facilities. The meeting was then recessed in order for the Council to return to the Conference Room of the Municipal Complex, l400 Live Oak Road. At 7:03 P.M. Mayor Sawyer called the Workshop Session to order. Staff present for this portion of the meeting were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. #2 WORKSHOP AGENDA: A. SAFES Rate Increase: Mayor Sawyer stated that the Council has agreed to meet with the SAFES Board of Directors on this subject. He asked for a concensus of the Council to table this item until that meeting could take place. Council concurred with this. B. Joint Meeting with Cibolo: Mr. Gilmore explaine that the original proposal on water supply to Cibo10 came from Mayor Ling in a letter dated February 22. He proposed was for an interconnecting water system with Cibolo, Schertz and Green Valley Water Supply. Mr. Gilmore said that, of course, we could not do that even if we were so inclined as it is against state law. They also mentioned going with Green Valley but retaining their connection with us in case it was needed.. All of their proposals were unacceptable because of state laws and the fact that it would place Schertz at a disadvantage. With Council 's approval a meeting will be set up for the Cibolo City Council and Schertz Council to meet at the Workshop meeting of July l4th. Council agreed. 188 Mayor Sawyer said we definitely need to meet with them because he thinks it would be a mistake to give up our sole perveyer of water to them. C. 4th of July Jubilee: Mr. Fritz Rusch, President of the Business Club, briefed Council on the up coming 4th of July Jubilee. He said that this year's parade was going to be bigger and better than ever, with several floats from neigh- boring cities. The Business Club bought a new flag pole - not there is anything wrong with the one there but it is so far away from the pavilian that few people ever got to see the ceremonies. Mr. Gilmore told Council that the electrical system at the pavilion has been complete revamped in time for this occasion. i I Mr. Rusch explained a little more detail about the el~ctrical system. He advised the parage will start at 1 :00 P.M. but requested Council and Staff members who will be riding in the parage to be at the High School by l2:30 P.M. There will be two free dances with perhaps additional music in between. Mr. Gilmore said that the clean up should be much better this year. Two people from the firm doing the job will be there from 12 noon on to keep the rest rooms cleaned and supplied, etc. Then at about 11:30 or 12:00 that night the complete crew will come in and finish cleaning the area. Also there will be one uniformed policeman on duty from noon until 6:00 PM. when two uniformed patrolmen will be on duty until closing with the addition of several reserves. D. Budget: Before discussing the budget, Mayor Sawyer said he had a few things he would like to bring up first. ! \ He had received a letter of resignation from four members of the Schertz Housing Authority Board. He said he could not understand why an appoint~ ment he made recently should upset them this much, but apparently it did. He advised that he had accepted the resignations and asked Councilmembers to concur with this acceptance. On polling,all members of the Council concured with this decision. Mr. Sawyer said he would like to have some recommendations for replacements next week if possible. Mr. Gilmore called attention to a letter received from Mr. George Barnard, who was upset about receiving a traffic ticket. Mr. Gilmore also said that the invitation to the Open House for the Garden Homes on 3009 would require an RSVP. If Councilmembers would advise if they would be there, he would take care of that. Also, the City has received a letter from UC in regard to the well site. He said he had not been able to find out if the problems have been ironed out or not but hoped to have that information for them by Friday. Mr. Gilmore also had a letter from the City of Marion wanting to negotiate with Schertz for animal control. Randolph has not signed the contract as yet but it should come in this week -----., I , I .. 189 The City Manager advised that the Schertz Humane Society had paid for the slab at the shelter site, they are furnishing food and dishes for the animals and have someone working on building cages at this time. Even if the approval for the water line has not been receive by then, we hope to have the shelter open for animals by the 6th of July and carry water until approval is obtained and the line in. The Humane Society have also said they would pay for the slab for an office building and the installation of a telephone. Concerning the possible purchase of the Schaifer Road Rural Water Supply, Mr. Gilmore has not received written information from our Financial Advisor but verbally he says he thinks it would be a good thing for Schertz. They do make a small profit. Hopefully this information will be forthcoming soon. Mr. Gilmore said, that he is sure everone know, the City and some employees individually, has been served with a lawsuit. He has taken all the informa- tion to the attorney. Mr. Harris advised that their firm has an attorney that specializes in civil rights cases, who will be handling this suit with Mr. Harris. Council all agreed that the City Manager should write a letter saying the city will represent the employees involved in the suit. Mayor Sawyer said he was contacted by the Jaycees, who said they would donate $500 toward the plan of showing movies in the park. That is, if the Jaycees make that much money at the 4th Jubilee. D. Budget: Before Council discussion on the budget, Mayor Sawyer asked the two gentlemen from RSVP to speak. Mr. Steven Doerr addressed the Council with a request for fund to be included in the City's budget for 1982-83. He introduced Mr. Ted Walenberh as his assistant and explained a little about the RSVP program as it relates to Schertz. Their organlzation is requesting $2,250 as Schertz' portion of their total budget. Mayor Sawyer thanked them for coming and told them they would get every consideration, saying that this year especially we do have an extremely tight budget and are probably looking at a 2 or 3% tax increase as is. Mr. Gilmore explained that the budget presented for consideration is strictly an operational budget, with very little extras included. It does include one more patrolman starting in January. This was brought about by the resignation of some from that department and reduced vehicle replacement costs. The SAFES budget has been completely removed from the General Fund and put in separately to show the other participating cities just what they are paying for. This organization is becoming self-supporting. Included in the Fire Department budget are two paid firemen as it is be- coming harder and harder to get day-time drivers. He explained he had come up with a system of using qualified firemen, who are volunteers in our department, but work at some other fire department. They would put in 8 hours on their 48hours off from their regular jobs. He has included a capitol improvements program in the budget using the various funds to replace or purchase well needed equipment. Mr. Gilmore said the greatest problem right now is that we have been unable to get a tax roll from the County Appraiser office. Therefore, it is hard to estimate what our tax revenues will be. There is a possibility of a 2 or 3% tax increase but no way of knowing until we get the rolls. 190 Concensus of the Council was for the City Manager to write to our repre- sentative on the Appraisal District Board with copies going to the Board members and the State Tax Office. Council discussed various items in the budget and requested additional information of the City Manager. #3 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further discussion items, the Mayor declared the meeting adjourned at 9:34 P.M. ATTEST: REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 6, 1982 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, July 6, 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; Jeff Duffield; Adolph Aquilar. Absent: Charles B. Sharpe and William G. Courtney. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mrs. Lawler moved to accept the minutes of the Regular Meeting of June l5, 1982 and the Special Workshop Meeting of June 30, 1982 as written. Mr. Duffield seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: I I : ,. AYES: Councilmembers Duffield, Aquilar and Lawler NAYS: None #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: None #3 HOUSING AUTHORITY APPOINTMENTS: Mayor Sawyer said that at the last Workshop he had asked for names from Council for these appointments. Several names had been presented to him, including Jerry Bortel, Isabel Pe11eren, John Lund. Council added the following names: Alfred Orlowski, Paula Theis; Eric Crugnale, Ollie Burkett, Viola Kramer, Doris Courtney. The Mayor explained that four names were to be selected from the above list. Council discussed the qualifications of the names submitted, after which Mayor Sawyer said that he would contact the people and make the appointments, hopefully the next day. #4 GENERAL DISCUSSION: None at this time. I i I : I . I I I t