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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JULY 20, 1982
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, TuesdaY5 July 20, 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; Jeff Duffield; Adolph Aguilar. Absent~ William
G. Courtney. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City
Secretary June G. Krause.
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Aguilar moved the minutes of the Regular
meeting of July 6, 1982 and the Workshop
Meeting of July 14, 1982 be approved. Mrs. Lawler seconded the motion which
carried as follows:
AYES: Council members Sharpe, Duffield, Aguilar and Lawler
NAYS: None
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: None
#3 GENERAL DISCUSSION: Mayor Sawyer said that this being such a short
agenda, he and the City Manager had asked for
a general discussion period. The Mayor then handed out a transcript of the
Workshop meeting with the City Council of Cibolo.
Mr. Gilmore said that concerning the meeting with Cibolo, he felt the major
thing that Mr. Ford was trying to get across was that one of the main objections
was that if we relinguish the sale of water to Cibolo, it will take that much
longer to amortize our system out. He also said he could not see how Green
Valley Water System could ever help us but he could see Cibo10's side as
they had everthing to gain and nothing to lose.
Mayor Sawyer agreed and said that once Schertz moves into an area that buys
water from us, we have almost got to insist that we be the sole purveyor
of water with those specified limits. However, outside those limits of Cibolo
wherev/they are expanding, there is no reason that they can't hook up with
Green Valley.
MR. COURTNEY ARRIVED AT 7:07 P.M.
After further discussion of the joint meeting with Cibolo, Mrs. Lawler
asked what was being done, if anything, about looking for a new well.
Mr. Gilmore explained that there are several spots he is looking into at
present. He is proceeding, as IpreviouslYilexpressed by Council as their
wishes, in the continual development of the water supply system.
The general concensus of Council was for Mr. Gilmore to also proceed with
negotiations with Cibolo along the lines of offe~ing them a fair and equitable
rate and leaving the choice of contracting with Schertz or not up to them.
#4 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None needed
#5 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Gilmore first brought the Council up
to date on the UC water well and renovations
of that well site. There have been some delays in the contractor getting
started. Mr. Gilmore said he had informed the engineer that if they are
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not there to start well #1 the next morning, that we will remove the drill
put the old pump back on and try to get the tank filled, until they can
get the new well drilled.
#6 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Aguilar said that in reference to the
question raised with regards to calibration
of the police radar units, he was shown one and it satis~ied him that
the calibration is creditable.
#7 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Sawyer informed Council he had attended a
meeting of the Hospital Corporation of America
and was given some literature - which he handed out to Council.
The Mayor said, as you know, we have appointed five people to the Housing
Authority Board; namely, Hal Baldwin, Jerry Bortel, Eric Crugnale, Paula
Thies and Isobel Pellerin. Their first meeting will be the 15th, at
which time they will select a Chairman.
Mayor Sawyer then recessed the meeting at 7:25 P.M.
The Regular Meeting was reconvened in the Conference Room at 7:31 P.M.
#8 BUDGET WORKSHOP: Mr. Gilmore reminded Council there had been a
request for Revenue Sharing monies from RSVP.
They were asking for $2,500 to support their organization. After in-depth
discussion, it was Council decision to not support the RSVP at this time
with Revenue Sharing money.
Mr. Gilmore gave the budget hearing notices as follows: City Manager1s
Revenue Sharing Public Hearing - August 3rd; Budget Public Hearing _
August 11th, with the required publication dates; August 17th the Council
will consider the ordinance for adoption of a budget on an emergency basis,
in order to meet,the August 20th deadline as set out in the charter.
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Council then discussed various items of the proposed budget, including
sales tax revenues, salaries and the salary pay schedule. Mr. Duffield
made the suggestion, and Council concurred with him, that the Council
should have a complete salary review in January, February or March of next
year.
Other line items that were changed were: under Expenditures - legal professional
services from 1,000 to 6,000; under administration change SW Bell Rate Fund
from 0 to 300, leaving the Grand Total being 890,140. Mr. Gilmore said that
although it was too early to sayan exact amount, we are looking at about
a $50,000 contingency fund. A street repair or seal coating amount would
be within the $30,000 to $40,000 range. He said he thought we could have
more than that by the end of the year but he would rather remain conservative
at this time. Council also briefly discussed the City's retirement fund,
mentioning the date of our proposed withdrawal from social security is
December 1983
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At the conclusion of the discussion on budget, Mayor Sawyer said this budget
contained no tax increase, the hiring of two firemen, two SAFES people,
one extra policeman and one public works person. Council agreed that
the City Manager could press forward on the public hearings as they had
no further recommendations on the budget.
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Mr. Courtney asked to be relieved of his appointment as Ex Officio member
to the Library Advisory Board effective immediately due to confl,icts in
his schedules. This item is to be placed on the August 3rd agenda.
Council agreed, on the recommendation of the City Manager, to send Certificates
of Appreciation to the resigning members of the Housing Authority Board.
#9 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the
Council, the Mayor declared the meeting adjounred
at 8:55 P.M.
ATTEST:
SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JULY 28, 1982
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session Wednesday,
July 28th, 1982 at 7:00 P.M. in the Conference Room of the Municipal Complex,
1400 Live Oak Road, with the following members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer
presiding; Mayor Pro Tem Jacqueline Lawler; Charles B. Sharpe, Jeff Duffield;
and Adolph Aguilar. Staff were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Sec-
retary June G. Krause.
#1 JOINT MEETING: Mayor Sawyer welcomed the members of the Industrial
Development Committee to this joint meeting and
asked the Chairman bring the Council up to date on their committee progress.
Mr. Richburg, Chairman of the IDC5 said the committee had finished their work
on the plan and with Mr. Duffield's help it should be ready for the printers
soon. They have been working closely with the City Manager in getting people
to locate within our city. They would 1 ike to meet at least quarterly with
Council and be advised of the contacts the City has in order that they might
follow up on some of the contacts. Council agreed a quarterly meeting would
be in order.
#2 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION: Mr. Norris Hall of the County Appraisal District
addressed the Council concerning the new law
which authorizes a tax exemption on all homestead properties beginning in
1982. This is a local option and may not exceed 40% of the value from 1982
through 1984, 30% from 1985 through 1987, or 20% after 1987. This exemption
may not be less than $5,000 even if the percentage granted is only 1%. He
expressed some of the potential disadvantages of this amendment to the
constitution as being: (1) if the City grants the maximum exemption, local
homeowners would experience two automatic tax increases over the next six
years (2) granting the exemption to one type of property owner does not
reduce overall taxes, but rather would increase the tax burden on other