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ccreg-10-05-1976 429 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 5, 1976 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session Tuesday, October 5, 1976 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 401 Oak Street with the following members present: Mayor Pro-Tem Donald J. Seeba, presiding; Richard L. Howe, Walter F. Schneider, Ed L. Sharpe, and Gail Hyatt. Absent: Mayor Robert C. Bueker. Also present: City Manager Denny L. Arnold, Assistant City Manager Harold D. Baldwin. Absent: City Secretary June G. Krause. #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Howe moved to accept the minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 21, 1976 as presented. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider and Mr. Sharpe NAYS: None ABSTAINING: Mrs. Hyatt. #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: No resident requested to address the Council. #3 CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES: Mr. Schneider moved to accept the minutes of the Citizens Advisory Committee meeting of September 16, 1976. Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt. NAYS: None #4 HOUSING AUTHORITY: Mr. Arnold informed the Council that no written reply had yet been received from the Department of HUD in answer to our request for an extension of time on final disposition of the 50 Unit Elderly Housing Project. The Council requested that Mayor Bueker and Mr. Arnold follow up on our request to HUD. #5 MUNICIPAL COMPLEX: City Staff had no change of status to report at this time. #6 COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER: Darrell Farr, Community Development Coordin- ator, presented the Council with a proposal from the Board of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church which extended an offer of selling to the City 2 acres of land on which to build a Community Activity Center, for the total price of $15,000.00. Mr. Farr also briefed the Council on a proposed building and that he was interviewing prospective architects to design the building. Mr. Schneider moved that the City Staff prepare a resolution approving the purchase of the 2 acres of land from the Good Shepherd Catholic Church. Mrs. Hyatt seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt. NAYS: None #7 PUBLIC WORKS ACT: City staff had no change of status to report at this time. #8 ENTEX RATE REQUEST: City staff had no change of status to report at this time. 430 #9 WATER CONTRACTS: City staff had no change of status to report at this time. #10 PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION: Mr. Howard Gaddis, City Engineer, informed the Council that the Cullum & Dickehut Construction Company had finalized their contract with the City for installing water lines. Mr. Gaddis briefed the Council on the order in which the work had been done in the project. Mrs. Hyatt moved that final payment for the water system improvements contract in the amount of $37,280.87, be paid to the Cullum & Dickehut Construction Company. Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt. NAYS: None #11 PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION: Mr. Schneider moved the approval of paying Howard Gaddis engineering fees based on the water improvement contract (Cullum & Dickehut Construction Company) in the amount of $5,991.14. Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried with the follow- ing vote: AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt. NAYS: None #12 RESOLUTION: Mr. Arnold read a resolution providing water service to Ladshaw-Millter Development Company. After considerable discussion by the Countil, Mr. Howe moved that the City Staff and City Attorney be instructed to rewrite the resolution to provide for individual businesses water meters and that the resolution be placed back on the next meeting agenda. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: i I I I -----" AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt. NAYS: None #13 NEWSLETTER: The Council approved the following items to be written in the September Newsletter: a. A status report for the Southside project. b. Senior Citizens Club activities. c. An explanation of new sewer rates. d. A report on the sale of 1977 automobile licenses. e. An informative appeal about animal control. f. An explanation of the new NO LEFT TURN restriction at the west end of the FM 78 bridge. g. A Swimming Pool constnuction status report. #14 GENERAL DISCUSSION: A. Howard Gaddis briefed the Council on the design plans for the streets and drainage in the proposed rehabilitation work on the Southside project. B. Mrs. Hyatt requested that the City staff begin plans for a free public dance to be held at the pavilion in early November, if possible. 431 #15 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mrs. Hyatt, seconded by Mr. Sharpe, the meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M. .q;l-C ~ ~ity of Schertz, Texas ATTEST: 9<~a#.--k:-tNh~rt' REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 19, 1976 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, October 19, 1976 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 401 Oak Street with the following members present: Mayor Robert C. Bueker, presiding; Mayer Pro-Tem Donald J. Seeba, Richard L. Howe, Walter F. Schneider, Ed L. Sharpe and Gail Hyatt. Also present: City Manager Denny L. Arnold and Assistant City Manager Harold D. Baldwin. Absent: City Secretary June G. Krause. #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mrs. Hyatt moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 5, 1976 as presented. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Mr. Seeba, Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt. NAYS: None , . #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: No resident requested to address the Council. #3 PLANNING & ZONING MINUTES: Mr. Schneider moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission of October 13, 1976. Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Mr. Seeba, Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt. NAYS: None #4 RESERVE APPOINTMENT: This item was delayed until later in the meeting when the officer could be present. #5 ENTEX RATE REQUEST: Mr. Harry Overstreet, District Manager for Entex, briefed the Council on their rate increase re- quest, which is merely to try to keep up with the inflationary trends. Mr. Arnold asked Mr. Overstreet to explain the relationship between a nearly 40% increase request ($1.05) per residential customer and a 4.14% rate of return to the company.