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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.
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#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:
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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.
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#15 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mrs. Hyatt, seconded by Mr. Sharpe,
the meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
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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
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#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.