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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 21, 1978
The Schertz Ci!ty Council convened in Regular Session Tuesday, February 21,
1978 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Live Oak Road with the
following members present: Mayor Robert C. Bueker, presiding; Mayor Pro Tern
Richard L. Howe; Merwin G. Willman; Walter F. Schneider; Earl W. Sawyer and
Earl Johnson. Also present were City Manager Walter F. Hill, Asst. City Mana-
ger Hal Baldwin, City Engineer Howard W. Gaddis, City Attorney Richard W.
Harris and City Secretary June G. Krause.,
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#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Mr. Schneider moved to approve the minutes
of the Regular Meeting of February 7, 1978
as presented. Mr. Willman seconded the motion which carried with the follow-
ing vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None '
B. Mr. Johnson moved to approve the minutes of the Special Session of Febru-
ary 8, 1978 as presented. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which carried
with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
C. Mr. Schneider moved to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting of
February 13, 1978 as presented. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which
carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Harry Overstreet of Entex reserved time
for item #3.
#3 ORDINANCE: The Mayor introduced the following captioned ordinance
which was read in full by the City Manager. Mr. Schneider
moved that said ordinance be considered as an emergency measure, which motion
was seconded by Mr. Johnson. Whereupon said motion was fully considered and
discussed. The Mayor put the motion to the members of the Council and said
motion was approved by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
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The Mayor then introduced the hereinafter set forth ordinance as an emergency
measure. Thereupon it was moved by Mr. Schneider and seconded by Mr. Johnson
that said ordinance be finally passed and adopted. The motion carried by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
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ORDINANCE NO. 78-F-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS RECOGNIZING
THE APPROPRIATE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY ENTEX, INC. FOR
RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL NATURAL GAS SERVICE
WITHIN THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS; PROHIBITING ADDITIONAL
RATE INCREASE REQUESTS PRIOR TO APRIL 1,1979; PROVIDING
FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN LEGAL FEES; AUTHORIZING A
SETTLEMENT OF A CERTAIN RATE PROCEEDING CURRENTLY PENDING
BEFORE THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVER-
ABILITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
#4 ORDINANCE: The Mayor introduced the hereinafter set forth ordin-
ance which has been read and considered at the last
Regular meeting of the City Council on the 7th day of February 1978. It
was determined that the City Secretary had caused a short synopsis of said
proposed ordinance to be published in the official newspaper after its
consideration at the last regular meeting of the City Council and prior
to this meeting.
Whereupon it was moved by Mr. Sawyer and seconded by Mr. Schneider that said
ordinance be finally passed and adopted. The Mayor put the motion to a vote
of the members of the Council and the ordinance was finally passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
ORDINANCE NO. 78-E-3
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ
TEXAS, CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 1,1978,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AND TWO (2) COUNCIL-
MEN.
#5 SWIMMING POOL OPERATION: After Council discussion, Mr. Howe moved
that the Council not go out for contract
this year as the City has not had the pool long enough to have a cost
analysis. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion which carried with the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
#6 DEPOSITORY: Mr. Howe moved to authorize the City Manager to adver-
tise for bids for a City Depository. Mr. Schneider
seconded the motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
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#7 BID AWARD: At the recommendation of the City Manager, Mr. Johnson
moved to accept the bid from Dodge House, Inc. of Seguin
for an Aspen 4-door sedan for the Police Department in the amount of $5354.13,
and to accept the bid from Alamo Toyota of San Antonio for one 1978 2-door
Corolla Sedan in the amount of $4047.19. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion
which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
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#8 PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION: Mr. Howe moved to authorize payment to R&R
Construction Company in the amount of
$3,218.80 for removal of the lift station as invoiced. Mr. Johnson seconded
the motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
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#9 AUDITOR: After receiving the City Manager's recommendations, Mr.
Howe moved to retain Harris, Havens & Company for the
1977-78 budget year auditor. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion which carried
with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
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#10 PLANNING & ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS: After reviewing the recommenda-
tions of the Planning and
Zoning Commission, Mr. Sawyer moved to approve the Baptistl Church request
for installing a "No Parking" sign adjacent to the walkway on Aero Avenue.
Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
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#11 CCMA CONTRACT: Mr. Schneider moved to approve the revision of the
Exhibit "C" to the CCMA contract as recommended.
Mr. Sawyer seconded the motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
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DELIQUENT TAXES: After discussion of the City Manager's recommen-
dation, Mr. Sawyer moved to authorize the Mayor
a contract with Gates Stein and Associates for collection of deliquent
Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which carried with the following
to sign
taxes.
vote:
AYES: Councilmen Howe, Willman, Schneider, Sawyer and Johnson
NAYS: None
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#13 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Hill reported on several meetings
coming up in the next week, and that the
HUD monitoring team will be in Schertz February 23, concerning the third
year program of the Community Development Block Grant.
#14 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Bueker reported on a call he had from Dr.
Mays wanting to know what is being done about
the drainage pipe near his office. Mr. Gaddis said he would be getting
with Dr. Mays to see just what he wants.
Mr. Harris advised that there has been a cross filing in the Jupe case and
he is now ready to proceed with the case.
At this point, Mayor Bueker turned the floor over to Mr.Jaime Ornelas,
208 Coordinator from AACOG, who gave a status report on 208 Planning
and informed the Council they should be getting a written report the
middle of March.
#15 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: A. Mr. Howe asked the engineer if he had gotten
with Mr. Von Scheele on the County road
to Dobie Middle School. Mr. Gaddis said he had received field notes from
Mr. Von Scheele's engineer and had forwarded them to the County so they
could get together and draw up the easement and get it signed.
#16 ADJOURNMENT: At this time, Mayor Bueker recessed the regular
meeting of the City Council in order to move
to the Conference Room where they reconvened at 8:36 P.M. in Workshop
Session.
The workshop adjourned at 10:33 P.M.
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