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ccreg 02-21-1978 119 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., ~ -;\} ,- ':J -"'" ...,...., ::.J.J #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 3,-1 g 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 =' 1- 71 v' l-20 3~.n 3q.~q YI)- ?cl 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 1:2l' #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 V 1- ? q ~ :\} ~ '-~ ~ :..J #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 ;,};)- '/ ? #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 '-13- ?q #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 ~/4 - ?~ #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 1s-?g #12 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 1r.,-?g '122 #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. ATTEST: , ,.~/e~ ~tity of Schertz, Texas !:k... ~ ):( .k~n ~ Secretary, Ctty of Schertz