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09-01-2020 Agenda       MEETING AGENDA City Council REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL September 1, 2020                                   HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4 SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154 CITY OF SCHERTZ CORE VALUES Do the right thing Do the best you can Treat others the way you want to be treated Work cooperatively as a team    AGENDA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.   City Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at the City Council Chambers. In lieu of attending the meeting in person, residents will have the opportunity to watch the meeting via live stream on the City’s YouTube Channel.        Call to Order   Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas. (Councilmember Tim Brown)   Presentations  Proclamation recognizing National Payroll Week. (Mayor/Linda Almendarez)   Employee Recognition  Parks & Recreation: Timothy Miles, Park Maintenance Technician. (B. James/L. Shrum/J. Montney) Public Works: Jeremy Perez, Drainage Worker I. (C. Kelm/S. Williams/D. Letbetter) Executive Staff: Tammy Glascoe - (M. Browne)    City Events and Announcements  September 1, 2020  City Council Agenda                                Page 1     City Events and Announcements  Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/C. Kelm/S. Gonzalez) Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (M. Browne) Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)   Hearing of Residents Residents who choose to watch the meeting via live stream, but who would like to participate in Residents to be Heard, should email their comments to City Secretary, Brenda Dennis, at bdennis@schertz.com by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 31, 2020, SO THAT THE CITY SECRETARY MAY READ THE PUBLIC COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD UNDER THE HEARING OF RESIDENTS. In the body of the email please include your name, your address, phone number, agenda item # if applicable or subject of discussion, and your comments. This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should fill out the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than 3 minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting. Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry, and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who have signed up to speak in the order they have registered.   Consent Agenda Items The Consent Agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the Council with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed from the Consent Agenda upon the request of the Mayor or a Councilmember.   1.Minutes – Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the meeting of the regular meeting of August 25, 2020. (B. Dennis)   2.Resolution 20-R-98 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City, Texas, authorizing expenditures not to exceed $345,718.00 with C-3 Environmental Inc., and other matters in connection therewith. (C. Kelm/S.Williams/D. Letbetter)   3.Ordinance No. 20-F-26 - Consideration and/or action approving an amendment to Ordinance 15-F-17 by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, repealing an Ordinance of the code of Ordinances of the City of Schertz and adopting a new Ordinance with updated provisions regarding the collection and disposition of solid waste and recyclable material in the City; providing for the removal of an outdated table and referencing the City's current FY fee schedule. Final Reading (C. Kelm/S. Williams/J. Hooks)   4.Resolution No. 20-R-92 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City September 1, 2020  City Council Agenda                                Page 2     4.Resolution No. 20-R-92 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas,  authorizing expenditures in excess of $50,000 with T.F. Harper & Associates, a BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative vendor, and authorizing a purchase totaling $62,737.07 for improvements to the Johnie McDow Sports Complex. (B. James, L. Shrum)   5.Boards, Commissions and Committee Member Resignations/Appointments - Consideration and/or action accepting Mr. John Bierschwale's resignation from the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Board, City of Schertz, Texas (TIRZ) Board.    Discussion and Action Items   6.Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool Board of Trustees Nominations - Consideration and/or action nominating Board of Trustees candidates for places 1 through 4. (Mayor/Council)   Public Hearings   7.Ordinance No. 20-T-31– Conduct a Public Hearing and consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance adopting a budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020, and ending September 30, 2021. First Reading (B. James/J. Walters)   8.Ordinance No. 20-T-32 – Conduct a Public Hearing and consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance approving the appraisal roll; setting the tax rate; levying and assessing general and special ad valorem taxes for the use and support of the municipal government of the city of Schertz, Texas. First Reading (B. James/J. Walters)   Roll Call Vote Confirmation   Workshop   9.Workshop Discussion and Update (Ordinance 20-H-18) - Discussion and update regarding the COVID-19 virus and our current Ordinance No. 20-H-18 Declaration of Local Disaster. (M. Browne/K. Long)   Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR     10.Monthly update on major projects in progress/CIP. (B. James/K. Woodlee)   Requests and Announcements  Announcements by the City Manager. Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers for updates or information from staff.     Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items or presentations be placed on a future City Council agenda. September 1, 2020  City Council Agenda                                Page 3     Council agenda.   Announcements by Mayor and Councilmembers    City and community events attended and to be attended City Council Committee and Liaison Assignments (see assignments below) Continuing education events attended and to be attended Recognition of actions by City employees Recognition of actions by community volunteers   Adjournment   CERTIFICATION I, BRENDA DENNIS, CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN BOARDS ON THIS THE 28th DAY OF 2020 AT 2:45 P.M., WHICH IS A PLACE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES AND THAT SAID NOTICE WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.    BRENDA DENNIS    I CERTIFY THAT THE ATTACHED NOTICE AND AGENDA OF ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WAS REMOVED BY ME FROM THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN BOARD ON _____DAY OF _______________, 2020. TITLE: ______________ This facility is accessible in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Handicapped parking spaces are available. If you require special assistance or have a request for sign interpretative services or other services, please call 210-619-1030. The City Council for the City of Schertz reserves the right to adjourn into closed session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act. Closed Sessions Authorized: This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City’s legal counsel and the presence of any subject in any Closed Session portion of the agenda constitutes a written interpretation of Texas Government Code Chapter 551 by legal counsel for the governmental body and constitutes an opinion by the attorney that the items discussed therein may be legally discussed in the closed portion of the meeting considering available opinions of a court of record and opinions of the Texas Attorney General known to the attorney. This provision has been added to this agenda with the intent to meet all elements necessary to satisfy Texas Government Code Chapter 551.144(c) and the meeting is conducted by all participants in reliance on this opinion.     September 1, 2020  City Council Agenda                                Page 4         COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS     Mayor Gutierrez Audit Committee Investment Advisory Committee Main Street Committee Councilmember Scagliola – Place 5 Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation - Alternate Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions - Alternate Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation Councilmember Davis– Place 1 Audit Committee Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions Main Street Committee - Chair Schertz Housing Authority Board TIRZ II Board Councilmember Scott – Place 2 Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions   Councilmember Larson – Place 3 Main Street Committee – Vice Chair   Councilmember Dahle – Place 4 Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions TIRZ II Board Councilmember Heyward – Place 6 Audit Committee Investment Advisory Committee Schertz Animal Services Advisory Commission Councilmember Brown – Place 7 Main Street Committee Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation - Alternate      September 1, 2020  City Council Agenda                                Page 5