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11-13-1973 15 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 13, 1973 The City Council met in Special Session Tuesday, November 13, 1973 at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, 608 Live Oak Road wi th the Schertz', Cibolo , Universal City Independent School Dist- rict Board of Trustees. Present: Schertz Mayor Mayor Pro-Tem Council Members: School Board: U.C. Mayor: City Manager: Councilwoman: Cibolo: Robert C. Bueker, presiding Robert Schwartz Nell Funk Bobbie Koch Hugh Sandifer Tom Koole Fritz H. Rusch, President Ernie Sch1ather Dough English Barbara Schoolcraft Fred Blair Clyde Nalls, School Supt. Charles Broughton John Prater Bob Green Jo Jares none present Mr. Larry O'Grady, Advisor, Catholic Youth Organization and three students appeared to explain a Wa1kathon to support their Christmas for the Senion Citizens program. The Walkathon will be held November 23, 1973. Discussion items as follows: 1. Safety of School children crossing the Cibolo Creek at the low water crossing (Aviation) and on FM 78 bridge. 2. Safety of school children walking along FM 78 from Schertz to Cibolo. 3. What route will be available for pedestrian traffic to the new middle school? 4. From which areas will students be drawn to attend the new middle school and what grades will the school consist? There was lengthy discussion, with many questions and answers, on the above subjects. Much of the discussion concerned the new pedestrian bridge over the Cibolo Creek. It was agreed that Schertz and Universal City City Councils will hold a joint meeting on November 20th, 1973. On a motion duly made and seconded, the Council adjourned at 9:30 PM. AT~T: / Mi }-f &~~ l,;&y lecretary june G. Krause / /. / ') 'c-?.I. / t.5.Ji...i..l,"r (, cl./A!,/.p! ,'A: /' Mayor Robert C. Bueker 16 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 16, 1973 The Schertz City Council met in Special Session Friday, November 16, 1973 at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, 608 Live Oak Road, with the following members present: Mayor Robert Bueker, presiding; Mrs. Funk, Mrs. Koch, Mr. Sandifer and Mr. Koole; Mr. Joe Stulb, Chairman and eight members of the Charter Writing Committee. Mayor Bueker explained the purpose of the meeting was to get together with the Charter Writing Committee and Mr. Richard Harris, attorney for the City, and exchange ideas concerning the Home Rule Charter presented so that it may again be presented to the citizens at an election. Mr. Harris said he had nothing specific about the charter but general ideas. Some parts have too much procedures as the State Legislature has more or less taken care of those things. He had two main points: 1. Article 4.09 Section f. concerning passage of Ordinances, would prove very costly for the City. 2. Article 1.02 concerning annexation, need more lenient requirements than by election - Mr. Harris agreed that item 102.b (1) gave the City that provision of flexibility they were looking for. Mrs. Funk asked if all the Utility Companies had been invited to the session of the CVllllLlission when they were discussing Article XI which concerns franchises. Mr. Stulb stated none were invited but representatives of the Gas Cv~pany were at one of their meetings. Mrs. Funk stated representatives from GVEC, Southwestern Bell Tele- phone and the United Gas Company have all registered protests to Article XI of the present charter. When questioned by Mrs. Funk on the following Articles, Mr. Stulb gave the following responses~ 1. Article 4.02 - Qualifications for Mayor & cerning the phrase "have attained the age of 21". felt it was a necessary provision in the charter conflict with the lowering of voting age. 2. Article 4.06, Section b (3): failure to attend three consecutive meetings of the Council constituting a forfeiture of office. Possibly it should be regular meetings but he does not think valid reason for changing since the part about being out of the county being good cause for being absent takes care of it. Council, con- The Committee and not in 3. Article 4.09, Section c. - Notice of Regular meetings. This law was changed by the Legislature from 3 days to 72 hours after this charter was written. 4. Article 4.09, Section f (1): passage of penal ordinances. published twice within 15 days after passage is impossible with a weekly newspaper. Mr. Stulb agreed it would have to be changed. 5. Article 6.02, Section b - pay plan for City employees. Mrs. Funk explained this was tried at the last budget sessions and would be far too costly for the city. Mr. Harris made the' statement that Pay Plan as such could be construed to mean what we have at present time and the Council can do with it what it desires. 17 6. Article 6.06 - City Secretary - Mrs. Funk felt that for better working relations, the City Secretary should be hired by and work under the City Manager. Mr. Stu1b stated the CVlwllission felt the City Secretary was a secretary for the Council and should be under the control of the Council. It was a1so brought out the name City Secretary should be used throughout the charter instead of the City Clerk as sometimes stated. Mr. Harris said about the only cities using the term "City Clerk" are Commission form of Governments. 7. Article 7.08 - Purchasing Procedures - Legislature has changed this from $2,000 to $3,000. Mr. Stu1b closed by saying if the Commission still has legal authority to work on the charter, they will meet soon (December 6, 1973). He feels that if there is nothing harmful in this charter, the Cvuuuission should represent it as it is written but he cannot say how the individual members of the Cvuuuission will feel about it. He said personally he would like to see even a one page charter if possible but the CUlluuission felt the only way the ordinary citizens would ever see the state laws were if they were placed in and made a part of the Schertz Home Rule Charter. Mr. Hal Baldwin, Chairman of the CAC, feels that from talking with the members of his committee, if the law suit did not do anything else, it at least stimulated interest in the charter and gave the citizens at least another month or two to study the charter. There being no further discussion, Mayor Bueker declared the meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.M. i .. ATTEST: r::L~' (: J:J,'i~-/ ~ayor Robert C. Bueker k,~~ a._.... June G.Krause REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER lO, 19/3 The City Council convened in Regular Session in the City Council Chambers 01 Tuesday, November 20, 1973 at 7:02 P.M. with the following members present: Mayor Bueker, presiding; Mrs. Koch, Mrs. Funk, Mr. Sandifer, Mr. Koo1e and Mr. Schwartz. Mayor Bueker requested the minutes of the meeting of November 6, 1973 be changed as follows: 10th paragraph, page 1 - should read: "Mayor Bueker explained he wanted to give Mr. Arnold authority to rent necessary equipment and pay, on an in-house operation, a qualified operator to do the preliminary work on the south drainage ditch." Mrs. Funk moved to accept these minutes as amended. Mr. Sandifer seconded the motion with all members voting aye. F" r '. , "'"