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11-20-1973 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 '. , "'" 18 Mr. Clifford Harris of the CAC addressea the Council concerning the Home Rule Charter. He was questioning the section (Article 6.06) concerning the City Secretary; namely, i1 the City Manager and City Secretary are now working as one office, why separate the two by placing the City Secretary directly under the Council. Mayor Bueker explained the City Secretary should be an appointed office, one of long tenure. If placed under the City Manager, tenure of office could suffer. He then said the question should be presented to the ChErter Writing COIDilli~::ion who will be meeting on December 6, 1973. Mr. Harris asked if the Council as individuals would give their opinions of the present charter. Mrs. Funk and Mr. Schwartz stated they are against the charter as it is now written. Mr~. Koch said it is impossible to satisfy everyone, so she will go along with the present charter. Mr. Bueker said we could live with everything in the charter with one exception - Article 4.09, Section f (1) which states the penal ordinaces should be published twice within 15 days after passage, which of course is a physical imposibility. Bid proposals on the Employee ?ension Plan were opened from the following companies: 1. Bankers Life of Des Moines. 2. Agent Securities Corp. - Richardson 3. Employers National Life Insurance Co. - Des Moines 4. Etna Life Insurance Co. ~. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. 6. Investers Diversified Services Co. 7. Investers Diversified Services Co. 8. Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co. 9. Great Southern Life Ins. Co. 10. Etna Life Ins. Co. - Koebig Ins. Agent 11. Travelers Insurance Companies. Mrs. Schwartz moved to table any further discussion or decision on these proposals until the City Manager could have time to evaluate them and bring his recvlwuendations back to the Council. Mr. Sandifer seconded the motion with all members voting aye. Mrs. Chambless addressed the Council concerning the street name changes proposed at the Public Hearing of the P&Z of Nov- ember 14, 1973. She asked why Aviation Avenue was presented for change. Mr. Schwartz answered, since he was the one making the original motion, stating there is some confusion since the street at the low-water crossing is called Aviation Blvd. In addition to Mrs. Chambless, Mrs. Pena, Mrs. Fontenot, Mrs. Gary and Mr. Harris spoke against any street name changes in the City. Mrs. Funk moved to accept the minutes of the Planning & Zoning Committee meeting of November 14, 1973. Mrs. Koch seconded the motion with all members voting aye. Mrs. Funk moved to go along with Mr. Chambless' motion in the P&Z minutes to disapprove the renaming of any streets and in ,)the future look at the names before accepting the plat. Mr. Sandi- ~ fer seconded the motion with the vote as follows: Voting for, 9 Mrs. Funk, Mr. Sandifer, Mrs. Koch and Mr. Koole. Against: Mr. Schwartz. Motion carried. Mr. Arnold was asked by Mayor Bueker to order the name plates for the Planning & Zoning Committee members as requested in their minutes. 19 ' Mr. Schwartz moved to approve Mr. U.C. Wheatley's appeal for a variance to the zoning Ordinance. Mrs. Funk seconded the '. motion with all members voting aye. Mayor Bueker explained the-invoice for final audit payment for Workmens Compensation & CUl11l1rehensive General Liability by stating it was a normal yearly item. Mr. Arnold said the auditors will allow the City to place this item in last year's budget since, it is a 1972-73 item. Mr.Sandifer moved to pay $2,207.00 Final ( audit payment for Workmens Compensation & Comprehensive General J Liability to Koebig Insurance Agency. Mrs. Koch seconded the motion with all members voting aye. Mrs. Funk moved to table both ordinances concerning the sale of land parcels 3-2 and 3-3 by Urban Renewal to Mr. Nordmeyer until he can be present and state his desires concerning this ~ land. Mr. Sanidfer se~ded the motion with four voting for the motion. Mr. Koo1e abstained from voting. Motion carried. After discussing the repealing of Ordinance No. 274 (second agreement with Urban Renewal) and No. 275 (relating to authorizing payment to UR for purchase of park land), Mr. Sandifer moved ~ 'i to table any decision until the next meeting when legal repre- ~. sentative from Urban Renewal and the attorney for the City could be present. Mrs. Funk seconded the motion with all members voting aye. Mr. Arnold apprised the Council he had a copy of a letter from Walter Schertz to HUD explaining that at the time UR closes out, the City will take over the disposition of land and listing the parcels unsold. Mr. Arnold presented a statement from Kelly Construction Co, Change Order No.1, final in the amount of $8,807.18 covering the paving, sidewalks and curbing at the Police and Fire Depart~ ments areas. Mrs. Funk moved to pay the statement from Kelly ~ Construction Co. as presented. Mr. Schwartz seconded the motion with all members voting aye. Mr. Arnold was asked to get the figures from the City Engineer of the portion pertaining to the Fire Department. Mrs. Funk moved for payment of the final bill of Change ./ J.J ~D Order No. 1 on the Live Oak Road Improvement Project from ~. , Mr. Howard Gaddis, City Engineer. Mrs. Koch seconded the motion with all members voting aye. Mayor Bueker called a recess at 8:55 P.M. in order for the Council to meet in Universal City with their Council. The meeting reconvened in the Universal City Council Chambers at 9:20 PM with Mayor John F. Prater presiding and the complete Universal City Council present in addition to the Schertz Counci. Mayor Prater and Mayor Bueker introduced their respective Council Members; after which Mayor Prater explained the purpose of the joint meeting was to try to find a solution to the pro- blem of the low water crossing. This is not only a problem 20 of school children crossing but also presents a problem at peak traffic hours for vehicular traffic. Mayor Prater introduced a Resolution from the Samuel C1emens/0 Henry Jr. High Parent-Teachers Association requesting the two cities to effect immediate action relative to the construction of an appropriate walk bridge over Cibolo Creek; and during construction, make Aviation Blvd. one-way (east)in the AM and one-way (west) in the PM from Cibolo Creek to the intersection of Main Street in Schertz, Texas. He went on to say that since the school District had made their decision not to participate, U.C. Council voted to construct a pedestrian bridge at a cost of $6,000 but when it came time to sign the contract, the man would not sign for that amount. He then presented four bid proposals for the pedestrian bridge ranging from approximately S12,000 to $18,000. Mayor Bueker stated we must look at a long range solution rather than expend monies on the temporary solution of the ped- estrain bridge. Mrs. Funk submitted the proposal of using school buses for the remainder of this year. She had talked with Mr. Nalls, School Supt. and several of the School Board members and found they do have several surplus buses this year they felt could be used if the two cities pay the driver and gasolene and have the school monitor the use. The driver would cost between a minimum of $60.00 to a maximum of $120.00 per month. This would not only get the Universal City children to school safely in all kinds of weather but also transport the children living in Lone Oak (that now walk along Highway 78) to Cibolo to School. Mayor Prater explained U.C. cannot use tax monies for this purpose because some of their tax payers have children going to another school district and would therefore cvwplain their children didn't have the same bus service. Mr. Adame, UC Councilman, said he felt Mrs. Funk's proposal a good one and that the two Councils should try to get together on this idea. Mayor Bueker said he feels tax monies could be used for this purpose but there could be internal problems. He reiter~ted we should be looking at the long range solution of getting the Highway Dept. to reroute 1518 and build a proper vehicle bridge. On a temporary basis, the safety factor of busing the children alone is for more practical than a pedestrian bridge that could wash away or at least be under water the next time it rains. Mayor Prater agreed that phi~osophy was good but not practical when they have first graders walking almost 2 miles that also need to be bussed. He emphasized he gets extremely mad when there is mention of U.C. children getting to school when Schertz has some responsibility to the kids in their ETJ (Rittiman Addition). When questioned as to the height of the pedestrian bridge proposed, Mr. Mullins - UC engineer - stated it is to be 2' above normal water level. The Schertz Council feels this would not solve the problem since the present low water bridge is about It' above normal water level and the majority of this school year, the low water crossing has been under at least 2' of water. I · I 21 Mayor Prater said a permanent vehicle bridge is out of context; but he can guarantee that if this pedestrian bridge participation is voted down by Schertz, you could never get a Bond issue passed for a permanent bridge. Ma~or Prater asked if he could have a roll call vote from the Schertz Council. Mayor Bueker said of course he had already stated his feelings in that money should be spent on a permanent solution rather than this temporary solution. Mr. Koo1e stated he is against Schertz participating. Mrs. Funk is against the pedestrian bridge and still thinks the busing proposal is the best temporary solution. Mr. Schwartz stated he is against the pedestrian bridge. Mrs. Koch stated she represents the people of Schertz and no one wan,ts the pedestrian bridge. She suggested the possibility of the two cities forming their own transportation system. Mayor Prater then asked if UC decides to build it alone, will Schertz allow U.C. to attach it to Schertz side of the creek. Schertz Council could see no reason why they could not. Meeting adjourned at 11:02 P.M. ATTEST: /}/' '. ./") /~) /f!..p..c/v{ (~~L2:<<'~~t: \..---' Mayor Robert C. Bueker (~A g ~ J~~" ~ ,) --'_ ~ Secretary 'JUne G. Krause