01-16-2024 Agenda
MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
January 16, 2024
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, JANUARY 16, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Call to Order
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas.
(Councilmember Westbrook)
Proclamations:
January 2024-School Board Recognition Month
City Events and Announcements
Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/S. Gonzalez)
Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (S. Williams)
Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)
Hearing of Residents
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.
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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.Resolution 24-R-04 - Approving the appointment of Police Reserve Officer Ryan McCosh
to the Schertz Police Reserve Force. (S.Williams/J.Lowery)
2.Resolution 23-R-137 - Authorizing a lease program agreement with Kinloch Equipment &
Supply and expenditures with Doggett Freightliner of South Texas for replacement of the
sewer vactor truck. (B.James/L.Busch/J.Moheit)
3.Resolution 24-R-05 - Consideration and/or action by the City Council of the City of
Schertz, Texas, approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program application, and accept grants funds if awarded, from the
awarding agency for replacement of the generator supplying secondary power to our Public
Safety Answering Point (PSAP) (Dispatch), Police Department, Emergency Medical
Services, and the Fire Department. (S.Williams/G.Rodgers)
4.Ordinance 23-S-35 - Approving a request to rezone approximately 65 acres of land from
General Business District (GB) to Planned Development District (PDD), known as Comal
County Parcel ID 75458 and Guadalupe County Parcel ID 64005, generally located
southeast of the IH 35 and Schwab Road intersection, City of Schertz, Comal County and
Guadalupe County, Texas. Final Reading (B.James/L.Wood/S.Haas)
5.Resolution 24-R-01 - Authorizing expenditures with Alamo Restorations, LLC. for the
EMS kitchen remodel. (B.James/D.Hardin-Trussell/C.Lonsberry)
Closed Session
6.The City Council will meet in closed session under Section 551.087 of the Texas
Government Code, Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations; Closed
Meeting. The governmental body is not required to conduct an open meeting (1) to discuss
or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has
received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or
expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental
body is conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) to deliberate the offer of a
financial or other incentive to a business prospect.
Project:E-88
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7.The City Council will meet in closed session under Section 551.074 of the Texas
Government Code, Personnel Matters, to conduct the annual evaluation of the City
Secretary, Ms. Sheila Edmondson.
Reconvene into Regular Session
8.Take any action based on discussion held in Closed Session under Agenda Item #6.
9.Take any action based on discussion held in Closed Session under Agenda Item #7.
Requests and Announcements
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
City and Community Events attended and to be attended (Council)
Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, SHEILA EDMONDSON, 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
THE11th DAY OF JANUARY 2024 AT 3:15 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.
SHEILA EDMONDSON
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
_______________, 2024.
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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.
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COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Gutierrez
Audit Committee
Board of Adjustments
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Senior Center Advisory Board-Alternate
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Main Street Committee - Chair
Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Schertz Housing Authority Board
Transportation Safety Advisory Commission
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Watson-Place 2
Audit Committee
Library Advisory Board
Senior Center Advisory Board
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions-Alternate
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation-Alternate
Councilmember Macaluso – Place 3
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Councilmember Gibson-Place 4
Councilmember Westbrook-Place 5
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6
Animal Advisory Commission
Audit Committee
Building and Standards Commission
Economic Development Corporation - Alternate
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions-Chair
Senior Center Advisory Board
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Economic Development Corporation
Main Street Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation - Alternate
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