November 10, 1994 Schertz Economic Development Commission Meeting
Minutes
10 November 1994
Schertz Municipal Complex
The Schertz Economic Development Commission meeting convened at
7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 10, 1994 in the Municipal Complex
Conference Room, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas.
THOSE PRESENT THOSE ABSENT
Lew Borgfeld Mary Marsh
Bob Vallance Harry Richburg
Charles McDonald Jackie Jones
W.J. Sweatt Eric White
Bruce Hammersla Juan Thorn
Merwin Willman
Tony Moreno
STAFF PRESENT:
Kerry R. Sweatt, City Manager
Mark Marquez, Coordinator
Lucinda J. Fitzpatrick, Recording Secretary
CALL TO ORDER:
Mark Marquez, Economic Development Coordinator called the
. meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing,
discussing and recommending to City Council on the issue of an
additional 1/2 cent sales tax for ad valorem reduction and
economic development.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES (October 13, 1994)
Minutes were unavailable to read.
REVIEW/DISCUSSION/RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE ISSUE
OF AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 CENT SALES TAX FOR AD VALOREM REDUCTION
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Joe Newman with Texas Economic Development Council, Inc. spoke
with reference to the handout entitled "What Do You Do With Two
Hundred Million Dollars?" This included a chart indicating
Sales Tax Cities in Texas showing Section 4A Tax: (The
original pure ED tax); Section 4B Tax: (The expanded quality
of life ED tax); and Combined Propositions Section 4A & 4B
Tax: (ED sales tax and a sales tax for property tax relief).
The City of Schertz is eligible for Section 4A & 4B Tax.
Joe Newman indicated that there is no local sales tax on
vehicles. He further discussed "What 100 New Factory Workers
Mean To A Town" and "Distribution of Retail Trade by Type of
Store." Charles McDonald mentioned that buying merchandise in
the City of Schertz vs. buying elsewhere that most people did
not pay attention to the sales tax percentage.
Kerry Sweatt suggested the Commission recommend an election on
the 1/2 sales tax for January 21, 1994.
Tony Moreno made a recommendation for ad valorem reduction and
1/2 cent sales tax increase.
W. J. Sweatt moved we recommend a Section 4A Property Tax
Relief and Economic Development election. A second was made by
Bruce Hammersla and the motion carried unanimously.
There will be Mayor's Forum Town Meeting on November 22, 1994.
It was suggested by W. J. Sweatt that invitations be sent out
for this event. Joe Newman and Bob Bearden could be asked to
speak at this meeting. It was mentioned that the public needs
to be educated, especially the businesses regarding the ad
valorem reduction and 1/2 cent sales tax increase.
Some suggestions were made as to the scheduling of the meeting
for discussing the ad valorem reduction and 1/2 cent sales tax
increase: (1) Send out letters to businesses; (2) Lion's Club
Members/Volunteer Firefighters/Council Members to speak to
groups of people; (3) City Manager to prepare fact information
brochures on this subject; (4) Information packets to get some
contacts; (5) Schedule meeting a week before sending out the
information. Schedule meetings for 2nd & 17th of January.
Council will take action next Tuesday night, November 22, 1994.
STAFF DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS
No other comments.
COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS
The business appreciation dinner was set for September 21,
1995, which is the third Thursday of that month.
COMMISSION CHAIR COMMENTS
No other comments.
SET NEXT MEETING DATE
The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 23, 1994
at noon.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business, Chairman Lew Borgfeld adjourned the
meeting at 8:55 p.m. with a motion to adjourn from W. J.
Sweatt and a second from Bob Vallance. Motion carried
unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
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Lewi B~brgfeld Lucinda J. tzpatri
Chairman Recording Secretary