2009R03 - Hal BaldwinRESOLUTION N0.09-R-03
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS CREATING AND PROVIDING INITIAL FUNDING
TO THE HAL BALDWIN SCHOLARSHIP, CREATING THE HAL
BALDWIN SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE AND APPOINTING
MEMBERS TO THAT COMMITTEE, AND RESOLVING OTHER
MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas hereby creates the Hal
Baldwin Scholarship to honor Mayor Hal Baldwin for his many years of public service to the
City of Schertz by awarding deserving graduating high school seniors who live in the City of
Schertz who desire to pursue a career in public service; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide initial funding for such Scholarship; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to create an advisory committee to recommend
potential scholarship winners to the City Council and to appoint members to that committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
Section 1. Pursuant to Article II, Section 2,01 of the City Charter of the City of
Schertz, to promote and main#ain goad government and to advance the interests of its
inhabitants, the City hereby establishes the Hal Baldwin Scholarship.
Section 2. The City hereby establishes an initial Hal Baldwin Scholarship Fund in the
amount of $1,000 of unencumbered funds in the General Fund of the City to support such
Scholarship program, and the City further encourages all those who support such Scholarship
program to make contributions to the City designated for such purpose.
Section 3. The City hereby creates the Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee (the
"Committee"). The goals and objectives of the Committee will be to (1} recommend to the City
Council the application procedures and proposed scholarship award amounts, (ii} receive
applications for the Hat Baldwin Scholarship, and {ii) recommend potential Hal Baldwin
Scholarship award winners to the City Council.
Section 4. The Committee will act as an advisory committee to the City Council and
will report directly to the City Council. The Committee shall consist of five persons who at the
time of their appaint~nent and thereafter during their term (i) desire to contribute to the
accomplishment of the goals and objectives of the Committee and (ii) are available and agree to
actively participate in the Committee.
Section 5. The initial five members of the Committee will be John Trayhan, Michael
Carpenter, Steve White, Reginna Agee, and Michael Spain.
Section 6. Members of the Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council
and maybe removed at any time, with or without cause, by the City Council.
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Section 7. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section S. All xesolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters ordained herein.
Section 9. This Resolutlon shall be construed and enforced- in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 10. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any pexson
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 11. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, as amended, Texas Government Code.
Section 72. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the 10`h day of Febru ry, 2
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City Secretary
(City Seal)
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