07-07-2015 Agenda only City Council Agenda
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
JULY 7, 2015, 6:00 P.M.
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
07-07-2015 Council Agenda
City of Schertz Core Values
Do the right thing
Do the best you can
Treat others the way you would want to be treated
Work together cooperatively as a team
AGENDA
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015 AT 6:00 P.M.
Call to Order – City Council Regular Session
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of
Texas. (Councilmember Daryl John)
City Events and Announcements
Announcements of upcoming City Events (/B. James/D. Wait/B. Cantu)
Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel)
Presentations
Presentation regarding a new payment Kiosk located at the YMCA. (B. James/M.
Clauser)
Presentation regarding the recent TAMI Award. (B. Cantu/L. Klepper)
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.
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
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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.
Workshop
Discussion and possible action regarding allowing hand-held devices up on the dais
and review of the City Council Code of Ethics and City Council Rules of Conduct
and Procedure. (Item requested by Councilmember Azzoz and Mayor Carpenter)
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. Minutes - Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the
Special Workshop Meeting of June 19, 2015 and the Regular Meeting of June 23,
2015. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis)
2. Ordinance No. 15-T-19 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance
authorizing a Budget Adjustment to Tree Mitigation Fund 319 to procure Landscape
Installation and Maintenance Services for the Schertz Soccer Complex located at
2600 Maske Road. Final Reading (B. James/C. VanZandt)
3. Appointments/ Reappointments and Resignations to City Boards, Commissions
and Committees – Consideration and/or action regarding
appointments/reappointments and resignations to City Boards, Commissions, and
Committees. (Mayor/Council/B. Dennis)
Discussion and Action Items
4. Resolution No. 15-R-52 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution
authorizing a Purchase Contract of Improved Real Property between the City of
Schertz Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) and the Good Shepherd
Catholic Church. (J. Kessel/K. Kinateder)
5. Resolution No. 15-R-54 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution
authorizing an amendment of the Interlocal Agreement for Dispatch Services with the
City of Cibolo. (D. Wait/M. Hansen)
6. Resolution No. 15-R-55 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution
authorizing the adoption of Prevailing Wage Rates for Public Works Construction as
determined by the U.S. Department of Labor. (D. Wait/J. Kurz)
7. Resolution No. 15-R-56 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution
approving the use of a State of Texas Cooperative Contract with Vulcan Materials
Company for expenditures totaling no more than $80,000 for Asphalt and Related
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Materials for various separate and unrelated street upgrade and repair projects during
remainder of the FY 2014/15 fiscal year. (D. Wait/S. Willoughby)
8. Resolution No. 15-R-57 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Maldonado Nursery &
Landscaping, Inc. for the installation, one (1) year warranty, and one (1) year
maintenance contract associated with the landscape installation project for the Schertz
Soccer Complex located at 2600 Maske Road. (B. James/C. VanZandt)
9. Resolution No. 15-R-58 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution
authorizing an amendment to the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with the City of
Cibolo, Texas and the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District
regarding School Resource Officers. (D. Wait/M. Hansen)
10. Resolution No. 15-R-59 – Consideration and or action approving a Resolution
authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement retaining the services of Mr.
David Klein of Lloyd Gosselink Attorneys at Law to handle matters associated with
the protest of a wastewater discharge permit application and the decertification of
territory within the corporate boundaries of the City of Schertz from the water and or
wastewater certificates of convenience and necessity held by the Green Valley
Special Utility District. (D. Wait)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Executive Session
11. City Council will meet in closed session under Texas Government Code Section
551.071, Consultation with Attorney, to discuss and deliberate legal issues associated
with the Economic Development Incentives Agreement (Amazon.com.KYDC LLC).
12. City Council will meet in closed session under Texas Government Code Section
551.071, Consultation with Attorney, to discuss and deliberate legal issues associated
with TECQ.
Reconvene into Regular Session
11a. Take any action based on discussions held in closed session under Agenda Item 11.
12a. Take any action based on discussions held in closed session under Agenda Item 12.
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Requests and Announcements
13. Announcements by City Manager
Citizen Kudos
Recognition of City employee actions
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New Departmental initiatives
14. Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items be placed on a future City
Council agenda.
15. Announcements by Mayor and Councilmembers
City and community events attended and to be attended
City Council Committee and Liaison Assignments (see assignments below)
Continuing education events attended and to be attended
Recognition of actions by City employees
Recognition of actions by community volunteers
Upcoming City Council agenda items
Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, BRENDA DENNIS, 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 THE 2nd DAY OF JULY 2015 AT 10:30
A.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.
Brenda Dennis
Brenda, Dennis City Secretary
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 _______________, 2015.
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The City Council for the City of Schertz reserves the right to adjourn into executive 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.
Executive Sessions Authorized: This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City’s
legal counsel and the presence of any subject in any Executive 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
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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.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Carpenter
Audit Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Investment Advisory Committee
TIRZ II Board
Mayor Pro-Tem Edwards – Place 4
Audit Committee
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
Councilmember Fowler – Place 1
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Schertz Housing Board Liaison
Randolph Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) Executive
Committee
Schertz Seguin Local Government Corporation
Councilmember Azzoz – Place 2
Animal Control Advisory Committee
Sweetheart Advisory Committee
Councilmember John – Place 3
Lone Star Rail District
Councilmember Thompson Place 5
Audit Committee