12-08-2015 Agenda only City Council Agenda
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
December 8, 2015, 6:00 P.M.
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
12-08-2015 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, DECEMBER 8, 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 Azzoz)
City Events and Announcements
• Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/D. Wait/B. Cantu)
• Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel)
Presentation
• 2ND Annual Awards presentation SCUCISD/Historical Preservation Committee Essay and
Art Contest. (B. Dennis/R. Williams/D. Weirtz/J. Webb/B. Hall)
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 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.
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Workshops
• Application for Landmark or Heritage Neighborhood Designation – Discussion and
consideration and/or action approving a designation request for Landmark Property
Designations for Aviation Heights, Schertz Texas. (B. James/P. Perez)
• Discussion and presentation regarding Ordinance No. 15-M-41 adopting criminal and civil
penalties for violating the City Charter. (C. Zech)
• Discussion regarding the Schertz Chamber of Commerce Funding. (Item requested by
Mayor Carpenter and Councilmember Azzoz) (Continuation from the November 17, 2015
Council meeting)
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 Regular
Meeting of December 1, 2015. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis)
2. City of Schertz 2016 Master Calendar – Consideration and/or action regarding the
approval of the City of Schertz 2016 Master Calendar. (J. Kessel/S. Gonzalez)
3. Scheduling a Regular Council meeting for December 15, 2015 and the Cancellation of
the December 22, 2015 and December 29, 2015 City Council Meetings – Consideration
and/or action scheduling a Regular Council meeting for December 15, 2015 and cancelling
the December 22, 2015 and December 29, 2015 City Council meetings due to the holidays.
(B. Dennis/Council)
Discussion and Action items
4. Resolution No. 15-R-110 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution authorizing
the City Manager to sign a contract for Mutual Aid in Fire Emergency Services between the
City of Schertz and the Secretary of the Air Force for Mutual Aid with Randolph Air Force
Base Fire Emergency Services. (D. Wait/D. Covington)
5. Resolution No. 15-R-48 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution creating a
Committee of Committees Advisory Board. (B. Dennis/Mayor-Council)
6. Ordinance No. 15-M-52 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance authorizing
amended City Council Rules of Conduct and Procedure; providing for the treatment of
absences; repealing all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance;
and providing an effective date. First Reading (Mayor/Council/C. Zech)
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Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Requests and Announcements
7. Announcements by City Manager
• Citizen Kudos
• Recognition of City employee actions
• New Departmental initiatives
8. Future Agenda Item Request for City Council: This is an opportunity for City Council
members to request that items be placed on a future agenda. No discussion of the merits of
the item may be taken at this time. Should a Council Member oppose placement of the
requested item on a future agenda, the Mayor, without allowing discussion, shall ask for the
consensus of the other City Council members to place or not place the item on a future
agenda.
9. 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, DONNA SCHMOEKEL, DEPUTY 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 4th DAY OF DECEMBER 2015 AT 9:30
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.
Donna Schmoekel
Donna Schmoekel, Deputy 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.
____________________________Title:__________________________
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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 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 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 Edwards – Place 4
Audit Committee
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
Councilmember Thompson Place 5
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee