10-11-2016 Agenda only City Council Agenda
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 11, 2016, 6:00 P.M.
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
COMMUNITY.SERVICE.OPPORTUNITY
10-11-2016 Council Agenda
Policy Values
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Essential Services
High Quality of Life
Attractive Community
Economic Prosperity
Fiscally Sustainable
AGENDA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 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 Thompson)
Recognition and Presentation
• Introduction of the Student Mayors and Student Councilmembers for the Day. (Mayor
Carpenter)
- Student Mayors – Dobie Jr. High, 8th Grade Hans Robinson Loja and Corbett Jr.
High, 8th Grade Kale Peters
- Student Councilmembers – Dobie Jr. High, 7th Grade Brianna McGhee and
Corbett Jr. High, 7th Grade Jordan Betterton
City Events and Announcements
• Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/D. Wait/S. Gonzalez)
• Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel)
New Employee Recognitions:
• Animal Services – Animal Shelter Technician – Megan Lagunas (D. Wait/M. Harris/S.
O’Brien)
• EDC – Business Retention Manager – Jennifer Kolbe (J. Kessel/K. Kinateder)
• Fleet Department – Fleet Mechanic I - Stephen Gillard. (D. Wait/J. Harshman)
• Public Works Department – Drainage Worker I – Christian Herrera, Service Man 1 – Darryl
Cunningham, Street Worker I – Nathan Rodriguez. (D. Wait/J. Hooks)
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Proclamation
• Proclamation recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (D. Wait/N. Solis-
Douglass)
Workshop
• Discussion and update regarding the License Plate Readers. (D. Wait/S. Pulaski)
• Presentation and discussion regarding a planned comprehensive benefit review for all City
employees and how this relates to recent inquiries regarding certification and ‘step-up’ pay
and other related matters. (D. Wait/J. Kurz)
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.
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 September 27, 2016. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis)
2. Ordinance No. 16-D-33 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance providing
that the Code of Ordinances of the City of Schertz, Texas be amended by revising Chapter
86, Article V, Section 86-149 parking prohibited in front of the drainage channels on
Marilyn Drive and Pecan Drive in the Val Verde Subdivision. Final Reading (B. James/K.
Woodlee/C. Palomo)
3. Resolution No. 16-R-77 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution authorizing a
Public Library Interlocal Agreement with Guadalupe County for Public Library Services.
(B. James/M. Uhlhorn)
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Discussion and Action Items
4. Certificate of Approval – Consideration and/or action approving the Mayor of the City of
Schertz to execute and sign the Certificate of Approval regarding Tax-Exempt Financing for
the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, particularly as pertains to Saint John
Paul II Catholic High School in Schertz. (Mayor Carpenter)
5. Calling a Special Meeting November 21, 2016 – Consideration and/or action calling a
special meeting on Monday, November 21, 2016 to canvass the results of the November 8,
2016 General and Special Election and conduct a new councilmember orientation. (J.
Kessel/B. Dennis)
6. Cancellation of the November 22, 2016 City Council Meeting – Consideration and/or
action cancelling the November 22, 2016 City Council meeting. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis)
7. Ordinance No. 16-S-34 – Conduct a public hearing and consideration and/or action
approving an Ordinance on a request to rezone approximately 8 acres of land generally
located at the Northwest Corner of FM 1103 and Old Wiederstein, from Single Family
Residential/ Agriculture, (R-A) to Neighborhood Services (NS). The property is specifically
described as 7.128 acres of land out of the Rafael Garza Survey No. 98, Abstract No. 138,
City of Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas. First Reading (B. James/L. Wood/E. Grobe)
8. Discussion regarding placing an item or items on a future city council agenda or
agendas -- Discussion and possible action regarding the placement of an item or items on a
future city council agenda for the purposes of discussing, instructing the City Manager
to modify, change, end, re-open or otherwise redirect a police department investigation,
particularly as it pertains to the investigation into the murder of Henry Gutierrez.
(Mayor/Council)
9. Discussion regarding the City Charter, the general and specific role or roles of the City
Council - Including the aggregate view of the current members as to the proper exercise of
the powers afforded to the City Council, as a body, by the City Charter and State Law.
(Mayor/Council)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Requests and Announcements
10. Announcements by City Manager
• Citizen Kudos
• Recognition of City employee actions
• New Departmental initiatives
11. 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
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consensus of the other City Council members to place or not place the item on a future
agenda.
12. 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
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 6th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016 AT 1:30 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.
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 _______________, 2016.
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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.
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COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Carpenter
Audit Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Investment Advisory Committee
TIRZ II Board
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
Mayor Pro-Tem 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