07-25-17 Agenda Only MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
JULY 25, 2017
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
07-25-2017-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 25, 2017 AT 6:00 P.M.
Call to Order – Regular Session
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of
Texas. (Mayor Pro-Tem Edwards)
City Events and Announcements
• Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/D. Wait/S. Gonzalez)
• Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel)
Employee Recognition
• Recognition of employee service pin for 25 years: Sandy Bryant. (J. Kessel)
Presentation
• Presentation and update regarding the Fire Department and Fire Service.
(D. Wait/D. Covington)
• Presentation and update regarding the City of Schertz Website. (M. Clauser/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.
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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.
Workshop
• Update and discussion on July 4th Jubilee and SchertzQ Events
(S. Gonzalez/L. Klepper /Mary Spence)
• Review, discussion and possible action regarding amendments to the City Charter.
(Item requested by 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 – Approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 11, 2017.
(J. Kessel/D. Schmoekel)
2. Excused Council Absences – Consideration and/or action excusing City Council
Member Cedric Edwards absence for the following date: July 11, 2017.
(B. Dennis/Mayor/Council)
3. Ordinance No. 17-S-23 – Consideration and/or action approving an ordinance request to
rezone approximately 12 acres of land from Apartment/Multi-Family Residential District
(R-4) to Planned Development District (PDD) located at 3301 FM 3009, Schertz, TX.
Final Reading (B. James/L. Wood/E. Grobe)
4. Ordinance No. 17-T-26 – Consideration and or action approving an Ordinance authorizing
a budget amendment to fund additional contract inspection services, to provide funding for
the Schertz Housing Authority and for EMS community support services. Final Reading
(B. James/J. Walters)
Discussion Items
5. Ordinance No. 17-T-24 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance by the
City Council of the City of Schertz, TX authorizing a budget amendment to fund
the SchertzQ Event. First Reading (S. Gonzalez/L. Klepper/M. Spence)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Closed Session
6. City Council will meet in closed session under Section 551.074 of the Texas Government
Code, Personnel Matters to deliberate the appointment of a Municipal Judge.
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Reconvene into Regular Session
6a. Take any action based on discussions held in closed session under Agenda Item 6.
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Requests and Announcements
7. Announcements by City Manager.
8. Placing Items on Future Agendas: Member of the City Council may place items on
future agendas provided the chair is able to determine unanimous consent. If objection is
made by one or more members of the City Council, the Mayor shall instruct the City
Secretary to place on the agenda for the next regular session an item to discuss the merits
of placing the item that was objected to on a future agenda for full consideration.
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
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 21st DAY OF JULY 2017
AT 3:30 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 _______________, 2017.
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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
Main Street Committee
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Schertz Housing Authority Board
Interview Committee for Boards and
Commissions
Main Street Committee - Chair
Councilmember Gutierrez – Place 2
Councilmember Larson – Place 3
Main Street Committee – Vice Chair
Mayor Pro-Tem Edwards – Place 4
Audit Committee
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
Main Street Committee
Councilmember Thompson – Place 5
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Councilmember Kiser – Place 6
Schertz Animal Services Advisory Commission
Councilmember Crawford – Place 7
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation
Interview Committee for Boards and
Commissions