01-10-2023 Agenda
MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
January 10, 2023
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
MUNICIPAL COURTROOM
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #1
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
CITY OF SCHERTZ CORE VALUES
Do the right thing
Do the best you can
Treat others the way you want to be treated
Work cooperatively as a team
AGENDA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
Call to Order
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas.
(Mayor Pro-Tem Heyward)
City Events and Announcements
Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/S. Gonzalez)
Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (S.Williams)
Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)
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
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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
meetings of December 6, 2022, and December 13, 2022. (S.Edmondson)
2.Resolution No. 22-R-142 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas approving a request for expenditure in an amount not to
exceed seventy-five thousand dollars for the purchase of the WatchGuard in-car video camera
system.
3.Resolution No. 23-R-04 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing EMS debt revenue adjustments, Utility
Billing debt revenue adjustments and Schertz Magazine Debt Revenue Adjustments for
certain inactive outstanding receivables and other matters in connection therewith.
(S.Williams/J. Walters)
4.Resolution 23-R-05 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing an agreement with Texas Utility Help.
Workshop
5.Workshop Discussion on the Benefits of Trails and a Review of the Schertz Trails Plan.
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Closed Session
6.The City Council will meet in Closed Session under Section 551.074 of the Texas
Government Code, Personnel Matters, to discuss the vacancy of the City Secretary position.
Reconvene into Regular Session
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR
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7.Monthly Update on FY 2022-23 Approved Expanded Programs (S. Williams/S. Gonzalez)
Requests and Announcements
Announcements by the City Manager
Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers for updates or information from Staff
Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items or presentations be placed on a future City
Council agenda
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, SHEILA EDMONDSON, INTERIM 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 JANUARY 2023 AT 5:00 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.
SHEILA EDMONDSON
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
_______________, 2023. TITLE: ______________
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The City Council for the City of Schertz reserves the right to adjourn into closed 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.
Closed Sessions Authorized: This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City’s legal counsel and the presence
of any subject in any Closed 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 Gutierrez
Audit Committee
Board of Adjustments
Councilmember Scagliola – Place 5
Animal Advisory Commission - Alternate
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation - Alternate
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Board of Adjustments
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation - Alternate
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions - Alternate
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Main Street Committee - Chair
Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Schertz Housing Authority Board
Transportation Safety Advisory Commission
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember – Place 2 (VACANT)
Councilmember Whittaker – Place 3
Audit Committee
Historical Preservation Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Library Advisory Board
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Dahle – Place 4
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Planning & Zoning Commission
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6
Animal Advisory Commission
Audit Committee
Building and Standards Commission
Economic Development Corporation - Alternate
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Economic Development Corporation
Main Street Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation - Alternate
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