07-15-2025 Council Meeting Agenda
MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
July 15, 2025
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
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, JULY 15, 2025 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.
(Councilmember Macaluso)
Proclamations
Proclamation for Park & Recreation Month (Councilmember Guerrero)
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
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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.
All handouts and/or USB devices must be submitted to the City Secretary no later than noon on the
Monday preceding the meeting. Handouts will be provided to each Councilmember prior to the start
of the meeting by the City Secretary. All USB devices will be vetted by City IT staff to ensure City
property is protected from malware.
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 – Approval of the minutes from the City Council Meeting on July 1, 2025
(S.Edmondson/S.Courney)
2.Appointments, Reappointments, and Resignations - City of Schertz Boards,
Commissions, and Committees
Appointments
Schertz Historical Preservation Committee - Jim Burdett
Resignations
Schertz Historical Preservation Committee-Chris Hormel
EDC-Sammi Morrill
3.Resolution 25-R-081- Authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with the
Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District for the 2025-2026 School
Year for School Resource Officer services (J.Lowery/P.Waller)
4.Resolution 25-R-087 - Authorizing an application to be submitted to the Office of the
Governor for the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Program
(S.Williams/G.Rodgers)
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5.Resolution 25-R-088 - Authorizing an application to the Office of the Governor for the
State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) Grant Program (S.Williams/G.Rodgers)
6.Resolution 25-R-089 Authorizing an application to the Office of the Governor for the
State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) Grant Program (S.Williams/G.Rodgers)
7.Resolution 25-R-090 - Authorizing an application to the Texas General Land Office for
the Local Hazard Mitigation Plans Program (LHMPP) Grant Program
(S.Williams/G.Rodgers)
8.Resolution 25-R-093 - Authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with 791 Purchasing
Cooperative (S.Gonzalez/J.Kurz/D.Ellenburg)
9.Resolution 25-R-095 - Authorizing a contract with ABIP, PC for Auditing Services
(S.Gonzalez/J.Walters)
Discussion and Action Items
10.Resolution 25-R-091 - Authorizing an application to the Texas Division of Emergency
Management (TDEM) for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
(S.Williams/G.Rodgers)
11.Resolution 25-R-092 - Authorizing an application to the Texas Division of Emergency
Management (TDEM) for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
(S.Williams/G.Rodgers)
12.Ordinance No. 25-B-031 - Consideration and approval by the city council of the City of
Schertz, Texas authorizing the issuance of “City of Schertz, Texas, Combination Tax and
Limited Pledge Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025”; providing for the
payment of said certificates by the levy of an ad valorem tax upon all taxable property
within the city and further securing said certificates by a lien on and pledge of the pledged
revenues of the system; and other matters incident and related thereto. First & Final
Reading (S.Gonzalez/J.Walters/A.Friedman)
13.Resolution 25-R-082 – Ordering the November 4, 2025, City of Schertz Joint General
Election with Comal County, Bexar County and Guadalupe County and making a
provision for the conduct of the election; authorizing contracts with the County Clerk of
Comal County and the Election Administrators of Bexar and Guadalupe Counties to
conduct this election and authorizing these elections to be held as Joint Elections.
(Mayor/S.Edmondson)
14.Resolution 25-R-083 – Ordering the November 4, 2025, City of Schertz Joint Special
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14.Resolution 25-R-083 – Ordering the November 4, 2025, City of Schertz Joint Special
Election with Bexar County and making a provision for the conduct of the election;
authorizing contracts with the Election Administrators of Bexar County to conduct this
Special Election. (Mayor/S.Edmondson)
Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR
15.Listing of City Department Education Related Activities (S.Williams/B.James)
Requests and Announcements
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
City and Community Events attended and to be attended (Council)
Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, SHEILA EDMONDSON, 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
9TH DAY OF JULY 2025 AT 6:15 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
___________________, 2025.
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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.
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COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
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COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Gutierrez
Member
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Liaison
Board of Adjustments
Senior Center Advisory Board-Alternate
Councilmember Davis – Place 1
Member
Interview Committee
Main Street Committee - Chair
TIRZ II Board
Liaison
Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Schertz Housing Authority Board
Transportation Safety Advisory Board
Councilmember Watson – Place 2
Member
Audit Committee
Liaison
Library Advisory Board
Senior Center Advisory Board
Cibolo Valley Local Government
Corporation-Ex-Officio
Councilmember Macaluso – Place 3
Member
Interview Committee
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
TIRZ II Board
Liaison
Animal Services Advisory Committee
Councilmember Guerrero – Place 4
Member
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Liaison
Schertz Historical Preservation Society
Councilmember Westbrook – Place 5
Liaison
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation
(SSLGC)
Planning and Zoning Commission
Schertz Historical Preservation Society
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
(CVLGC)-Alternate
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6
Member
Animal Services Advisory Committee
Audit Committee
Interview Committee-Chair
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Liaison
Building and Standards Commission
Economic Development Corporation -
Alternate
Senior Center Advisory Board
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Member
Main Street Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation
(SSLGC)
Liaison
Economic Development Corporation
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