Agenda

Call to Order

Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas. (Councilmember Davis)

Proclamations

Procurement Month-March 2024
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas Centennial Celebration Day - March 11, 2024

Employee Introductions

Animal Services: Kennel Technician - Ashley Griego
City Secretary: Records Management Coordinator - Michael McMurray
EMS: EMTs Brent Metzger, Noah Kleinman, Christopher Lambert, and Brooklyn Youngblood; EMS Billing Specialist - Brooke Bush
Library: Library Assistant - Michael Lazcano
Police: Reserve Officer - Ryan McCosh; Police Cadets Frank Rosas and Richard Hernandez
Public Works: Street Maintenance Worker I - Rosalio Ruiz; Water/Wastewater Worker I - Angel Alonzo; Drainage Worker I's Derek Jones and Robert Shawn

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 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 regular meeting minutes of February 20, 2024. (S.Edmondson/S.Courney)

2.

Resolution 24-R-25 - Authorizing expenditures with Silsbee Ford for the purchase of two police vehicles as part of the 2023-2024 Vehicle/Equipment Replacement/Acquisition program. (B.James/D.Hardin-Trussell/C.Hernandez)

3.

Resolution 24-R-27 - Authorizing expenditures not to exceed $310,000.00 with Farrwest Specialty Vehicles for the purchase and installation of emergency equipment for patrol fleet vehicles. (S.Williams/J.Lowery/M.Casas/D.LaCour)

4.

Resolution 24-R-28 - Authorizing the City Manager to execute the application for Assistance to Firefighters Grant for Vehicle Exhaust Extraction Systems (S.Williams/G.Rodgers).

Discussion and Action Items

5.

Resolution 24-R-29 - Approving Fire Station 4 Construction Manager at Risk (S.Williams/G.Rodgers)

Public Hearings

6.

Ordinance 24-S-04 - Conduct a public hearing and consider amendments to Part III of the Schertz Code of Ordinances, Unified Development Code (UDC) to Article 16 - Definitions. First Reading (B.James/L.Wood/S.Haas)

7.

Ordinance 24-S-05 – Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to rezone approximately 26.11 acres of land from Single-Family Residential / Agricultural District (R-A) to General Business District (GB), a portion of 11209 E FM 1518 generally located 600ft northwest of the intersection of Lisa Meadows and FM 1518, City of Schertz Bexar County, Texas, also known as Bexar County Property Identification Number 308363. First Reading. (B.James/L.Wood/S.Haas).

Workshop

8.

Schertz PD TCOLE 2023 Racial Profiling Report (S.Williams/J.Lowery)

Closed Session

9.

The City Council will meet in closed session under Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code, Personnel Matters, to conduct the annual evaluation of the City Manager, Mr. Steve Williams.

Reconvene into Regular Session

10.

Take any action based on discussion held in Closed Session under Agenda Item #9.

Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR

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, SHEREE COURNEY, 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 29TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2024 AT 5:30 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.

SHEREE COURNEY

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 ___________________, 2024.
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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 MemberAudit 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, Chair TIRZ II Board Liaison Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Schertz Housing Authority Transportation Safety Advisory Board
Councilmember Watson-Place 2 Member Audit Committee Interview Committee-Alternate Liaison Library Advisory Board Senior Center Advisory Board Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation-Alternate	Councilmember Macaluso – Place 3 Member Member Interview Committee Animal Advisory Board-Alternate Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee-Alternate Liaison TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Gibson – Place 4 Member Interview Committee Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee Liaison Investment Advisory Committee Schertz Historical Preservation Society	Councilmember Westbrook – Place 5 Liaison Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation (SSLGC) - Liaison Planning and Zoning Commission Schertz Historical Preservation Society Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation (CVLGC) – Alternate
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6 Member Animal Advisory Board Audit Committee Interview Committee - Chair Investment Advisory Committee Main Street Committee Liaison Economic Development Corporation – Alternate Senior Center Advisory Board Building and Standards Commission	Councilmember Brown – Place 7 Member Main Street Committee Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation (SSLGC) Liaison Economic Development Corporation