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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
City Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at the City Council Chambers. In lieu of attending the meeting in person, residents will have the opportunity to watch the meeting via live stream on the City’s YouTube Channel. |
Call to Order | ||||||
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas. (Councilmember Allison Heyward) | ||||||
City Events and Announcements
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Hearing of Residents Residents who choose to watch the meeting via live stream, but who would like to participate in Residents to be Heard, should email their comments to City Secretary, Brenda Dennis, at bdennis@schertz.com by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 24, 2020, SO THAT THE CITY SECRETARY MAY READ THE PUBLIC COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD UNDER THE HEARING OF RESIDENTS. In the body of the email please include your name, your address, phone number, agenda item # if applicable or subject of discussion, and your comments. 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. |
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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. |
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1. | Minutes – Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the Special meeting of August 7, 2020, and the minutes of the Regular meeting of August 11, 2020. (B. Dennis) | |||||
2. | Resolution No. 20-R-95 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing Agreements with the Drug Enforcement Administration. (C. Kelm/M. Hansen) | |||||
3. | Resolution No. 20-R-94 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to sign an Interlocal Agreement for Fire Protection Services with Bexar County. (C. Kelm/K. Long) | |||||
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Resolution No. 20-R-96 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to enter into an indefinite quantity, indefinite delivery contract with Brauntex Materials for asphalt, hot mix, and other related materials. (C. Kelm/ S. Williams)
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5. | Resolution No. 20-R-93 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas amending Resolution 20-R-67 which called the November 3, 2020 City of Schertz Joint General Election with Comal County, Bexar County and Guadalupe County and approving the Comal County Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding, Bexar County Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding and the Guadalupe County Election Contract, and by revising the early voting period. (B. Dennis/Council) | |||||
6. | Ordinance No. 20-H-25 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 34 “Health”. Final Reading (C. Kelm/M. Bane) | |||||
7. | Ordinance No. 20-T-27 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, authorizing an adjustment to the fiscal year 2019-2020 budget, repealing all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance; and providing an effective date. Final Reading (M. Browne/B. James/J. Walters) | |||||
8. | Ordinance No. 20-F-26 - Consideration and/or action approving an amendment to Ordinance 15-F-17 by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, repealing an Ordinance of the code of Ordinances of the City of Schertz and adopting a new Ordinance with updated provisions regarding the collection and disposition of solid waste and recyclable material in the City; providing for the removal of an outdated table and referencing the City's current FY fee schedule. First Reading (C. Kelm/S. Williams/J. Hooks) | |||||
Discussion and Action Items | ||||||
Public Hearings | ||||||
9. | Public Hearing on Proposed Budget for FY 2020-21 - Conduct a public hearing and presentation regarding the adoption of the FY 2020-21 Budget. (First required public hearing) (M. Browne/B. James/J. Walters) | |||||
10. | Public Hearing on the Proposed Tax Rate - Conduct a public hearing regarding the adoption of the FY 2020-21 Tax Rate. (First required public hearing) (M. Browne/B. James/J. Walters) | |||||
Workshop | ||||||
11. | Workshop Discussion and Update (Ordinance 20-H-18) - Discussion and update regarding the COVID-19 virus and our current Ordinance No. 20-H-18 Declaration of Local Disaster. (M. Browne/K. Long) | |||||
Roll Call Vote Confirmation | ||||||
Closed Session | ||||||
12. | The City Council will meet in Closed Session in accordance with Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code, Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations Closed Meeting. The governmental body is not required to conduct an open meeting (1) to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect.
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13. | The City Council will meet in Closed Session in accordance with Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate the purchase, exchange, sale, lease, or value of real property, or real estate needed for future right of way. | |||||
14. | The City Council will meet in Closed Session in accordance with Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to receive legal advice from its attorneys regarding the following litigation:
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Reconvene into Regular Session 12A. Take any action based on discussions held in closed session under Agenda Item 12 . |
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13A. Take any action based on discussion held in closed session under Agenda Item 13.
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14A. Discuss, consider and take any action based on discussions held in closed session under agenda Item 14 regarding pending litigation, including:
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Roll Call Vote Confirmation | ||||||
Requests and Announcements
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Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR | ||||||
15. | Quarterly Financial Reports. (B. James/J. Walters) | |||||
Adjournment | ||||||
CERTIFICATION
I, BRENDA DENNIS, 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 AUGUST 2020 AT 11:00 A.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. BRENDA DENNIS
This facility is accessible in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Handicapped parking spaces are available. If you require special assistance or have a request for sign interpretative services or other services, please call 210-619-1030. 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
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