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Min CC 09/08/2015 JOF C/A. � n""m nni` w.0 * rig O IF Te,X AS "City of Choice" City Council Meeting CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S.MAIN September 8,2015 6:30 P.M. MINUTES 1. Call to Order—Mayor Jackson called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call and Excused Absences — Council Present: Mayor Jackson, Councilwoman Schultes, Councilman Garrett, Councilman Gephardt, Councilman Doty, Councilman Russell, Councilman Hogue and Councilman Weber; Staff Present: City Manager Herrera, City Attorney Erkan, City Secretary Cimics, EDC Director Luft, Finance Director Miranda,Police Chief Cox,Fire Chief Niemietz,Public Works Director Fousse and Engineering and Planning. 3. Invocation—Invocation was given by Councilman Russell. 4. Pledge of Allegiance—All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Citizens to be Heard — This is the only time during the Council Meeting that a citizen can address the City Council. It is the opportunity for visitors and guests to address the City Council on any issue to include agenda items. All visitors wishing to speak must fill out a"Citizens to be Heard"Form prior to the start of the meeting. City Council may not debate any non-agenda issue, nor may any action be taken on any non-agenda issue at this time,however, City Council may present any factual response to items brought up by citizens. Melvin Hicks stated that the Food Truck Event was a great event for the city. Maggie Titterington also gave kudos on the Food Truck Event and also for the Back the Blue Event on Labor Day. Maggie reminded everyone of the Ribbon Cutting at Cibolo Valley Elementary School and also the Cibolo Meet_ the Candidate Night scheduled for Oct 1 at 6:00 in the Cibolo City Council Chambers. Melissa Thibodeaux from Wells Fargo stated that Wells Fargo postponed there move date. They are now closing the old location on 9/25 and opening new location on 9/28. 6. Consent Agenda—Consent Items(General Items) (All items listed below are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council member so requests,in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered as part of the order of business.) A. Approval of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting held on August 25,2015. B. Approval of the minutes of the Special Council Meeting held on September 1,2015. Councilman Doty made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For: Council Members: Schultes, Gephardt, Russell, Hogue, Weber, Doty and Garrett; Against: None. Motion carried 7 to 0. 1 7. Staff Updates/Discussion A. Fire Department B. Court Department C. Engineering and Planning Department D. Administration Mr.Klein gave an update on the Backflow Program. 8. Discussion/Action A. Discussion/Action on the removal, appointments and re-appointments to Planning and Zoning Commission, Parks Commission, Streets and Drainage Commission, Board of Adjustments Commission, Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Charter Review Committee, Master Plan Committee, Youth Council and Cibolo Economic Development Corporation, and all other Committees, Commissions and Boards. Councilman Hogue made the motion to appointing Darcy Reiser,Katie Hipp,Hannah Castro,Parker Dentino, Michael Schultes and Savannah Alexander to the Youth Council and Paul Buell, Christi Ellard, Jason Richards, Lynn Herr, Casey Meadows, Sabrina Wistain, Theodore Manganello, Katie Cunningham, Eric Moraes, J. Moody, Mike Vlk, Melvin Hicks and Claudia Walker to the Master Plan Committee. Motion was seconded by Councilman Doty. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Gephardt, Russell, Weber, Doty and Hogue;Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. B. Discussion/Action and possible re-appointment of Ms. Pedde to the Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation. Councilman Hogue made the motion to re-appoint Ms. Pedde to the Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: Council Members: Garrett, Gephardt, Doty,Russell,Weber, Schultes and Hogue;Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. C. Discussion/Action and direction to staff on a request from Mr. Frank Graham and others to raise and donate the appropriate amount of funding to the City of Cibolo, Texas to paint the Steele Knight logo on a city owned water tower. Councilman Doty made the motion to approve Mr. Frank Graham and his group to move forward with raising the appropriate amount of money to paint the Steele Knight logo on the city water tower on FM 1103 subject to a review of the go fund me page review by Mr. Herrera and with the stipulation that the group refrain from telling potential donors that the school district (or its students) need this money. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: Council Members: Garrett, Gephardt, Russell, Hogue, Weber, Schultes and Doty;Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. D. Discussion/Action regarding a new Water Contract between Canyon Regional Water Authority and the Cities of Cibolo, Converse and Marion and Special Utility Districts of Crystal Clear,East Central and Green Valley. Councilman Russell made the motion to approve a new Water Contract between Canyon Regional Water Authority and the Cities of Cibolo, Converse and Marion and Special Utility Districts of Crystal Clear, East Central and Green Valley for 1,281 feet of potable water. Motion'was seconded by Councilwoman Gephardt. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Doty, Hogue, Weber, Gephardt and Russell; Against: None. Motion carried 7 to 0. 2 E. Discussion/Action on the review and confirmation of all upcoming special meetings and workshops and scheduling the time, date,and place of additional special meetings or workshops. Council went over the calendar for September and October 2015. Council changed the regular Council Meeting scheduled for September 22 to September 21 due to numerous members of council and staff attending the Texas Municipal Conference. Council also went over the schedule for the Master Plan Committee and other meetings with Halff Associates pertaining to the updates to the Master Plan. 9. Ordinances A. Approval/Disapproval of an ordinance of the City of Cibolo amending the Utility Fee Schedule. Councilman Russell made the motion to approve the ordinance amending the City of Cibolo Utility Fee Schedule. Motion was seconded by Councilman Doty. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Gephardt, Hogue,Weber,Doty and Russell;Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. B. Approval/Disapproval of an ordinance of the City of Cibolo adopting the budget for the fiscal year 2015-2016 beginning October 1, 2015 and ending September 30, 2016 and amending the budget for the preceding fiscal year ending September 30,2015. Councilman Doty made the motion to approve an ordinance of the City of Cibolo adopting the budget for the fiscal year 2015-2016 beginning October 1, 2015 and ending September 30, 2016 and amending the budget for the preceding fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. Mayor Jackson took a roll call vote. Councilwoman Schultes — Yes, Councilman Garrett — Yes, Councilwoman Gephardt—Yes, Councilman Doty —Yes, Councilman Hogue —Yes, Councilman Russell— Yes, and Councilman Weber—Yes. Motion carried 7 to 0. C. Approval/Disapproval of an ordinance of the City of Cibolo to ratify an increase of$390,564 in property tax revenues from last year's operating budget as reflected in the 2015-2016 proposed budget. Councilman Doty made the motion to approve the ordinance of the City of Cibolo to ratify an increase of $390,564 in property tax revenues from last year's operating budget as reflected in the 2015-2016 proposed budget. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hogue. Mayor Jackson took a roll call vote. Councilwoman Schultes — Yes, Councilman Garrett — Yes, Councilwoman Gephardt — Yes, Councilman Doty — Yes, Councilman Hogue—Yes, Councilman Russell—Yes,and Councilman Weber—Yes. Motion carried 7 to 0. D. Approval/Disapproval of an ordinance of the City,of Cibolo levying a tax rate for the tax year 2015. Councilman Doty made the motion to approve the ordinance of the City of Cibolo levying and adopting a tax rate per $100 valuation for this city for tax year as follows: $0.2681 for the purposes of Maintenance and Operation, $0.1773 for the payment of Principal and Interest on the Debt of this city for a $0.4454 total Tax Rate. This tax rate will raise more taxes for Maintenance and Operations than last year's tax rate. This ordinance shall take effect on the 1st day of October 2015. I move that the property tax be increase by the adoption of a tax rate of.4454 which is effectively a 1.64 increase in the tax rate. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hogue. Mayor Jackson took a roll call vote. Councilwoman Schultes — Yes, Councilman Garrett — Yes, Councilwoman Gephardt — Yes, Councilman Doty — Yes, Councilman Hogue — Yes, Councilman Russell—Yes,and Councilman Weber—Yes. Motion carried 7 to 0. 10. Resolution A. Approval/Disapproval of a Resolution of the City Council to partner with the City of Schertz on Wiederstein Road from Cibolo Valley Drive to IH-35 North. 3 Councilwoman Schultes made the motion to approve the Resolution of the City Council to partner with the City of Schertz on Wiederstein Road from Cibolo Valley Drive to IH-35 North. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For: Council Members: Gephardt, Doty, Russell, Hogue,Weber, Garrett and Schultes; Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. 11. Executive Session The City Council will meet in Executive Session as authorized by the Texas Gov't Code Section 551.074 Personnel Matters to deliberate the following: A. Evaluation of the City Secretary Council convened into Executive Session at 7:30 p.m. ' 12. Open Session Reconvene into Regular Session and take action/or give direction, if necessary, on items discussed in Executive Session Council reconvened into regular session at 8:08 p.m. Councilman Garrett made the motion to approve a 3% pay increase for the City Secretary. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For: Council Members: Schultes, Gephardt,Doty,Russell,Hogue,Weber and Garrett;Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. 13. City Council request(s)regardingLspecific items to be scheduled for future agendas Mayor Jackson would like to see an item on litter and keep the city green on the next agenda. Councilwoman Schultes would like an update on the Saratoga Parking Lot. 14. Adjournment Councilman Hogue made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:13 p.m. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For:All;Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 21sT DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2015. Lisa M.Jac on Mayor ATTEST Peggy Cimics, TRMC City Secretary 4