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Min CC 10/14/2014 C TfXI ' `Clly of Choice' City Council Meeting CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S.MAIN October 14,2014 6:30 P.M. MINUTES 1. Call to Order—Meeting was called to order my Mayor Jackson at 6:32 P.M. 2. Roll Call — Council Present: Mayor Jackson, Councilman Pedde, Councilman Garrett, Councilman Doty, Councilman Carlton, Councilman Hogue and Councilman Dunn; Council Absent: Councilman Castro; Staff Present: Mr. Herrera — City Manager, Ms. Banks — City Attorney, Ms. Cimics — City Secretary, Ms. Miranda — Finance Director, Mr. Klein—Director of Engineering/Planning, Mr. Fousse—Public Works Director, Chief Niemietz—Fire Chief, Chief Cox—Police Chief. 3. Invocation—Mayor Jackson gave the invocation. 4. Pledge of Allegiance—All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Citizens to be Heard This is the opportunity for visitors and guests to address the City Council on an agenda item or any issue they would like City Council to know about. 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. The following citizens signed up to be heard: Maggie Titterington from the Schertz Chamber spoke to council on upcoming events by the Schertz Chamber. Karen Hale stated that staff and council did the right thing on cancelling Cibolofest due to the weather and safety. Melvin Hicks also stated the right decision was made on Cibolofest. Mr. Hicks also informed everyone that Tuesday, Oct 21 at 6-:30 there will be a meet the candidate night at the Everyday Church on Main Street for the candidates on the November 4th ballot from Cibolo. Tony Catalano spoke on a safety issue of children walking from Dobie Middle School that have to cross FM 1103. He also wanted to know why the downtown vendors were being left out of Cibolofest. Marji Buell presented a report on Cibolofest Silent Auction. There were 72 items collected and donated with a total once all collected of$2400.00. Silent Auction stayed open till 3:00 on Saturday and reopened on Monday from 9 to 6. 6. Consent Agenda—Consent Items(General Items) All the following items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and self-explanatory by the Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member wants to pull an item off the consent agenda. A. Approval of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting held on September 23,2014. B. Approval of the minutes of the Council Workshop held on September 23,2014. C. Approval of the minutes of the Special Council Meeting held on September 25,2014. D. Acceptance of the August 2014 Check Register pending final acceptance of the City's financial audit for the 2013/14 Fiscal Year. 1 E. Acceptance of the Revenue & Expense Report ending August 31, 2014 pending final acceptance of the City's financial audit for the 2013/14 Fiscal Year. Councilman Pedde made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Councilman Carlton. For:All;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 7. Presentation A. Certificates of Appreciation for Cibolo Shred Day. Mayor Jackson presented certificates of Appreciation to Well Fargo Bank for sponsoring the Cibolo Shred Day. Certificates were also presented to Alex Gonzalez, Tonya Fullenwider, Freda Rockwell and Allen Page for their help with Shred Day. 8. Staff Updates/Discussion A. Fire Department B. Court Department C. Engineering/Planning Department D. Administration Chief Niemietz gave a report to council on the fire at Dobie Middle School. Mr. Herrera also stated that National Night Out in Cibolo was a success and thanked the council members that participated. 9. General Announcements for City Council and Staff A. City Council B. Staff None at this time. 10. 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 (CII'), Cibolofest Committee, UDC Committee, Cibolo Youth Council and the Cibolo Economic Development Corporation. No appointments at this time. B. Discussion and consider a report from Canyon Regional Water Authority concerning the delivery of potable water to the City of Cibolo,Texas. This item was briefed by Mr. Steve Liparoto,Cibolo's representative to the Canyon Regional Water Authority. 2 C. Discussion and approval of the Final Tax Roll, Levy Expected Revenue Report and Recap and Standing Report for 2014 as prepared by Guadalupe County Tax Assessor/Collector. Councilman Dunn made the motion to approve the Final Tax Roll, Levy Expected Revenue Report and Recap Standing Report for 2014 as prepared by Guadalupe County Tax Assessor. Motion was seconded by Councilman Carlton. For: All;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. D. Discussion and authorization for city staff to execute an Interlocal agreement with Green Valley Special Utility District providing a procedure for water utility disconnection services by Green Valley SUD for City of Cibolo wastewater/solid waste utility customers. This item was briefed by both Public Works Director Mr. Fousse and Ms. Miranda the Finance Director. There are 88 delinquent accounts of those 16 accounts have had no contact with the City and owe approximately $22,000. The procedures were explained to council and all those in attendance. Green Valley has agreed to terminate its water service to sewer customers of Cibolo for nonpayment of delinquent, undisputed sewer bills after lawful termination of service notices have been issued by Cibolo. Councilman Pedde made the motion to authorize the city staff to execute an Interlocal Agreement with Green Valley Special Utility District providing a procedure for water utility disconnection services by Green Valley SUD for City of Cibolo wastewater/solid waste utility customers. Motion was seconded by Councilman Dunn. For: All;Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. E. Discussion and direction to staff on a possible ordinance to ban the use of cell phones and texting when driving in Cibolo. This item was briefed by Police Chief Cox. Chief Cox went over three different areas — 1. Texting while driving, 2. Talking on the phone while driving and third, any other districted driving activity. Two citizens spoke on this item — Mr. Hicks who spoke in favor of an ordinance as long as it is enforced and Ms. Hale who was against the ordinance. Ms.Hale stated that Universal City has this type of ordinance and has a very difficult time implementing and enforcing it and does not feel Cibolo is ready for such an ordinance at this time. Chief Cox explained that this would be a civil infraction not criminal. Cibolo court cannot issue warrants for civil infractions we would have to use a collection agency. Chief Cox also went over the cost of place signs in the city notifying citizens of the new ordinance. Councilman Carlton stated that staff needs to look at what other cities are doing and bring this back in a couple months. F. Discussion and direction to staff on the possibility of an ordinance to have no commercial construction work allowed in Cibolo on Sunday's. Three citizens spoke on this item — Ms. Hale, Mr. Hicks and Mr. Miller. All spoke against establishing an ordinance to have no commercial construction on Sunday's or another day of the week in Cibolo. They stated that the city already has a noise ordinance we just need to enforce it. Mr. Klein stated his department has not received any complaints from citizens on commercial construction. Council discussed the item in detail but no decision was made to direct staff to bring this item back at a later date. G. Discussion and direction to staff on vehicles parking and blocking the sidewalk. Councilman Garrett made a motion to table both IOG and IOH as Councilman Castro was not present at this meeting and he was the one who put the item on the agenda. Motion was seconded by Councilman Carlton. For: All;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. H. Discussion and direction to staff on code enforcement issues to include high grass and over grown weeds. Tabled. 3 I. 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. The City Secretary stated that the UDC Committee would like to have a meeting with Council and P&Z on November 8t' from 8 to 12 to go over items needing changed on the current UDC. Council went over the calendar for October and November 2014. 11. City Council request(s)regarding specific items to be scheduled for future agendas. No items at this time 12. Adjournment- Councilman Doty made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:21 p.m. Motion seconded by Councilman Carlton. For:All;Against:None.Motion carried 6 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2014 V Lisa M. Jac on Mayor ATTEST Peggy Cimics,TRMC City Secretary 4