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Min CC 04/14/2020 J OF Cl V3 �1 ,r O 0 T f'XNA5 'City of Choice CITY COUNCIL MEETING CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S.Main April 14, 2020 6:30 p.m. MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO WILL BE HELD BY VIDEO CONFERENCE TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ANY LAWFUL SUBJECT WHICH MAY COME BEFORE SAID MEETING,INCLUDING, AMONG OTHERS,THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIDEO-CONFERENCE THIS COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD USING A VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM CALLED ZOOM AND IS AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT'S TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT WHICH ALLOWS FOR A GOVERNING BODY TO HOLD A "VIRTUAL" MEETING SO AS TO AVOID GATHERING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR BOARD MEMBERS IN A PHYSICAL SETTING THAT MIGHT CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC HEALTH RISK. YOU MAY ONLY WITNESS THIS MEETING BY USING THE METHOD LISTED BELOW. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING OR TEXT TO CITY SECRETARY for the City Council meeting,public commentlinput may be provided,in writing,in the form of an e-mail and shall be e-mailed to the City Secretary at pcimics@cibolotx.gov or by text by texting 210-658-9714 no later than 30 Minutes prior to the start of the meeting SO THAT THE CITY SECRETARY MAY READ THE PUBLIC COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD UNDER ITEM#3. In the body of the email or text please include your name,your address,phone number,agenda item#if applicable or subject of discussion,and your comments. The Public may view the meeting by going to the city's website at: www.cibolotx.gov click on Agendas,Minutes & Videos.Click on the meeting you wish to view. 1. Call to Order—Meeting was called to order by Mayor Boyle at 6:34 p.m. 2. Roll Call and Excused Absences— Council Present by Zoom: Mayor Boyle, Councilwoman Schultes, Councilman Bone, Councilman Quinn, Councilman Gibbs, Councilman Allen, Councilman Woliver and Councilman Hicks. Staff Present by Zoom: City Manager Mr. Herrera, City Attorney Mr. Garza, City Secretary Ms. Cimics, IT Director Mr.McDaniel,Finance Director Ms. Miranda and Public Works Director Mr. Fousse. 3. Citizens to be Heard PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO CITY SECRETARY for the City Council meeting,public comment/input may be provided,in writing,in the form of an e-mail or text and shall be e-mailed to the City Secretary at pcimics()cibolotx.gov or text to 210-658-9714 no later than 30 Minutes prior to the start of the meeting.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 the Sign-In Roster 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. (Attorney General Opinion—JC- 0169)(Limit of three minutes each.)All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body,and not to any individual member thereof. Public criticism of the City Council or any action,policy program or service provided by the City is not prohibited.However,any person making personal,impertinent,or slanderous remarks to individual members of the Council while addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting. The Mayor read a Citizen to be Heard email from Geoffrey Nienstedt talked about reopening our economy and small businesses. Mr.Nienstedt stated that with guidance from our community leaders and input from small business Cibolo can do this safety. He said it was a time for our leaders to shine,be proactive instead of reactive and come up with ideas to move forward. He challenges the City of Cibolo to get in front of the reopening of our economy and be leaders and not followers. The City Secretary read an email sent in by Christine Budnik. She respectfully asks Council to consider conditions of older neighborhoods without HOAs. If code compliance is applicable in these areas,then implement continuous observations so areas are not allowed to deteriorate. If code compliance is not applicable in these areas,then inform those residents so they can research other avenues for recourse through State Department programs. 4. 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 March 24,2020. B. Approval of the minutes of the Special City Council Meeting held on March 30,2020. C. Approval of the February 2020 Check Register pending final acceptance of the City's financial audit for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. D. Approval of the February 31,2020 Revenue and Expense Report pending final acceptance of the City's Financial audit for the 2019/2020 Fiscal Year. Councilman Woliver made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: Council Member: Bone,Quinn,Gibbs,Allen, Schultes and Woliver;Against: Councilman Hicks. Motion carried 6 to 1. 5. Staff Updates/Discussion A. Planning&Engineering Department—Commercial,New Homes,Misc.,Health Permits& Code Enforcement B. Fire Department—Incident Summary for February 2020 C. IT Department—March 2020 Monthly Update Report D. Police Department—Report Call Summary for March 2020 Mr. Herrera the City Manager had the Finance Director Ms. Miranda give an update on what the City of Cibolo is doing with the budget because of the COVID-19. 6. Discussion/Action A. Presentation/Discussion/Acceptance of the audited Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. Finance Director Ms. Miranda introduced Mr. Michael Del Toro the auditor from abip the firm that completed this year audit. Mr. Del Tora presented a power point presentation on the different areas that the firm looked at during the audit. He also went over the letter that was given to the Mayor and City Council. Council ask a few questions of Mr. Del Toro which he was able to answer. Councilman Allen made the motion to bring this item back to the next council meeting to give council more time to look at this document. Motion was seconded by 2 Councilman Hicks. For: Council Members: Schultes, Bone, Quinn, Allen and Hicks; Against: Council Members: Gibbs and Woliver. Motion carried 5 to 2. B. Discussion/Action on authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease/purchase agreement with Enterprise Fleet Maintenance to obtain a 2019 Ford F450 Cab and Chassis with an Altec 235 35-foot height bucket body. Mr. Fousse briefed the council on this item. Council had a discussion on this item and if they needed to pay $60,000 when the city is not sure of the sales tax coming into the city due to the COVID-19. They talked about the safety of the crew when working on the current equipment. The Mayor stated that some cities are trying to form a coop where they share the cost of the equipment. The city will get more information and this item will be placed back on the next agenda. C. Discussion/Action on the Mayor Declaration signed on March 30, 2020. Council discussed this item and talked about maybe changing the declaration on community gatherings to 10 people or less instead of the stricter policy we currently have of gatherings of families only. Council discussed but did seem to have enough interested in making changes at this time. Councilman Hicks made the motion to extend the current declaration to April 30, 2020. Motion was seconded by Councilman Allen. For: Council Members: Schultes,Bone,Gibbs,Allen,Woliver and Hicks; Against: Councilman Quinn. Motion carried 6 to 1. D. Discussion/Action on cancelling all Boards, Committee's, Commissions and Corporation Meetings until after the first council meeting in May 2020. Councilman Hicks made the motion to cancel all Boards, Committee's, Commissions and Corporation Meetings until after the first Council Meeting in May. Motion was seconded by Councilman Gibbs. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 7 to 0. E. Discussion and direction to staff on modifying the No Parking Ordinance to read no on street parking from Pfiel Rd to FM 1103. This item was briefed by Chief Hugghins. Council was in agreement that this modification to the No Parking Ordinance was necessary and directed staff to bring an ordinance back to council at the next meeting. 7. Resolutions A. Discussion/Action on a resolution to suspend the effective date of the increase in rates proposed by CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., South Texas Division ("CenterPoint") under the Gas Utility Regulatory Act § 104.301 by forty-five(45)days as allowed by state law. Councilman Hicks made the motion to approve the resolution to suspend the effective date of the increase in rates proposed by CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., South Texas Division ("CenterPoint") under the Gas Utility Regulatory Act § 104.301 by forty-five (45) days as allowed by state law. Motion was seconded by Councilman Quinn. For: All;Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. B. Discussion/Action on the appointment of Chris Wright as the City of Cibolo's representative to the Board of Managers of Canyon Regional Water Authority for a term of one year. C. Discussion/Action on the appointment of Timothy Fousse as the City of Cibolo's representative to the Board of Trustees of Canyon Regional Water Authority for a term of two years. Councilman Gibbs made the motion to approve the resolution on the appointment of Chris Wright as the City of Cibolo's representative to the Board of Managers of Canyon Regional Water Authority for a term of one year and also the appointment of Timothy Fousse as the City of Cibolo's representative to the Board of Trustees of Canyon Regional Water Authority for a term of two years. Motion was seconded by Councilman Woliver. For: All;Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. 3 8. Adjournment Councilman Woliver made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:OOpm. Motion was seconded by Councilman Gibbs. For: All;Against:None. Motion carried 7 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 28TH DAY OF APRIL 2020. osh Bo Mayor ATTEST Peggy Cimics, TRMC City Secretary 4