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"City of Choice"
CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
CIBOLO FIRE STATION #2
3864 Cibolo Valley Drive
March 4, 2021
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Minutes
1. Call to Order—Meeting was called to order by the Chairman Mr. Hetzel at 6:30pm.
2. Roll Call and Excused Absences—Members Present: Mr. Hetzel, Ms. Latimer, Mr. Hicks, Mr. Mathis, Ms.
Qaiyyim, Mr. Hendrix, Ms. Walker, Ms. Herr and Ms. Cunningham (arrived at 7:23pm). Members Absent:
Mr. Johnson. Staff Present: City Attorney Mr. Garza and City Secretary Ms. Cimics.
3. Moment of Silence/Invocation—Chairman Mr. Hetzel ask for a Moment of Silence.
4. Pledge of Allegiance—All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
5. Citizens to be Heard
This is the only time during the meeting that a citizen can address the Committee. It is the opportunity for
visitors and guests to address the Committee 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. The Committee may not debate any
non-agenda issue, nor may any action be taken on any non-agenda issue at this time; however, the
Committee 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 Committee as a body, and
not to any individual member thereof. Public criticism of the Committee 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 Committee while addressing the Committee may be
requested to leave the meeting. DUE TO THE GOVERNORS DECLARATION WE CANNOT HAVE
MORE THAN 15 PEOPLE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING THIS MEETING AND
KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCING. This meeting is livestreamed. If anyone would like to make
comments on any matter regarding the City of Cibolo or on an agenda item and have this item read
at this meeting please email pcimics(&cibolotx.gov or text 210-514-3495 before 6:00pm the date of the
meeting.
No citizens signed up to be heard.
6. Consent Agenda—Consent Items (General Items)
(All items listed below are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Committee and will be
approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Committee 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 January 11, 2021 meeting.
B. Approval of the minutes of the January 14, 2021 meeting.
C. Approval of the minutes of the February 4, 2021 meeting.
Ms. Latimer made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Ms. Walker.
For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 8 to 0.
7. Discussion/Action
A. Review and discussion on the current City Charter Chapter 3 and possible amendments.
The committee started at Article 3 Section 3.03 Compensation. The committee had a lot of discussion
on what the compensation should be for the Mayor and Council. Majority of the members did feel that
they should receive some amount of compensation. Many of the members thought they were already
receiving a stipend. Mr. Mathis made a motion set the compensation for the Mayor at $150.00 per
month and the Council at $100.00 per month. This would cover all meetings, workshops, special
meetings called during the month. Motion was seconded by Mr. Hicks. For: Mr. Hicks, Ms. Latimer,
Mr. Mathis, Ms. Qaiyyim, and Mr. Hendrix; Against: Ms. Walker, Mr. Hetzel, and Ms. Herr. Motion
carried 5 to 3.
Article 3 Section 3.04 Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem. Paragraph (2) The first sentence was changed to
read "The Mayor Pro Tem shall be a Council Member elected by the City Council at the first regular
meeting in December of each year". The remaining sentences in paragraph stay the same.
Article 3 Sections 3.05 thru 3.17 no changes other than change his/her to either they or their and
making other minor grammatical changes.
8. Adjournment
Ms. Latimer made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:09 pm. Motion was seconded by Ms.
Walker. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 9 to 0.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 11TH DAY OF MARCH 2021.
Dick He el
Chairman
Charter Review Committee
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