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CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
FIRE STATION#2
3864 Cibolo Valley Dr.
March 11, 2021
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
MINUTES
1. Call to Order—Meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm.
2. Roll Call and Excused Absences—Members Present: Mr. Hetzel, Ms. Cunningham, Ms. Latimer, Mr. Herr,
Mr. Johnson, Ms. Qaiyyim, Mr. Mathis and Mr. M. Hicks; Members Absent: Ms. Walker and Mr. Hendrix.
Ms. Cunningham made the motion to excuse the absence of both Ms. Walker and Mr. Hendrix. Motion
was seconded by Ms. Latimer. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 8 to 0.
3. Moment of Silence/Invocation—Chairman Mr. Hetzel ask for a Moment of Silence from all in attendance.
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. WE CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN 15 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
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(a,cibolotx.gov or text 210-514-3495
before 6:00pm the date of the meeting.
The City Secretary read an email from Ms. Spencer concerning appointments to committees. The
committee will address this as they get to that Article of the Charter. An email from Mr. Villela also read
by the City Secretary. Mr. Villela wanted the committee to look at Article 4 Section 4.01. The committee
address this issue at the meeting and made a small change to the wording.
6. Consent Aj4enda—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 March 4, 2021 meeting.
Ms. Cunningham made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Mr.
Mathis. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 8 to 0.
7. Discussion/Action
A. Review and discussion on the current City Charter Chapters 4-6 and possible amendments.
The committee address Article 4 during this meeting. Article 4, Section 4.01 City Manager paragraph
(1) the committee looked at the third sentence of this section. Ms. Latimer made the motion to change
the wording to read "shall have previous city manager, assistant city manager or administrator
experience and or a degree in a related field." Motion was seconded by Ms. Cunningham. For: Mr.
Hetzel, Ms. Latimer, Ms. Cunningham, Mr. Mathis, Ms. Herr, Ms. Qaiyyim and Mr. Johnson; Against:
Mr. M. Hicks. Motion carried 7 to 1. There were no changes to (2)thru(4). Paragraph(5)-(D) Ms.
Cunningham made the motion to add"City Manager or designee". Motion was seconded by Mr.
Johnson. For: All; Against: None. No other changes in 4.01.
4.02 City Secretary the only change in this section was in(2) last sentence was changed to read "The
City Secretary shall report administratively to the City Manager but may be discipline and removed
from office only by the Council". Motion was made by Ms. Latimer and seconded by Ms.
Cunningham. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 8 to 0.
No changes were made to 4.03 Municipal Judge or 4.04 City Attorney.
Section 4.05 Administrative Departments, Offices and Agencies. (3) should be removed from the
charter. Ms. Cunningham made the motion and it was seconded by Mr. Mathis. For: All; Against:
None. Motion carried 8 to 0.
Section 4.05 and 4.06 no changes were made.
Next meeting the committee will go over Article 3 Section 3.06 and Article 5 and Article 6.
8. Adjournment
Mr. Johnson made the motion adjourn the meeting at 8:33 pm. Motion was seconded by Mr. M. Hicks.
For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 8 to 0.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 25TH DAY OF MARCH 2021.
Dick Hetzel
Chairman
Charter Review Committee
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