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Min CR 04/22/2021 o f ois ` o t r o rexss "City of Choice" CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 South Main St. April 22, 2021 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. MINUTES 1. Call to Order—Meeting was called to order by Chairman Mr. Hetzel at 6:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call and Excused Absences —Members Present: Mr. Hetzel, Ms. Walker, Mr. M. Hicks, Ms. Latimer, Mr. Mathis, Ms. Cunningham (6:38pm), Mr. Hendrix, and Ms. Qaiyyim. Members Absent: Ms. Herr and Mr. Johnson. Members Absent: Mr. Johnson and Ms. Herr. Motion was made by Ms. Latimer to excuse the absence of Mr. Johnson and Ms. Herr. Motion was seconded by Mr. Mathis. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 7 to 0. 3. Moment of Silence/Invocation—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. WE CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN 40 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. 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 April 1, 2021 and April 8, 2021 meeting. Mr. Mathis made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Ms. Latimer. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 7 to 0. 7. Discussion/Action A. Review and re-discussion on the current City Charter Article 3, Section 3.06. Ms. Walker made the motion to approve the proposed version of 3.06 with a change to item 8. Item 8 would read: Establish boards, committees and commissions or study or work groups, and appoint individuals thereto as shall be required by law or deemed necessary by the City Council. Motion was seconded by Ms. Latimer. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 8 to 0. B. Discussion on Districts/At-large/Hybrid for City elections. The first motion that was made by Ms. Latimer and seconded by Ms. Cunningham was for Hybrid. Vote was taken: Three (3) voted in favor and five (5) voted against. The motion failed 3 to 5. The second motion that was made by Ms. Latimer to keep Districts and the motion was seconded by Ms. Walker. Vote was taken: Three (3) voted in favor and five (5) voted against. Motion failed 3 to 5. The third motion that was made by Mr. Mathis and seconded by Ms. Cunningham was for At-Large (Five (5) at large and two (2) districts. Vote was taken: One (1) for and seven (7) against. Motion failed 1 to 7. Motion was made by Ms. Latimer to re-consider Hybrid and motion was seconded by Mr. Mathis. Vote was taken: Six (6) voted in favor and two (2) for against. Motion carried 6 to 2. C. Review and re-discussion on the current City Charter Article 7, Section 7.13. Ms. Latimer made the motion to accept Section 7.13 Borrowing as provided by the City Attorney. Motion was seconded by Mr. Hicks. For: Ms. Cunningham, Ms. Latimer, Mr. Hendrix, Ms. Walker, Mr. Mathis, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. Hetzel; Against: Ms. Qaiyyim. Motion carried 7 to 1. D. Review and discussion on the current City Charter chapters 11-14. Motion was made by Ms. Cunningham and seconded by Mr. Mathis to have Section 11.05 (1) last sentence to read: The Charter Review Commission shall consist of no less than seven (7) or more than fifteen (15) citizens of the City. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 8 to 0. 8. Future Meeting Dates Dates for future meetings—April 29 and May 13 others as needed. 9. Adjournment Motion was made by Ms. Cunningham to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m. Motion was seconded by Ms. Walker. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 8 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 29TH DAY OF APRIL 2021. Dick Hetzel Chairman 2