CITY OF SCHULENBURG SCHULENBURG, TX July, 6, 2021  The City Council of the City of Schulenburg met in regular session on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at 6:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers located at 607 Upton. Avenue, Schulenburg, Texas. The elected officials present included Mayor Elaine Kocian, Aldermen Greg Thomas, Wendy Fietsam, Ben Herzik, Clarence Ahlschlager, and Larry" Veselka. City Staff present were City Administrator, Tami Walker, Chief of Police, Troy Brenek, Operations Manager, Darryl Moeller, Visitors included Reverend Andrew Stafford, Darrell Vyvjala of the Schulenburg Sticker, Chairman of Keep Schulenburg Beautiful, Chip Bubela, Colton Bubela with Keep Schulenburg Mayor Kocian called role and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Reverend Stafford said a prayer over Alderman Veselka made a motion, seconded by alderman Thomas, to accept the Consent  and Human Resources Officer, Mason Florus.  Beautiful, and Ivan Velasquez. the meeting and its members.  Agenda items A and B. The motion passed unanimously.  (A) The minutes from the Council Meeting held on June 21, 2021  (B) The payment of current bills  Council received a presentation from Chairman of Keep Schulenburg Beautiful (KSB), Chip Bubela. Keep Schulenburg Beautiful is a nonprofit made up of citizens focused on beautification and environmental conservation for Schulenburg. Mr. Bubela stated that Keep Schulenburg Beautiful is now an official affiliate of Keep Texas Beautiful, they have received their 501C and As a requirement to be an official affiliate, five volunteers were assigned to ride around town and conduct a survey on various parts of the community. The results were as follows:  now have a website.  Parking lot in Wolters Park needs to be restriped The restrooms in Wolters Park needs attention The trees in' Wolters Park need trimming Sidewalks around town need attention Yards around town need mowing  Some dilapidated houses ini town need to be demolished  Mr. Bubela stated that keep Texas Beautiful has a "Fall Sweep" from September 11th = November 20th. This will be a time where Keep Schulenburg Beautiful can do several projects around town. In addition, once projects are complete KSB board members will document the projects and submit the documents to Keep Texas Beautiful. As a result, KSB can then be  eligible for grants and other incentives by the state.    Mr. Bubela concluded by presenting four "Keep Texas Beautiful Community" metal signs that he Mrs. Walker said she likes that idea but the City would need to get permission from TxDOT Mrs. Walker also commented that a lot of the sidewalks that are in bad shape are along major highways and that is another TXDOT issue. She added that the Street Department is currently Operations Manager, Darryl Moeller, led discussion on the purchase of two compactors that Moeller said the compactor located at DFA is over 15 years old and it gets used every day. He said the guys have patched and repaired it as much as they could and its simply time for a new Moeller also stated that the County is requesting a compactor as well. The County currently has 14 dumpsters at the Recycle Center and replacing those with one compactor will save the The cost of the compactor at DFA is going to be $29,634.86, while the compactor at the County Alderman Ahlschlager stated that the compactors will save wear and tear on our trucks. Moller added it would also be easier on our guys. Plus, the City charges the businesses a rental fee for Alderman Veselka asked if we were good money wise. Mrs. Walker replied that we are. She commented that the City has turned its focus to maintenance instead of construction so there is Alderman Ahlschlager made a motion, seconded by Alderman Thomas, to purchase the  is hoping can be put up by each city limit sign.  before the City puts up the signs.  trimming trees in' Wolters Park.  exceed the purchase limit of $20,000.  one.  County and City money. will cost $28,303.76.  the compactors sO they will eventually pay for themselves.  money left in the budget from not doing certain projects. compactors. The motion passed unanimously.  Operations Manager, Darryl Moeller, led discussion on the purchase of a Trailer Mounted High Moeller said the current Jetter Trailer is over 30 years old. Iti is a vital piece of equipment and it's Moller informed Council that a new trailer would cost $69,911. However, Moeller assured Council this is a sensible unit for what the City needs and we'd be purchasing it from a good  Pressure Sewer Cleaner that exceeds the purchase limit of $20,000.  just too old to function.  company that the City has used before.    Alderman Herzik made a motion, seconded by Alderman Veseika, to purchase the Jetter. The Municipal Court Judge, Kayla Peters, Library Director, Thadious Polasek, and City Fire Marshal, Chief Brenek reported that the PD has been really busy with a lot of incidents and multiple cases. Chief announced that Terry "Rusty" Roggenkamp has been promoted to Sergeant. In addition, Officer Parkinson has been helping Sergeant Roggenkamp with Code Enforcement Chief informed Council that he will be flying to Atlanta Georgia Thursday to testify in ai federal  motion passed unanimously.  Steve Strickland's reports were all included in Council's packets.  since he is on limited duty due to health reasons. case and will fly back Friday evening.  Operations Manager, Darryl! Moeller reported the following to Council:  Electric Department moved at transformer at Perdue, worked multiple outages, replace a pole that was struck by a vehicle off of High Hill Road. They also are continuing to try to fix the problem on the East Summit and East Anderson Line, and they also have been The Sewer Department replaced the pump that was damaged from the Winter Storm, they met with Strand on the County Barn Lift Station improvements, and drained 6 Water Department met with Merser to install a battery backup on the SCADA system, replaced an RPC Valve at the Warehouse, performed connects and disconnects, and Street Department trimmed trees all along Highway 90 and are currently trimming all the Parks Department have been prepping fields for tournaments and are trying to keep up  trimming trees. boxes of sludge.  replaced a pump at the Pool. trees in Wolters Park.  with mowing the best they can with all the rain we've had. City Administrator, Tami Walker, updated Council on the following:  On June 24th Documents were filed at the Courthouse for the Land Swap with KFS June 25th Met with Alderman Veselka and Ms. Shelby in relation to the property she is offering to sell. Property will be surveyed in 3-4 weeks. Also attended a tour of Kallus June 28th-30th, Gathering documents for Franklin Legal - Codification of Ordinances June 30th Girl Scouts planted at tree at the Sports Complex by the New Concession July 5th Commercial Lease Agreement received from Ryan Wotipka for the Von Minden (Currently under review and will be on the next agenda if necessary.)  Marketing, Elgin Kristinik  Sewer Plant with Public Works and update the ordinance book Stand. Thanks to Bridget Hrachovy.    Strand is looking at the County Barn Lift Station Mrs. Walker reserved vehicles for the Festival Parade  Departments are working on budget  Prayers for Melissa Shepard for the loss of her father, Elton Kaase Mrs. Walker will be on vacation from July 12th-16th  Alderman Fietsam inquired if there was any word on the Texan to which Mrs. Walker replied Mrs. Walker concluded by stating that a ribbon cutting and open house will take place at Falcon Alderman Veselka made a motion, seconded by Alderman Herzik, to adjourn the meeting at  they started today. View tomorrow at 3:30  6:43. The motion passed unanimously.