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15 Regular Meeting June 9, 1997 Page 14 still happen. Ms. Huffman stated they could if they plan to get water from the Treatment Plant and they would need to get City approval. Ms. Huffman stated if they had a different source of water they could claim the area through the TNRCC process. Mr. Guerra asked about the issue with other entities not buying off with where San Marcos wants to go with this plan. Ms. Huffman stated GBRA has dealt with all the other entities and this is the basis of the agreement and the City has not dealt with them directly. Ms. Huffman stated in the agreement they have tried to build a lot of flexibility so when people come on board - and they want to get surface water from the treatment plant they will have the flexibility, design and expansion plan to provide this service. Mr. Gilley stated most entities will be working for deals with costs and other users will be looking for resources and thinks they will be looking at regional resources. Mr. Gilley stated in the long run it does not concern him because the objectives are to provide water to San Marcos and secondarily is to be in a position to provide surface water to others with GBRA. Mayor Moore stated the whole nature of this contract is a partnership and it can have as many partners as there are. Mr. Gilley stated the only point with the deadline for expansion is to make sure the City does not get a delay in the surface water project for San Marcos. Ms. Huffman stated the 6MGD capacity will be able to provide capacity to others. Mr. Bill West stated Laura Huffman and Fred Blumberg had done an excellent job. Ms. Hughson stated she was not prepared to vote on this tonight because she had not had time to read it due to receiving it today. Mr. Mihalkanin stated they had received this contract in a very short time frame. Mr. McCarthy stated he apologized for getting the contract in late. Mr. McCarthy stated as a legal agreement it shows an excellent regional partnership and meets the legal requirements. Mayor Moore asked is this one of the pieces of the regional plans which will be required by SB1. Mr. McCarthy stated it was. Mr. Guerra stated he would prefer having more time to review the contract. Mr. West stated GBRA would be meeting on the 18th and would have all the final documents in legal form and then the Council could come back after that. Mr. Guerra moved to table this item until the June 23rd agenda and Mr. Mihalkanin seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Mayor Moore introduced a discussion regarding the Collective Bargaining Petition. Mayor Moore stated the signatures for the petition have been certified. Ms. Womack stated the Council could have an election in August or November although she would recommend it in November over August for pre-clearance from the Justice Department. Ms. Womack stated there was one new issue which has come up which the Governor has now called for the one constitutional amendment to be on the ballot in August and he has directed this to happen. Ms. Womack stated she spoke to Joyce Cowan today and she will be bringing it to the Commissioners next Tuesday and there is the possibility if the Council gave direction she could still talk to the County about the possibility of holding a joint election. Mr. Hart stated his preference would be to hold the election in November to give the citizens an opportunity to be informed. By consensus the Council directed Ms. Womack to hold the Election in November and to speak to the County about holding a joint election with the County. Mayor Moore introduced a discussion regarding the City's Nepotism Policy. Mr. Hernandez stated he was not aware of the nepotism policy regarding relatives. Mr. Hernandez stated his sister-in-law went through the process of interviews and when Staff found out it was his sister-in-law she was then denied consideration for the job. Mr. Hernandez stated the Council might want to look into changing the policy. Mr. Taylor stated he believes this is identical to State law. Mr. Taylor stated this policy was developed by the City Manager and approved by the Council although it is a City Manager policy. Mr. Guerra stated there ought to be a fair process for elected officials as well as employees. Mr. Guerra stated the way it is now it does not pass the test. Mr. Gilley stated the purpose of the policy is to avoid conflict or appearance of conflict of interest. Discussion ensued. By consensus the Council decided to review the policy. Mayor Moore introduced a discussion regarding the use of the Calaboose. Ms. Hughson stated there needs to be a policy. Mr. Cobb stated the Parks Board is in the process of working on the policies with Ms. Armstead. Mr. Cobb stated they would be bringing a copy of the policies for the Council to review possibly in July. Mr. Guerra stated control for the operation of the facility needed to remain with the City. Mr. Guerra stated it was not the