Agenda No. 14.
CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM
| City Council Meeting: | July 15, 2025 |
| Department: | City Secretary |
| Subject: | Resolution 25-R-083 – Ordering the November 4, 2025, City of Schertz Joint Special Election with Bexar County and making a provision for the conduct of the election; authorizing contracts with the Election Administrators of Bexar County to conduct this Special Election. (Mayor/S.Edmondson) |
BACKGROUND
• Texas Local Government Code Sec. 43.0117. AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA NEAR MILITARY BASE
(a) In this section, "military base" means a presently functioning federally owned or operated military installation or facility.
(b) A municipality may annex for full or limited purposes, under the annexation provisions applicable to that municipality under this chapter, any part of the area located within five miles of the boundary of a military base in which an active training program is conducted. The annexation proposition shall be stated to allow the voters of the area to be annexed to choose between either annexation or providing the municipality with the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating the land use in the area in the manner recommended by the most recent joint land use study.
Because JBSA Randolph is a functioning military installation within an active training program, Schertz could utilize this provision for additional annexations within the ETJ that are within 5 miles of JBSA Randolph. 2 Background Continued: Texas LGC Sec. 43.0117
(c) A municipality may annex for full or limited purposes, under the annexation provisions applicable to that municipality under this chapter, any part of the area located within five miles of the boundary of a military base in which an active training program is conducted. The annexation proposition shall be stated to allow the voters of the area to be annexed to choose between either annexation or providing the municipality with the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating the land use in the area in the manner recommended by the most recent joint land use study.
The election would include a proposition that would either fully annex, limited annex, or an Ordinance regulating land use for the properties currently in the ETJ and within 5 miles of JBSA Randolph.
• Only property owners in the area to be annexed would vote on this proposition, not everyone in the City.
• Regardless of what the individual property owner may want, which of those 3 options gets the most votes out of those, voting will be done for every affected property.
(a) In this section, "military base" means a presently functioning federally owned or operated military installation or facility.
(b) A municipality may annex for full or limited purposes, under the annexation provisions applicable to that municipality under this chapter, any part of the area located within five miles of the boundary of a military base in which an active training program is conducted. The annexation proposition shall be stated to allow the voters of the area to be annexed to choose between either annexation or providing the municipality with the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating the land use in the area in the manner recommended by the most recent joint land use study.
Because JBSA Randolph is a functioning military installation within an active training program, Schertz could utilize this provision for additional annexations within the ETJ that are within 5 miles of JBSA Randolph. 2 Background Continued: Texas LGC Sec. 43.0117
(c) A municipality may annex for full or limited purposes, under the annexation provisions applicable to that municipality under this chapter, any part of the area located within five miles of the boundary of a military base in which an active training program is conducted. The annexation proposition shall be stated to allow the voters of the area to be annexed to choose between either annexation or providing the municipality with the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating the land use in the area in the manner recommended by the most recent joint land use study.
The election would include a proposition that would either fully annex, limited annex, or an Ordinance regulating land use for the properties currently in the ETJ and within 5 miles of JBSA Randolph.
• Only property owners in the area to be annexed would vote on this proposition, not everyone in the City.
• Regardless of what the individual property owner may want, which of those 3 options gets the most votes out of those, voting will be done for every affected property.