The Sandy Oaks City Council has violated another state law by not having had an audit conducted and by now having a financial statement recorded with the City Clerk. The state law is specifically for municipal governments. It requires cities such as Sandy Oaks to hire an auditor every year to audit the city’s finances […]
On March 10, 2016 the City Council accepted the assets offered by the Waterwood Park Property Owner’s Association. The assets include the land owned by the WPPOA. The Council then went into a close session, forcing everyone in the audience out of the room. However, the Council did allow certain people to enter the closed […]
At the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on March 10, 2016, the City Council held an executive session, a meeting closed to the public. Mayor Ball stated the purpose of the executive session was to discuss the transfer of assets from the Waterwood Park Property Owner’s Association and to discuss City Attorney consultation. The Texas […]
The Sandy Oaks City Council held a meeting on March 10, 2016 at the Braunig Lake RV Resort cafeteria. The Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA)requires notice of a meeting’s location 72 hours in advance: Sec. 551.043. TIME AND ACCESSIBILITY OF NOTICE; GENERAL RULE. (a) The notice of a meeting of a governmental body must be […]
At the February 11, 2016 City Council meeting Mayor Micki Ball slandered a citizen, falsely accusing her of representing the city and making threats. The agenda item the Council was supposed to be discussing was listed as Mayor’s Comment: Comment on commencement services by Tiger Sanitation to City residents and businesses The Mayor didn’t have […]
On January 14, 2016, the Sandy Oaks City Council unanimously decided to take over the CPS energy bills of the Waterwood Park Property Owner’s Association (WPPOA). The city will take on the WPPOA’s CPS accounts and will also pay money currently owed to CPS. The City Council claimed that Jim Clement, as WPPOA president, could […]
On January 14, 2016 the City Council discussed the transfer of vehicles from a Bexar County parking location to the City of Sandy Oaks. The item was not on the agenda, which didn’t stop Mayor Micki Ball, Aldermen Douglas Tomasini and David Tremblay, and City Marshal Jesse Gutierrez from discussing the topic. The City of […]
The Sandy Oaks City Council filled a vacancy on the Council on January 14, 2016 at its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The position, Alderman Place 4, originally belonged to Micki Ball until she become the Mayor last November and the position became vacant. At a previous meeting on November 12, 2015, the City Council decided […]
Alderman Joel Ortega was absent from half of the City Council meetings in 2015. Texas law says that 3 consecutive absences of an Alderman makes the position vacant. Chapter 22 of the Local Government Code says this: Sec. 22.041. VACANCY ON GOVERNING BODY IS CREATED. (b) If a member of the governing body is absent […]
The City Council held a Budget Hearing on September 2, 2015. The location of the meeting was planned as the meeting hall at the Braunig Lake RV Resort, however it was changed without warning to a cafeteria approximately 100 yards away. Related: City Council Holds Illegal Meeting; Violates State Law The meeting was open for […]
The Sandy Oaks City Council violated the Texas Open Meetings Act on September 2, 2015 when it held a meeting without announcing its location to the public 72 hours in advance. 4 of the 5 Aldermen were present for the meeting which was led by Mayor Pro Tempore Earnest Gay. Accomplice to the illegal meeting […]
For the City Council meeting on June 11, 2015, the Council had on the agenda to discuss documents needed by the Bexar County Tax Assessor Collector’s office and the Bexar County Appraisal District. Documents needed by the Tax Assessor Collector included who the City of Sandy Oaks had as a Tax Attorney. The City, however, […]