The Cibolo Fire Dept. did a terrific job at quickly putting out a fire that could have potentially been even more devastating than it was. A relief to business owners and the community that the fire did not wipe out downtown Cibolo.

It started in the kitchen area of Harmon's BBQ and has left a portion of the buildings with some structure damaged and a lot to clean up. Being separate structures (meaning double walls), the neighboring business, Wise Jewelry, was somewhat insulated from the fire spreading into their structure however, the smoke and suet damage that seeped into the store was quite significant.

Harmon's BBQ and Wise Jewelry are slowly recovering with clean-up. The City of Cibolo is working with the owner of the building, Bob Catalano and Ray and Ronnie, the owners of Harmon's to help them reestablish their business as quickly as possible.

Since the restaurant's smoker was not damaged in the fire and Harmon's wanted to get back to businesses ASAP, the Fire Marshal and building officials cleared the adjoining buildings; this allowing them to temporarily set-up shop out of the secondary building.

So, for you Harmon's fanatics...you can still get orders to go.

Many people have stepped forward with Clean-up and efforts to help keep Harmon's in businesses through the holidays. A benefit concert is being planned.......still in the planning stages however, Friday, December 9th will be the date, the same night as the City of Cibolo Tree Lighting Service. 

Will post update by the end of the week.  

 City Council will be possibly approving an amendment to the current ordinance regarding the
"Discharge of Firearms on Certain Properties within the City of Cibolo..."

The City ordinance was originally adopted in July of 2003 and in compliance with State regulations at that time. However, since that time, the State of Texas amended Chapter 229 of the Texas Local Government Code.  This amendment "..modifies the hunting exception to permit the discharge of shotguns within the City Limits of a municipality on the properties that had a minimum area of 10 (ten) acres for hunting purposes during a legal hunting season."

The amendments to this City Ordinance is simply to bring compliance to the Texas Local Government Code changes.

City of Cibolo's Curfew for Minors
Item posted on Council Agenda 9/27/2011 for discussion/review of current ordinance.

• Ordinance 863 Establishing a curfew for minors under 17 years of age - this discussion will just be a 3 year review of the ordinance. Overview of the Ordinance:

1. It is unlawful for any minor to purposefully remain, walk, run, stnad, drive or ride about in or upon any public place in the City of Cibolo between the hours of 11:00PM and 5:00AM on weekdays and Midnight and 5:00AM on weekends.
2. It is unlawful for a parent having legal custody of a minor to knowingly allow or permit the minor to be in violation of the curfew imposed. --

----Exempt if: minor is with parent or another adult approved by parents or the minor was on an emergency errand.

Find out more about Sanjel, INC

At tonight's City Council Meeting: Mayor Hartman and City Council will present SANJEL, Inc a proclamation for winning the 2011 Community Economic Development Award given by the Texas Economic Development Council.

Sanjel, a Canadian based company, made its ground breaking in Cibolo in May of this year, is already in complete mobility. In interviews, it was stated that they were looking to bring as many as 300 employees to their Cibolo's operation by the end of 2011.

  
Despite the request from several City Leaders of the western portion of the County to support Map 6b, the commissioners voted 4 to 1 for the alternative map 8b, led by Commissioner Cope. Commissioner Wolverton being the "no" vote. This vote was also against the recommendation of the committee that was tasked to complete this process. These communities, which comprise of Selma, Schertz, and Cibolo, seemed to be very disappointed in the decision made by the Commissioners. Cibolo and Schertz dominates the growth factor of Guadalupe County, seeing record growth for the past 8 years. As one leader expressed his great discontent of the County continuing to ignore the driving growth and revenue force for the county, the decision was still made to ignore the pleas. 

The decision will have an impact on these communities for the next 10 years. Cibolo and Schertz both growing at their own fast pace, though with great similarities still have their great differences in style. For those reasons, the division created by map 8b for each City's voting block seemingly bring great concerns to these community leaders of the western portion of Guadalupe County.