Remarks by Aaron Brockett
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“Okay. Let me rephrase here. Okay, for when we were dealing with ROBS, we have at this point two alternatives, taking the $600,000, doing the realignment, or waiting until after October 22nd. Okay, so I'm going to straddle those two alternatives, because you can vote for one or the other. Okay?”
“OK, so we have a revised proposal from Tina.”
“Last straw poll, which is there are going to be two alternatives. One is taking Rob's proposal, OSMP, CIP, or reserves. The alternative is to wait until after October 22nd.”
“So all in favor of Rob's proposal, raise your hand. Okay. Four. And all in favor of waiting until after October 22nd. Okay.”
“But we do have to vote separately on the actual budget ordinances. Okay, so that doesn't move forward at this time. Thanks for working through that with us. Nicole?”
“Not quite, because we still have to deal with Taisha's. So Taisha, your suggestion was to repurpose, I think it was at $1.2 million from the police fund towards the care program?”
“Thanks. Who would like to speak to the substance of that before we do a straw poll? Yeah. Quite clarifying question from Nicole.”
“Thanks, Tash. And I'll just speak just additionally to this that thanks, Wendy, for the explanation. The care program was something that I championed a few years ago and was really glad that we stood it up. But I also understand the reasons for the reorganization. but very much look forward to the reformation of that response team. Absolutely. Under the new structure. Thank you.”
“And, um, Nicole, before I just get back to you for emotion, I just said, no, I just wanted to follow up on one thing from the public testimony, which was about the flexible rebate program. Could you just speak real quickly to how that's structured and what it's looking like in 2027?”
“Thanks. Appreciate that. You were offering a motion before, Nicole.”
“Second. And what I might say is at this moment, if people wanted to offer a few brief general thoughts on the budget, let's say now is the time. So, Nicole, do you want to speak to your motion?”
“I'll call on myself and thank staff for their exemplary work on preparing this extremely complicated budget that does incorporate many many trade-offs in it. There are significant budget reductions in numerous areas, and I appreciate the thoughtfulness with which those were done, while also allocating additional monies to priorities like wildfire prevention and making sure that our staff is paid fairly. So I appreciate the approach that you've taken there. The timing with the detailed wildfire meeting has made this a tough discussion. I appreciate the conversation tonight about how to manage…”
“Second. Motion to second. Roll call, please, Emily.”
“We need a second. Second. Motion to second, roll call please.”
“Thanks so much. Well, that brings us to the end of our agenda item, and thanks again to staff for all your incredibly hard work on this very complicated budget. We've got one last thing, Item 8A.”
“I'LL SPEAK TO THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ASKED THAT WE SCHEDULE WHICH IS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE A POSITION OF SUPPORT ON THE FRONT RANGE PASSENGER RAIL SALES TAX MEASURE WHICH WOULD FUND THE COCOA TRAIN WHICH WOULD PROVIDE TRAIN SERVICE FROM FORT COLLINS THROUGH BOULDER TO DENVER AND ALL THE WAY TO PUEBLO. I WON'T GO INTO ANY MORE DETAILS THAN THAT. BUT UNLESS THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, I CAN JUST CALL FOR A SHOW OF Let's draw a poll about whether we'd like to take position of support on this. Raise your hand if you're in favor. That's…”
“17th, 2026 regular meeting of the Boulder City Council. I'm going to go ahead and call us to order. Alicia, can we have a roll call, please?”
“Thanks so much. Can you go over the, we're going to go to open comment now. So Alicia, can you go over the public participation guidelines, please?”
“Thanks so much, Alicia. All right, we've got 20 people signed up to speak. All of them are in person. Everyone will have two minutes. of time, and I will be strict about that in the interest of fairness. Our first three speakers are Anne Lindsey, Leith Stevens, and Ana Rey.”
“Thank you. Now we'll go to Leith Stevens, Ana Ray, and Margo Smith.”
“Thank you. All right, folks, please no noise in the audience. If you agree with what you're hearing, please, you can do jazz hands, but please no clapping. Thanks so much. Now we've got Anna Rae, Margo Smith, and Fran Sheets.”
“Thank you. Next, we have Margo Smith, Fran Sheets, and Eve Dreher.”
“Thank you. Now we'll go to Fran Sheets, Eve Dreher, and Rob Smoke.”
“Thank you. Now we'll go to Eve Dreher, Rob Smoke, and Claire Gleason.”
“Thank you. Now we'll go to Rob smoke, Claire Gleason and Jonah Faulkner.”