Remarks by Albert “A.J.” Turner
62 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“Councilman Turner? Just, I know you said the debt we went out for, we're speaking in reference to the bond. So people who are following us, I want to make sure they totally understand where we're going and why.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So I have a question. This may be more of a charade question. So with this being said, I know we discussed people have asked why we don't have EDCs and things to this magnitude. And we were at a tax rate where you couldn't have one. Does this still apply currently just out of curiosity?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“And I'm glad you answered that because the last thing I want to do is people to see, we've said multiple times we can't because we're at the max tax rate. And we see on this slide today, it's the difference between sales tax and what we're talking about right now. So I'm glad. I just wanted to clarify that.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah, we asked about that all the time, so I'm glad we were able to address it because voters did reject it when it came up.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“That was my question I've been asking about because if abatement drops off the book, that means the revenue should go up, not go down. We're talking about on the third. I know, but I've been asking this.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Wow. Yeah, but I get it, but for some years we've been saying when these abatements fall off the books in 2027, more revenue will come to the city. Yeah. That's what I've been told multiple times.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“YES. MR. MANAGER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE PAST, YOU KNOW, FUND BALANCES. CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE STORMS? I want to be transparent about how the fund balance got to that $51 million range and how many storms happened and what happened to the sales tax after those storms. I don't want people to think it just decreased. No, those storms, I know what it done. So I want you to speak to that.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“And my follow-up is, you know, every council is different. Just because one council chose to do something one way doesn't necessarily mean it has to be the standard for every council. But I just want to make it clear to this council, my colleagues, it's up to us as a group how we want to move forward. And maybe there's some things we may need to workshop and talk about because, you know, You know, when I first came on, we were actually coming off a big storm that jumped the fund balance. So, of course, you want to take care of public safety. You want to do the cost of living rates for…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right. First thing is, me personally, I'm more concerned about, we say we want to have a 20% because we said that's what our policies were, but I need to feel confident and comfortable to know what we need to have 20% for. What is it going for? What are you using it for? What would be the need? I can't just blankly rubber stamp it without knowing the specifics. That's something I'm not interested in. My second thing is we're at roughly... Roughly 20%, again, like I urged this council to strongly consider if you want to maybe meet in the middle at a 19% threshold versus a 20% threshold,…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“We're not going to vote today. So just for the record, but thank you. Okay. Especially if we only required to do 16.5, you know. And we're not required to do that. We're not required, but Chris said we need at least two and a half months, so 16.5. Councilman Hilliard.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026