Remarks by Alison Strange
161 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 7
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“Well, we've hired a firm, Mr. Mayor, to do a study. Ever since this was done, we've added about 3,000 people to our list of persons being served. And if you count the annexations or the JPA agreements that the county's been approving as of late, we've got an awful lot of servicers that are going to be coming online who hopefully are paying appropriate impact fees and user fees. I think that it's fair to reevaluate it. It's been three years. The prior council said they would reevaluate it in three years, and that's the process that we're in. So, yes, I would love to roll back that rate. I'd…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I don't know if you want to call for a vote.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I have a couple of comments that could affect a motion on this. So the first is, as our staff has shared with us, this is really truly an administrative function. There are a couple of decisions that need to be made in here. For example, bulk collections is something that wasn't in the original 2023 report. We've got some cemetery changes. There's a hard drive charge and then use of the disc golf at Hiawatha Park. And those are kind of the changes. And so technically we're approving those, but we're rubber stamping the utility bill increase. I don't like the idea of causing confusion for the…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm going to move the table of this item to the September 22nd meeting.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'd like staff to bring us options to reduce the rate based on the new rate study and or the bond status with any funds that we have available in the enterprise funds. I'd like staff to take a stab at lowering this rate before we adopt the final budget and publish the final fee schedule.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Can I suggest that we maybe table this so that our attorney has a chance to review this and meet with the applicant? And I'll point out, too, we've talked about the Development and Design Center, and it feels like this being kind of the gateway to Claremont Lake County, there might be something that staff could come up with and bring back to us. Because what I'm hearing is not we're trying to bribe you. I'm hearing we're trying to get along.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And I'm just going to say, I think we're all going to walk into some real hot, muddy water if we go down too far on this. That's just my suggestion.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Hold on. If we start getting into cutting and filling, we're going to be talking about cutting down trees. And what we're basically doing in that scenario is approving the proposal. And I just think given the way this record would read and the fact that our attorney has... I don't want the answer, actually, of how we got here without you seeing this.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I was going to suggest tabling it, but I was going to ask if the applicant – I don't know the process on that because it's their application, so they might need to table it, but – I know I if I can't get a clear picture on everything, I would not approve anything. And so that's just so, you know, kind of how my brain works. So I don't want to put you in. I don't put either of us in that situation if we're talking about tabling it. And then again, I just don't want any of us to forget. We've talked about a development design center, which could be incredibly useful in this particular…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You tell me how we buy more time without causing more problems.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And I'm only one of five, but I can tell you I'm against the thing you want. So if you want us to move forward, I'd be happy to be one of the five.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, we've seen the outcome of that before. It definitely affects the resale value.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes, she was about to make a motion. Okay. I don't know if there was a second. I think you seconded it, yeah. So we had a motion and a second to table October 27th. Cool. So we got a thumbs up for the applicant.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, if there's 13, then the 14 is in there.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, real quick question. Rick, are you accepting any benefits currently?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“If I can contribute briefly on that, I think whoever Evaluator 3 is gave five really good targets for next year. I don't know, but I thought those were good.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“To pursue the specific goals for the next year as identified by evaluator number three.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Is there anything that we can provide for you today that would give you clarity moving forward as we go into fiscal year 2017?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, I just want to point out that if those twos that are on there were fours, you would have had a 4.51 score. So that's pretty darn good.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So I hope you take it that way. I think you're a perfectionist.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So I like that about you. I just want to make sure if there's something we need to do today to give you clarity and make you feel more at peace that we're doing that for you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026