Remarks by Amanda Rodriguez
219 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 9
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“Yes, I agree. You're absolutely right. Lorenzo, look, it's the same discussion we had during the budget. Again, I hear you. I understand that the ideal circumstances would have been, we knew about it, we came up with the potential policy for rates and credits, or rebates and credits, I hear you. But this is the cards we are currently dealt with. And this notion that, oh, let's just vote it down, as if that doesn't also cost us money, That is the frustrating part.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“May I ask, you had initially proposed, I believe, February 1st, correct? It's just delayed implementation. Right. Would you consider February 1st?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Um, yeah. Chiefs. I saw the agreement. Um, I understand the rationale. I guess I'm just trying to understand. So you said it exceeded the a hundred thousand dollar threshold, which is why it's before us today. Did they give it a reason why? Like the reason for, is this costing us more money is what I'm asking.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So the term I see is October one, 2026 through September 30th, 2029. And then previously, are they always in those three year intervals? You said we've been doing this, so I guess it's the same price as the previous three years is what I'm asking?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I have one more question. Yes, ma'am. Um, so chief, the two years, and I'm not trying to proclaim it loudly cause I'm not trying to have them bill us. Um, but the two years, given that the money was appropriated, do what happens to the money that goes unspent? It just goes back into the general fund.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Excess fund balance. Okay. And then, um, are we certain that there's not going to be some sort of bill down the line when they potentially realize?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Ah, yes. 70 cases or 182 items per month. Are those applying to us as well? Or is that just the county? Cause I didn't see it in the actual agreement itself.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, so like the 36% that we're talking about, it's not. The 70 or 182 items, that applies to everybody within the ILA?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And this is not a novel discussion, this is the same consideration that we had, I believe the department request a flock, and I think y'all said at that time, if I remember correctly, there was some pushback by the company initially, but we were able to opt out of the sharing of it. And so I would be interested to see if that, even if it's product improvement, and what de-identified means, I mean, what is a de-identified? If chief is talking about potentially explicit material,”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And I would like to Mayor's point, too, about, you know, should the company for whatever reason dissolve or change ownership? how are we getting assurances that somehow, some way, if that means offloading that data or whatever, and we have minimal or reasonable cost.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, if there's a way we can get these assurances, I think it would probably help make this decision, at least for me.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“For sure. Let me ask, Chief, is there a particular deadline? Or can we sit here and postpone to the next meeting to give more time to get the information that we're requesting?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Cause I know, I know the 15th is going to be busy. Um, I don't know off the top of my head. I'm not trying to postpone indefinitely. I'm trying to find a date, but, um, cause I do want this information cause I want to read it. And in, in addition to the 16 page policy that you're referring to, um, So I guess my question would be for staff, would the, let's see the October, what is the October meeting? And if I may, so the first, so I guess, yeah. So if I could make the motion to postpone in the first meeting in October and then to come back with the information that we're requesting.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I was just going to ask, and obviously social service agencies are members of the public, but the mayor and I are often regular attendees for the homeless coalition meetings. and they bring up the fact that workforce, and I know this isn't new for y'all, but workforce solutions is inaccessible because it's not a part of the route. And so that's the only reason I was asking about whether or not routes and schedules and those things would be considered and y'all said yes. So I do appreciate that and just would ask that their input, maybe separate input be requested from them as well.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Perfect. Thank you. I really look forward to it. I think it's going to be good. Yeah, I really look forward to it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Um, yes. So mayor, um, this was an item that myself and council member, uh, requested. And just to give some background, I know it's late, and so I will be as succinct as possible. So we all got an email from Rob Rourke about the fees. So for my colleagues who maybe didn't see that, the fees associated with, I believe we refer to them as temporary events or temporary, okay. Is that what we... So we're talking about the people who are just going and trying to sell food. We know times are very tough, and so innovative ways to get money right now is something that our community is really…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026