Remarks by Anthony Rodriguez
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“Thank you so much. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner from District 4, are you recognized?”
“Thank you, Commissioner. With that, clerk, please call the roll on both 11A4 and 7A.”
“It's been moved and seconded by Commissioner Steinberg.”
“All right. Sounds good. Now let's see what we got left. Are we on the pool list now? All right. So on the pool list, I'm going to see, there might be some that I had pulled. So let's see what I could dispose of. Let me see what I could dispose of here. All right, so 1485, I'll release a release it. So I'll move if someone could just move 1485. Okay, second commissioner, a lot of seconded by Commissioner Orbis. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. All right, on 801, on 801, I just pulled it to do an amendment. If the attorneys can read my amendment.”
“Item is moved as amended. Seconded by Commissioner Regalado. Moved by Commissioner Orbis. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. Questions on it? You can still make your statement if it's just a statement, yes.”
“Thank you, Commissioner Lopez. That is correct. That's the spirit of my amendment. 8P1, I don't know if it will get discussion, but I pulled it for an amendment as well. So I'll take, actually, 8P1, I think, is Commissioner Cohen-Higgins' item. So I only, oh, it's co-sponsorship? Okay. So I only pulled it for an amendment. I'm hoping it's a friendly amendment. um i will say that i spent a significant amount of time going back and forth on this uh with the administration uh and with and with uh you know the parties involved uh so i would have the attorneys i guess read my amendment and then…”
“And guys, very simply stated, and it's a very short amendment. The reason for this amendment is, after a lot of back and forth, they were able to reduce the cost by that amount. And feel free to ask all the questions that you all have, but that reduction comes at no... No risk to what we were acquiring, no risk to the service or actual amount of devices or the technology within the devices. So again, I hope it's a friendly amendment, but you have the floor, whichever one of you. Commissioner Cohen-Higgins, you're recognized.”
“If someone from Motorola is in the building, you're welcome to approach the wall.”
“You may approach the wall at this time to answer the commissioner's questions. Yeah, I'm- A little pep in the step will probably go a long way. With a little bit of enthusiasm and urgency.”
“I hope the I hope the walkie talkies don't work at this speed. As in corrections is in trouble at that point. What's that jeopardy in music? Anybody Gilbert?”
“So, Commissioner, I'd encourage you to continue down that line of questioning, and I'll give you, if you want to write down this number, because this goes to what your question is. So the original price per radio that they provided was $8,595.79. Okay. The new price per radio that equals the 5.2 million is 6,574.93 cents per radio. Someone at Motorola must have given that number. I can't imagine that our county administration would... would make that number up. So that's where the $5.2 million come from.”
“All right. So, well, I think, so you co-sponsor Prime? Because I need you all to accept the amendment, but. She's the Prime. But 1 thing that I think it's fair, and I know that commissioner is asking me to take the microphone again, and you'll be recognized in just a 2nd, but I think what's fair and I don't want to. Get ahead of you if that's the line, the path you're going in. I'm not sure, but I think it's fair that while we're here. And we've asked. Um, you know, several questions of Motorola, and my amendment is about ultimately getting a better rate for. The taxpayers, because, like,…”
“It's much more than $3 million per my math.”
“All right. Sounds good. So, Commissioner, do you accept my amendment as a friendly amendment?”
“All right. So, and you move your item as amended?”
“All right. It's been moved. It's been seconded by Commissioner Regalado. Seeing no further, Commissioner from District 12, you're recognized.”
“Thank you commissioner. And I, and I agree commissioner Bermudez, which look, not to muddy the waters, but, and I'm ready to call a boat unless there's more dialogue, but. You know, we have to trust at some point and I'm not an expert, right? And certainly not an it and software or technology and certainly not in radios. So at some point. I think we were all right or at least those that may support this item with its amendment. We were all. Kind of informed that this is the way that we need to go and this is what corrections needs for public safety for the safety of our officers. And so…”
“All right, thank you. And I'm still on the pool list. Are you taking a personal, are you doing an Oliver Gilbert?”
“All right, we're going to definitely make this in committee and have a whole discussion on it, so be prepared to the administration. All right. I got 14A4, 14B1 was not pulled, but it's still pending. Can I have a motion to move these? Moved by Commissioner Lopez. Seconded by, who said second? By Commissioner Orbis. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. Show 14A4 and 14B1 pass. I have 11A9. 11A9, Commissioner from District 12. You pulled this item. Was it just a co-sponsor? It's the fog loan program, my item.”
“It's getting a little loud in the chamber. Thank you, Commissioner Bermudez. Yes, you led efforts on the fog issue for sure, and thank you for... For co-sponsoring my item and allowing me to co-sponsor yours as well.”
“Yeah, absolutely. Commissioner Steinberg and the Vice Chair has added as a co-sponsor on this item, on 1189. All right, with that, I'll ask Commissioner Bermudez to move my item, 1189. It's been seconded by Commissioner Regalado. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. I'll oppose nay. I think, Commissioner, from District 12, you also pulled 11-8-12.”
“Okay. So you'll move 11-8-12? Hold on a second. I believe this one's your item.”
“Because it's really a cleanup issue for the- The attorney can read the amendment that Commissioner Bermudez has on his item 11-8-12.”
“Show it amended and moved by Commissioner Bermudez. Seconded by the Vice Chair. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. All right, show Commissioner Gilbert moving 8P3. And seconded by 8P3. Seconded by Commissioner Bastien. I have a polling commissioner, but I understand- It was to vote no. Okay, so all in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. Nay.”
“Okay, show Commissioner Bastian co-sponsoring 1189. Yeah, I'm on 1189. Okay, so show the item AP3 passed, reflecting Commissioner Orbis and Steinberg as no's. All right. 802 commissioner from district 12.”