Remarks by Benjamin Foote
114 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“With that, I will turn it over to our city clerk.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“park in that area but maybe they do i don't know yeah there are some dumpsters in the green street parking lot um that take up spots and that's kind of okay you want the businesses to be able to have the ability to get rid of their trash in a nice way but at the same time we'd love to have the parking stalls so that more people could go and frequent the business so it's kind of a catch-22 in some ways um But I think that's where, of course, we're not talking fee tonight, but that's something to consider when we do talk about the fee and what compensation is.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“That could be something that we could add to it later as well.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“And I would comment that one of the things in the ordinance talks about someone who's putting a private dumpster on public property shall be subject to a civil penalty. That's something else we probably need to talk about is, okay, if someone's placing a private dumpster on city property and they're not getting a permit, what's the fine? What is that? Yeah, what does that look like as well? And again, I think that's something we can cover when we determine for sure what the fee needs to be.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, that's been another, yeah. That's been tossed back and forth, honestly.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, we were talking with the SMID group as to whether they should be enforcing it or if we should be enforcing it.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, I agree. And if we have the ability to put a padlock on it, if it's not there legally, that should get a phone call pretty quick too.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“So yeah, my understanding, the reason for the ordinance now is to set a framework in place because we really haven't had one. I think there was an attempt at one and then it kind of got lost in the mix. And so we're revisiting it to make sure we have a framework that works and that we can build off of.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Any other questions or comments from council? I didn't have anybody from the public wanting to speak on this, so.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, Chris, if you'd take the roll, please.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. Any other questions from council? Okay, Chris, take the roll, please.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“And with this item, no action is to be taken tonight. So this is just simply meant for discussion. So the only motion would be as if we were going to table this or hold off and do it at another time. So if that's the case, I'd entertain that motion. Otherwise I'll turn it over to Administrator Rath.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“So is your motion to not have the discussion?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“The original intent. for tonight was to have discussion so that we would be able to write a policy to bring to council the following meeting. So right now we have a motion and I believe a second to postpone the discussion until next week. And then the intent would be that we would have an actionable item the following week as council member Galloway mentioned to take action on. So we'd be postponing it one week. In that week, I would encourage you to, if that's the direction council decides to go, to get a hold of Administrator Rath, myself with questions, with HR Director Kojo as well. I…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“With that, there is a motion to postpone. And so we do have to take action on that, right?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“If no other questions, Chris, if you'd take the roll.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Any other questions or comments? Chris, take the roll, please.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“My understanding that's current practice as well. Yes.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah. Any questions from council? What's the timeline on this?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, that's better. Okay. Any other questions? Chris, take the roll, please.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026