Remarks by Bill Hoffman Jr.
47 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Well, you know, and again, respectfully, we have represented and nonrepresented associates or staff, and I don't believe anybody up here wants to do them an injustice, but it really did take a lot for them to come to us with this. And, you know, we made some, you know, we made promises and we want to listen. So I want to know, and I mean this respectfully, how far down the road are we going to push this? I mean, and the discussion, and I'm not saying that it doesn't merit discussion. It does. So if anybody down there is going to yell at me and say, well, we have to discuss it. We have to have…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I just want to add one thing on the last section in this one. I just want to appreciate how you paint a picture. It's very understandable. It's not, so thank you for the way you organize and put this.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Mayor, I wanted to talk about three too.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Can we do that? I thought he said one at a time. No, that doesn't have to be one at a time.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“That was actually my question. And I know it's a dumb question if it needed to go through the fleet committee or needed to go through. Well, go through the fleet committee for approval because even though it's not a whole vehicle, it would be a change to a vehicle. That was my question. Sure.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, wait, wait, before we go further, can we just wait two seconds while all the people on Facebook write that down so they can remember? I had a boring day. Now I'm going to be attacked, I know, but I'm glad that was brought up and brought to light.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“How much did we? So again, we're watching. I just got the camera. We ended up saving.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. How much is it for those lights for the stop sign?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Mayor, I'd just like to say one more thing, and then is Councilman Kavanagh, the idea of the stop sign lights, if we get further grants or whatever, I support him on that. I like, I, we have more, I work and I, I think they're great. I think they draw attention. They're great. I understand the budgetary needs and to save money, but in the future, if we get grants or we get a way to do that, I think it's a good idea too.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I think I have a different view of everybody. My former employer, I won't call him out. We had a program which I totally agree with. I wouldn't even have a printed handbook because things change so much that if you keep it online, Then you update it online and everybody has 24-hour access to the changes.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, yeah, and that's what I mean. But that was the only way you could get it. There wasn't even a book because the fear was is something would happen and you would grab a policy that's a month old that changed two weeks ago.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So, I mean, I see both ways. I get it. I mean, I get the confusion. I mean, I get what councilman Debray and cabinets are saying too, that it can get confusing for employees. I get it, but there is a lot of change though. There is quite a bit of change. And the unfortunate thing is, is a city four States away can screw up and ruin it for everybody. And then we all have to have a call. You know what I mean? Like,”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Oh, no. When you said a person there, was that a person in a disciplinary or investigation?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Can we back up just one second? I mean, I get this, but if we update it once a year, let's just go right there. And this is just questions I have.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“and then something changes, then what do we do? I mean, then how, like say it's a,”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So what's more confusing then? I agree. Changing the policy or 25 memos that you gotta keep track of?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah. Well, on that point too, I'm just bringing it up. If,”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, I see the mayor's point because we're having the conversation and there's a lot of good things said here. I agree with a lot of that, but that kind of shows we don't have a clear understanding of the scope of practice. You see what I'm saying? Like, I mean, we're discussing, you know, employee goes to HR sometimes and then city administrator sometimes. I think we need clear criteria. Yeah, I know that's hard. I know that clear criteria.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“In the situation you just explained, I think it would be nothing to take away from HR, but that would be, I think city administrator and then he could direct from there.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“right because i see what i see what bill saint or city minister is saying is we could close an open door right”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And we may be, but the way I envision it is the department head would be the one who decides the disciplinary action and HR would just be the support role for that disciplinary action and not making HR discipline.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“They're not the disciplinary. We could be closing another open door. Right.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Right. And, you know, I'll say I'll stop with this because I know. But, you know, it works both ways, too. I wouldn't want to. If one of them had to hold somebody accountable, I wouldn't want to stop them either. You know what I mean? Like, I mean, if we're going to do something stupid and get sued for a million dollars. Yeah. But we don't want to take away their autonomy to hold people accountable. Sure.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I don't want to commit to the way I'm voting right now, but I've literally done hundreds of investigations. And everybody you put in the room is a potential liability. And it could be. I mean, but I want to do what's right. for the employees an employee may say i want somebody in the room you know for my safety or to be there but i've been on investigations or that person that they requested was a detriment to him and it actually harmed their case because they did say something now i'm not coming into the way i'm going to vote right here or the consensus i'm just saying um even for city…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“if we add it. Like I said, all it would take is one person, but you know, I don't want to discount.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026