Remarks by Bob Ellis
208 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 9
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“Right, but it'd be up to, we shouldn't go above the 6.6 for the general portion and all that. So if there is no runoff, there'd be 2.4 million that wouldn't be spent.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 2:35:47
“No, I mean, I'm just saying that The, I mean, there would be a minimum of, you know, 2.4.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Right, that would be available, okay. All right, and, but you're saying you think the, the cost for temp staffing in the primary was greater than this amount?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Lower, okay, all right, I thought you said greater, okay, all right, thank you for clarifying that. Do you think significantly lower, or?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. All right. I won't allow you to speculate, but if you could provide that, that would be, that'd be helpful. It's not going to.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I'll add my kudos for great work, you know, just to say, you know, we've come a long way, baby. I mean, this thing, when we were with things back in 10, 11, 12 years ago to where we are today, to the point that the manager made from, you know, really, you know, we're, I won't say persona non grata with the state, but we had no relationship with the state, and, you know, to see this come through to where, you know, they're going to be providing the full funding. I mean, it'll be a state center. It carries the Fulton County name, right? But it'll be, you know, part of the state network…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“If you'll indulge me, this may take a little bit long to kind of walk through, but I think this is an important topic that we need to address, so I'll try to be as succinct as possible. First, I want to talk about what this resolution does and doesn't do. This resolution would declare this board's opposition to the proposed extension of existing city of Atlanta tax allocation districts in a recent piece of legislation that was passed by the city of Atlanta City Council. It would establish the policy conditions which must be met for our consent to any new extended or recreated TADs. It would…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. All right, and secondly, in terms of the legality of this, this requires that a redevelopment plan be submitted. And this is not some sort of minor, you know, kind of procedural gap. It's a very significant one because the state statute requires that that redevelopment plan be adopted, specified the estimated tax allocation increment base before that district is created. What the city did is they voted to lock in a 30-year up to $7 billion commitment and then promised to write the plans that state law requires as a precondition. And now we would be being asked to consent to that same…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026