Remarks by Brandy Williams
27 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
“Councilman Williams. Thank you, and thank you, Chief, for all of your hard work. Since we've gone kind of down the axon rabbit hole in the technology, could you just describe how the real-time crime center works? Because I feel like there's almost a perception that drones are in the air 24-7, information is being collected and stored constantly, but can you just talk through how it how it actually works in real time and kind of how that engagement works with the entire public when it does take place sure absolutely so it's it's it's um very fluid obviously the primary way there's two two”
“Councilman Williams. Thank you, Madam President. Sharae, when you did the overview and outlined all of this, you mentioned there's $9.4 million that we are not going to get due to our TABOR revenue cap. And I think listening to both chiefs talk today, I think they could both use the $9.4 million I'm not entirely sure it's going to happen in my lifetime, but I think at some point in time, we need to have the table conversation. I had the luxury of running against Doug Bruce. The 1st time I ran for office and. Spent an hour and a half with him on the phone, and it was evidence that anarchy was…”
“don't see any nope i do see one councilman williams sorry i just had to get right back to the right page um just two quick things that caught my eye um and again you may or may not have to phone a friend because it's kind of in the weeds but you've got um vandalism related maintenance And it's like $150, I feel like you've got to share that with some other department because that's a very small number. But I guess that's a broader question, like if and when there is vandalism, where does that come from? And given how small that number is, I feel like maybe it's more of a Chief of Staff…”
“That's the reason it jumped off the page.”
“Yeah. It is on 369. 52291. I just didn't know if I missed it someplace else. There's another bucket.”
“So this is probably just the general fund bucket, which is why it's, you know, I feel like Kim might have the answer to something or at least.”
“And then just one more question on that page. You've got $116,000 in credit card fees. I'm assuming that's, are we not, we're having to pay those because of the credit card usages at the facilities?”
“All right, thanks. Can I ask a quick one just on that real quick? Sorry. I just want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly. Is those pages, the 57, 58, 59, if from those pages it was funded they ended up at the bottom of 56. it might have i feel like these are all the things that were above and beyond like here's our first blush of the budget things that didn't make the first blush ended up on 57 58 and 59 and then if they managed to make the cut then they're at the bottom of page 56 correct okay thank you sorry council Right, exactly.”
“Councilman Williams. Thank you, President Crow-Iverson. And yes, thank you all for being here today. I'll be reading resolution recognizing October 2026 as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Whereas we recognize the vital role that technology has in our daily lives and in the future of our nation, whereby today many citizens, schools, libraries, businesses, and other organizations use the internet for a variety of tasks, including keeping in contact with family and friends, managing personal finances, performing research, enhancing education, and conducting business. And whereas critical…”
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“Thank you. I'll bring it back to the dice for any comments. Just a few closing comments. For those of us who are in the corporate world, we have our trainings that come monthly, weekly, as often as possible. And I know they're really annoying, but they've made them nice and short and sweet. And unfortunately, they're very necessary. The problem is, is it doesn't come across as, you know, hey, we're here to steal your information. It's, hey, you know, there's something wrong with your children. There's something wrong with your grandchildren. Like something is happening that unfortunately gets…”
“I'm very excited that they're all willing to volunteer and I highly recommend all three of them. Thank you.”
“Councilman Williams. Thank you, President Carr-Iverson. Just so you know, more than once I have come to your aid on this particular issue in conversation, so... I feel like this is another way of getting your contractors moving, getting everybody on the same page again. We can't. have a crystal ball to see how we're going to get from here to there. But I think the intent is that's the deadline. I think your goal is the deadline. You need to be making money and putting things back into your coffers. And no, there's nothing that precludes that. But I think that really is the intent. And if it's…”
“Thank you. There's a lot of times that we're stuck in the middle and this one is truly in the middle because the money is coming from the citizens and then it's going to the employees and you're trying to strike that delicate balance. And I know lots of the city employees and I know they know me and as Nancy said, we love, respect and appreciate them all. And I think being able to give back at least one furlough day is absolutely fabulous and wonderful. And if this were a for-profit company and I was the CEO, I completely concur with Council Member Leinweber. But that's not the seat I'm in…”
“So I had a motion on the floor, and we amended the motion to a completely different motion, which we passed. So how do we pass that one and then vote on another one that's completely different?”
“Okay. So we've amended the main motion to now be”
“Councilman Williams. So, now you've almost added another wrench in this, this is probably for the city attorney. So, given that the days off are official in the manual and as the chief of staff stated, the American arbitrarily change that. Are you comfortable with how this is being presented? So it doesn't necessarily have to bring the PPM manual into play and it checks all the boxes and has, again, these employees do get the day off, these employees do not, and that essentially passes all of your legal tests and whatever Sheree is about to tell me.”
“so that we are in compliance with the ppm okay and then just one question so to kind of close that loop that also means the mayor is not allowed to arbitrary arbitrarily declare award time as well as paid time off as well as holidays as well as all of those pieces is that correct Anybody who feels like answering?”
“I have a question from Councilman Williams. This seems like the perfect time to ask this question again. Thanks for all that you're doing. Well, you're from the industry. We know it's needed. unbelievably needed and for a lot of different reasons we need it and building but i think as you said in the beginning we need it because if you didn't grow up on a farm or a ranch or doing something every weekend when it comes to this you have such a learning curve so you're you're bridging that gap so that they can get from here to where they need to be So you're tracking them six months in a year,…”
“Thanks, Kim. I just have a quick question. I may have missed it in the back and forth, but is the daily use fee going to stay the same? Is it going to change?”
“Okay, okay. So that's the plan. I'm going to say it's not necessarily as codified as it has been for the last 25 years, but their plan is to maintain it in a way that it's reflected the past 25 years.”
“Thank you, Madam President. I wanted to start by taking the opportunity, Steve Harris, you were kind enough to join us. So would you please share kind of the conversation that happened at Parks Board and how you arrived at your recommendation?”
“And then Madam President, I just have a couple more comments, questions, changes. I don't know about my fellow council members, but last fall, It felt like it came out of the blue. It felt like we were having budget conversations, and I'm not saying this is the way it has to go, but generally if there's something that's going to transpire like this, it would happen in that calendar year. so the fact that this was closed in 2025 i think came as a bit of a shock to most of us at that time i was unfortunately still recovering from a hospital stay so i would just like to publicly thank council…”
“councilman williams thank you i don't know if it's a second or a third at this point but i think safety is paramount that's what i was was going through my head when you started you know over 100 years ago with the the plan and how we were going to get here i think that's that's the foundation we've done the great work to amass the system and everything that goes with it but Really having it so people feel safe to interact in the nature that we have and the nature that we've acquired is number one. And along the lines of what Councilman Landmobber said, I don't know what that looks like, but…”
“Good afternoon. Just a couple community meetings upcoming. There will be a Penrose Water Tank community meeting on Wednesday, October 14th. There will be a Star Ranch Pump Station open house on Thursday, October 15th. I'm sure this may be touched more than once and probably tomorrow, but the State of the City is gonna be on Friday, October 16th. And again, thank you all for the thumbs up for Meadows Park. There will be a public meeting to bring that forward, kind of where we've made it to, October 20th, 5.30 p.m. at the former Meadows Park Community Center. And that's it.”