Remarks by Brett Taylor
242 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 10
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“Okay, seeing no one else. Is there anyone online who would like to speak?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Anybody else online wishing to speak at this time?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay, then we're going to go ahead and close public comments, and we will turn the time over to Council Member Soto. Do you have any items you'd like to pull?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“16. Council Member Puchigan, any items you'd like to pull? Yeah, item 16 and 17. 17. Council Member Nelson, any items you'd like to pull? No, I'm good. Okay, and Vice Mayor Nguyen, any items you'd like to pull?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay, and I have no items I'd like to pull, so I'll entertain a motion for the remainder of the consent calendar.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“The first and second. All those in favor, please vote. And the remainder of the consent calendar passed 5-0. Thank you very much. Let's go ahead and pull item number 16 first. And Council Member Soto and Council Member Pachinkin, did you guys want to report or?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilor Soto. Did you have any additional questions or comments?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“All right. Council Member Nelson, did you have any questions or comments on item 16?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you. Yeah, I echo all my fellow council members' comments, so I'll be supportive of putting this on the future agenda. Can I say one more thing? Absolutely.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I'll second it. Thank you. Thank you. First and second. All those in favor, please vote. And the item passed was 5-0. Thank you very much. Next, we'll go on to item number 17, which is pulled by Council Member Luchigan. Is there a specific report you wanted or?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“We have first and second. All those in favor, please vote. And the item passes three to two. Thank you very much. Okay, so that is all the items on our consent calendar. Do we have any closed session report?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“All right, and that will be the end of our meeting today. We welcome everyone to come back at our next meeting, which will be Tuesday, September 8th, 2026.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Good evening. We're going to go ahead and call this meeting to order for the Visayas City Council session. We are going to start off by allowing citizens to comment on issues within jurisdiction of the Visayas City Council and items listed on the closed session agenda. The council asks that you keep your comments concise and positive. Creative criticism presented with the perfect courtesy is welcome. The city does not tolerate disruptive behavior in our meetings. This council meeting is considered a limited public forum, which means that the council can regulate the time, place, and manner of…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay. Bill, do you have any closed item sessions you'd like to speak on? No. No closed item. Okay. So then you can come back at 7 o'clock. Okay. Very good. City Clerk, is there anyone online who is here to speak?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay, very good. So we will go ahead and adjourn this meeting and we will go into closed session. So we will see everyone back at seven o'clock. Welcome to the Visayas City Council meeting. We're going to go ahead and call this meeting to order. We're excited to have so many people in the room today, and we love all the energy that the players are bringing, so we're excited to be able to recognize them today. So we're going to go ahead and start our meeting off with our Pledge of Allegiance, led by Council Member Puchigian, and after that, we ask you to stay standing so we can have a Pledge…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Pastor Archer. We appreciate your invocation tonight. All right, so we're going to start off first by recognizing our Cal Ripken Blue All-Stars 11 and under and our Cal Ripken Blue All-Stars 12 and under. So we are excited to be able to recognize these youth today. What we'll do is we will introduce the coaches, and then we will have the coaches read off all the players, and then we'll have the players come up, shake our hands, and then they'll stay up here. We'll take a photo. Parents, feel free to stand up, take photos. This is your guys' time to honor your kids. But we just want…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I have a – All right, boys, as in say your name, come on, walk in, and then – Yeah, this is my coach, Derek Miller, and then Ricky Rios.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“All right, so next we're going to be recognizing the 12 and under Visalia Blue All-Stars, our 2026 Kyle Ripken Regional Champs. Their head coach is Kyle Newton, and then their coaches are Clay, Lucas, Isaac, and Matt Maxson, who is here tonight. So we'll have the coaches come on up first.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“All right. Well, it's always exciting. As you know, Visey's got a strong history in baseball. And we've actually won quite a few World Series. So it's exciting to see two more teams going off to represent our community. Hopefully they'll be successful and bring home some championships. So congratulations and best of luck to them. So we'll go ahead and move on to the public comment portion of our meeting. Citizens are now invited to comment on issues within the jurisdiction of the Visayas City Council and items listed on the agenda. The council asks that you keep your comments concise and…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay, nobody else from this room is wanting to speak at this time? City Clerk, do we have anyone online wishing to speak?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay, so if that's the case, we'll go ahead and close public comments. And we'll be skipping items of interest and going on to the consent calendar. Consent calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted in one motion. This is a time for members of the public to provide public comments on an item on the consent calendar. Comments will not be taken individually by a public if an item is pulled by a council member. Each speaker is allowed up to three minutes and a timer will notify you when your time is expired. Please begin your comments by stating and spelling your name and…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. So we will, Council Member Nelson, do you have any items you'd like to pull? Item number three. Item number three. Council Member Pichigian, any items you'd like to pull?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“All right, Council Member Soto, any items you'd like to pull? No items, thank you. Thank you. And Vice Mayor Nguyen, any items you'd like to pull?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“All right, if that's the case, I'll entertain a motion for the remainder. Make a motion to accept a balance of the consent calendar as presented. I'll second. We have first and second. All those in favor, please vote. The remainder of the consent calendar passes with a 5-0 vote. Thank you very much. At this time, we'll go on to item number three in the consent calendar, which is a ward contract for Fire Station 54 parking lot rehabilitation project. Councilman, would you like a report or do you have a specific question on that that you'd like answered?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Perfect, thank you. Any other questions for staff? Any other comments? I'll entertain a motion.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026