Remarks by Cara Galloway
44 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 2:04
“So that would be an E or at the end, correct?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 2:21
“Mayor, this should be done at E or at the end.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 2:49
“No, we are at the consent agenda. I'm sorry, but it's time to move forward. The invocation happened.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 9:12
“And those watching at home, I think there's still a couple tickets left for the ballet tonight.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 21:09
“I would just also state that it does identify that this is to accommodate a planned expansion. So that information was identified and posted for the public to see too. And we've talked about it for the last three weeks. This is our fourth week talking about this, I think.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 42:09
“Well, why don't we just I mean, whomever before placing, could we have an agreement with the the trash receptacle people that they have to contact the city if it's going on public property before laying it because otherwise they'll get the fee. I think that would have them contact us rather quickly.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 42:38
“I mean, I think if we talk, if we say like, Hey, if you place it without confirmation from the city, then you, the company get the fee and the business owner or whomever gets the fee.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 48:23
“Yeah, I think that I understand that we want to have a discussion and look at bringing a policy next week. But Administrator Rapp did send an email today that maybe not everyone got to review.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 48:38
“um got to review and i don't i guess i don't understand why we're rushing this forward when we want to make sure if we are bringing a policy we're doing it right and even if we were to bring a policy next week um in hopes of voting on it i think that then we would still need to review and write on or probably make some changes so i don't know i believe that we should uh postpone it to next week where we can get truly read this email and um i think there's some other questions that may come forward too um that and give us time to process and think um i think that this conversation tonight…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 49:43
“And I would also say, I understand starting the conversation tonight too, but I don't think that that's giving our staff proper time to maybe prepare for some of those questions too, where we can just put it at all instead of, hey, I'll get back to you on that and that kind of stuff too, because I want to make sure we're using good use of our time and the people in the audience's time too.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 54:32
“So I'm asking to postpone it to the next meeting. And then we have a council meeting until the end of November every Tuesday. So, I mean, I think we could get it on the agenda pretty quickly after we talk, review the policy and ensure it's appropriate for all our staff that, and that we're happy with it. So I think.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 55:20
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 56:33
“And I would also recommend too, like I know I have some questions and council person to pray to, if we can, if we send it to our department heads, could you respond to all of us so we have all that information too? That would be great also.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 1:02:57
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 1:04:18
“I have another question. So I talked with you and Administrator Rath about this earlier. So on that fleet expansion and equipment upgrades, right here it said any equipment or vehicle additions shall require the authorization from the committee. But then when you look at the process, it's kind of later in after it goes to city council. So can you kind of walk us through that?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 1:14:39
“And it's so broken up. It does look like broken asphalt or gravel-ish.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 1:15:23
“TK Concrete has a lot of projects in our town, and they'll be done by December 1st.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 1:18:45
“So I just want to comment on what happened tonight. So opening with an invocation means allowing viewpoints that may not reflect our own. And responding to someone's invocation is a slippery slope to putting a financial liability on the taxpayers and allowing for others to object or respond. And this is exactly why I had concerns about having an invocation when we first talked about it. And I think I even specifically referenced that having someone from the Church of Satan or a prayer about Satan, when we talked about that, that this could happen and we would need to allow it. So I just want…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 10:35
“Administrator Rath, can I also comment on that for a second?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 10:39
“So also there were some comments and I had some people reach out to me saying, well, why weren't there open bids? That kind of thing, too. How long has this building been owned by the city and how many times have we tried to sell this building? Do you know off the top of your head? Because I just want everyone to know, like. The opportunity has been there.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 12:01
“Thank you. I just wanted to make sure that that was clarified because, again, there were some misconceptions about that, too. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 18:31
“I will identify, so I'm glad we don't, the roundabout discussion. So I saw probably an eight-year-old trying to cross the roundabout at Albia, and that kid looked terrified trying to cross it. So I stopped, and then I honked a horn to get the other car coming to stop, but that poor little kid was terrified. So I'm glad that that conversation has paused for now.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 32:14
“We have to remember that some of these policy changes are policies that we've enacted within the last year or two that they've had to update also. So it's not all just staff, it's policies that we have asked to be changed and added or updated. I also, as someone who writes and handles our policy book in my everyday life, I appreciate this too, because I'm currently updating a policy for the last year and it's a lot of work.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 38:53
“Then you would issue a memo or something like that, which then again is a new, like, hey, this is a memo of a policy that will be updated in our handbook, but then again, we're getting back to the updates.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 39:13
“Well, I would also state if we're gonna do something like that, if we wanna limit, I mean, I think right now you're coming quarterly.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026