Remarks by CARL HINTON
6 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 21:15
“Well, if Rob and staff says that we can't do it the mid-year, then I guess we should not do that. But we will do the raises in the upcoming new budget.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 21:52
“I'll make a motion to untable it. And at the same time, make a motion to vote it gone.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 34:22
“I want to speak before we do emotions, if that's okay.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 34:29
“So we have this list with our directors. You look down this list, and what do you see? You see a group of people that does an amazing job. And I appreciate every one of y'all. You look over here at their salaries, and you see people that are blessed to have the salaries they have. Everybody in the world wants a raise. And I would love to give everybody a raise, but we just can't do that in Mount Pleasant. I don't think we have the proper numbers yet to even tell what we would give someone. And I think we're going to have to do it ourselves.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 35:08
“I felt like last week that we were being bullied a little bit, and I felt like some of the ladies felt that way. And there was a census, and I think people were shaking hands reluctantly said, yeah, we might do something. So I'll make another proposal. I propose that we give the raises to our first responders like we started out to do. And this year, we're just not going to be able to give raises to the directors. It's not personal. I love you guys. It's strictly financial. Our job is to balance between the taxpayers and the employees. And I think we're doing a good job and Everyone wants…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:33:04
“Any more. In a motion. A motion to approve the site plan for SP 2026-04 as presented. A second?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026