Remarks by Chevella Young
118 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 5
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City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“And there's no reason for us to be alarmed. Is that right? No, ma'am. Great team.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“And that's why, it's good to say thank you, and it's good to give all of these great compliments, but I would just, and we're cutting budget, I realize that, but I just want us to get to a space where we can really show appreciation and raise this. And I'm not talking about administration, I'm not talking about the high dollar people, I'm talking about, like he's done two boots on the ground, customer service, I would love You know, the willingness and the eagerness that they express when you walk in, it's valuable. And I just would love to be able to give these employee raises.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“With that being said, question. Can you explain to me how their salaries are paid?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Y'all hear that? Something to think about. You get it? Mm-hmm. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Huh? You sound like the council. No, but it just sounds like they're in a position where they can go up.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“They're in a position where they can go up, and I think we need to really consider that, think about that.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, I would like to counsel, respectfully bring back the, well, now it's 100,000 because we've already set the 100,000, is that right, Richardson? Remember I requested $200,000 for recreation total, right?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, okay, so we're back to recreation. So we were going to close out without doing it at all?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“So we're back to the $200,000 recreation. You got something, Andy? You're looking like... I'm just listening. Make sure I don't miss anything.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I don't look that way no more. So, and I presented a proposal last night with $100,000 specifically for Richardson Community Center. And that's what they requested. And we normally fund them yearly. Okay. So, and I ask that another 100,000 be set aside for recreation with the proposal, two hubs, one Richardson Community Center, one Annie Maddox Park, to form one unit for recreation. Are we there? one unit for recreation. So the 100,000 will be for eligible recreation, and this money cannot be diverted to utilities or unrelated capital projects. Am I saying this pretty good? Can you? I think…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I think that came up as a concern yesterday. That's what I got as a concern.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I think I understood that to be correct, yes.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“SO ORGANIZED PROGRAMS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHOOT FOR HERE. Richardson Community Center, it's limited how much space we can use there. For instance, as I said last night, summer camp. They can only accept so many youth in summer camp. It's the limit. I think what we do, 50? You know how many more we can actually serve in summer camp? 50 doesn't even knock the courts off. There are so many more that we need to service. So we'll have two different recreation areas for these young people. We need recreation. It's very important. And the truth of the matter is, it's not even about…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“And after the first quarter, we get a report showing what has happened within that quarter. And then that will determine whether they're funded the next quarter.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Richardson doesn't have full staff. That's summer program. That's summer program.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, I found it on chat GPT. But anyway, so we provide lighting, we provide security in a part that we cannot provide organized recreation. Make it make sense.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026