Remarks by Chris Durio
53 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“Yes, Councilman Duryea. Are you going to show a slide that actually shows how much the homeowners' taxes are going to go up in cash, like for different value houses, how much in money per year that's going to go up?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER AT AN EARLIER MEETING YOU TOLD US that as we need that money, that's when you issue the debt, you don't get the whole 58 million today.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Spread that out over later years. Correct, correct.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“On the increase in the employee benefits, that 9%, is that because they're charging 9% more, or is that just because to bring in more revenue? Is the insurance company, did the price go up on it 9%?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Talked about the freeze, which we already shorthanded. UNDERSTAFFED. SO THAT'S GOING TO PUT MORE WORK ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL HERE. AND THE BENEFITS GOING UP 9%. AND IF YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM THE 2% COLA, BASICALLY THAT'S A CUT IN PAY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO. SO THAT'S ON JUST THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. FOR THE MEDIAN CIVILIAN. Have y'all looked at, when you was talking about your fleet and everything, what you had to spend on vehicles and stuff, have you looked at leasing them?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And that hiring freeze is not going to help with retention either. Especially if you're doing more work and getting less money. That's not going to help with retention at all. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Your mic. What's the... What's the least expensive? Where you can save the most money? Do you do it leasing or do you do it buying?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“piggyback of what councilman williams said of course you don't want to put this on the back of a single set of employees but what about we kind of put it on the back of the rest of the employees that's that's my thing i mean they're all important those guys that fix the the hole over there the ones that fix the water thing um by the courthouse we're leaving one and going straight over there all our employees are important we shouldn't put this on the back of any of them at all none of the employee that's that's the only thing we're saying can't put don't put on the back of anyone and i want…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER I JUST WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL OUR EMPLOYEES, THEY HAVE FAMILIES. AND WE'RE GOING TO NOT GIVE THEM A RAISE AND GO UP ON THE INSURANCE, THAT'S BASICALLY A CUT IN PAY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING TO DO MORE WORK BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SHORTHANDED. AND I THINK ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO EFFECT. They all work hard. Public safety, water department, drainage, everybody, you know. So I don't want to put it on the back of just one set of people. But we got to take into effect. These people have families to support. Evidently, they must like working for the city of Beaumont…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I don't know that. THE INCREASE THAT'S GOING TOWARDS THE BOND, THAT MONEY CAN'T BE USED ON THE REST OF THE BUDGET. IT JUST HAS TO BE USED ON PROJECTS THAT GOES WITH THE PROPOSITION.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHAT IT'S DOING. PLAN TO GET THAT. YES.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So whenever we bring this back, we finally approve everything. Are y'all to go back and look through everything and make sure that everything was figured out right and correct and double check and all that stuff? Yes, sir.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“You said last mile? So if it comes from there, if they ship it, then Beaumont will get the sales tax off of it?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Not will jump into this one more question I just thought about. Y'all were looking at this COLA increase. Did you get to 2% and you just stopped there? Y'all didn't look at what 3% would be like or 2.5%?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I hope we can continue looking and see if we can make that happen.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Now, if you have tires, people dropping, bringing tires to the landfill, is that something you could charge them for?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“rate would be all dead is that what we're trying to do. I don't know what you're trying to see is no new revenue.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So that's how we're going to cut the cut. That's going to basically be including cutting that 2% because they're going to have to use that to pay the debt.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Ah, I like that. All right. You said we're going to have to get this money out the rainy day fund. I thought this whole plan was for us to stop taking money out the rainy day fund to pay our bills. So we're going to adopt something that makes us go into the rainy day fund to pay the bills.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I want to know, why would you vote against the current rate plus the geodic? We've got to pay that. That's right there, that .6950.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“IT THAT NEW ONE OF POINT SIX EIGHT SIX POINT FOUR THREE. THAT INCLUDE THE COLA. YES. THAT INCLUDE GOING UP ON THEIR INSURANCE RATES.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I have one question. Yes, sir. Several percent of gross revenues, how much is that in dollars?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I don't know if I'll ask you or her. Can you explain exactly the relationship between the Botanical Gardens and the City of Beaumont?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER How much is the small stipend that you all get from the city?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026