Remarks by Chris Robertson
791 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 32
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“Did this come from you? I'm sorry. Or did it come from you?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah, and I think that, first of all, thank you all for what you do with that. Thank you. And everything at the VFW as well. And I know Councilmember Fletcher, at the VFW, you spend a lot of time with those folks. And, of course, you know I'm with the Museum of Military History. I'm with the veterans all the time as well. And we've got the great Soldier City. We've got the Veterans Council. We've got, you know, everything we've been doing. And I think that was an amazing experience. Choice to for a council member Fletcher to allocate that $1,500 towards an amazing event The other fees though,…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And I see full day of AV, so is that Jay? Yes, sir.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“All right. I'm fine. On my side, just waiving those, the $1,070 for this event. I think it's... You know, they're not out there throwing a big party or they're not doing, there's no money exchanging hands. They're going in and honoring these veterans and that's what we're all about here in our community, so.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“So you haven't had the DRC meeting yet? Correct.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Anything up to $1,500 of our permit fees, event fees.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“um next year for them because it is a lot of work for chastity we have a meeting one o'clock tomorrow if you'd like to come and talk about priests across america i think i could make it i'll take my lunch break i work remotely awesome thank you yeah we have it actually it's once a month and it's the day after council meeting we have is it here second floor building department conference room okay one o'clock”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“They would all love to hear about it. And you've got the president of the hospital, Brian Wetzel, is on that. We've got someone from Representative Stark's office, Senator Arrington's office. So it's a great group of folks in that room.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah. Last year we've, we had it on our calendar of the year before we didn't even know. And that's where, and that's my fault. And we saw it, we got, you know, of course, you know, people said things, I'm like, well, I didn't even know what was happening.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah, and I know Daryl and Charlotte Bass, they're involved in that as well with the American Legion. Yeah, not as much anymore. Oh, really? They're not? Okay. I saw them the other day at lunch over at the Legion. Council Member Paul.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Oh, even for the waiver of the fee? I think city manager can... Is this not coming out of ours?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“It's a council collective thing. Okay. Right? Is that... There's not another form that...”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“That's the max, but that puts it. Okay, thank you. I got consensus on that. There's plenty of breathing room there to make the event happen. Thank you very much. Absolutely, yeah. Anything we can do, obviously, we'd love to see you tomorrow with the Veterans Council.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“In everything you've been seeing in Veterans Park, Obviously, the city, they put up the money. They just painted the band shell, if y'all saw that. There was an Eagle Scout that came out and refurbished the cannons. Needs new tires still. We're out there every other week. If the VFW would love to set up out there, we'd love to have y'all.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Absolutely, yeah. Okay. It's free for veteran organizations. Okay. That's the whole idea is to get veteran resources out there and have a community day. Okay. I had no idea. Thank you. Food items. Council Member Urban.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I agree. The tent out there sometimes is too short or too small for everybody to gather under during Memorial Day. It's a hot day, Memorial Day. Thank you all very much for bringing this forward. Thank you. I appreciate it. What is the date of Wreaths Across America? December 19th, Saturday. Thank you very much.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Absolutely. Yep. And please ask for volunteers tomorrow from the Veterans Council.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you. All right. Anyone else in the audience like to address the council during Citizens Forum? Okay. We are moving on to public hearings. Will the clerk please read public hearing number one?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“All right. Thank you, Coop. Anyone in the audience like to speak on this item? And City Council? Motion to approve. Motion to approve. Council Member Urban? Second. Second. Council Member Fletcher? Will the clerk please call the roll?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Let me have Ivy read this into the record for discussion. That's all right. I'm on a roll.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Sorry. You're already going to number two. Please read out number two.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“So what you're saying, Coop, is for the first time in 31 years, we're operating within our means.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Coop, I have a question. So with police and fire, you said it's 54 million?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And what do we generate in ad valorem tax now?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And obviously, I've known those numbers. But I think it's important for you to say that out loud. I think everybody needs to know that.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026