Remarks by Christi Cox
206 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 9
- Play at 56:53
“Well, that doesn't require, I guess that does not require any change in our ordinance to have somebody out there manning the form. I think we all agree that's valuable. Let's do that. The question is, are we going to just keep everything else the way that it is?”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 57:17
“Whatever it is, it needs to be manned. We need to have somebody who mans it. So y'all need to speak into how you do that.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 57:52
“You've got to get here at 5 or make sure they line up right. Thank you, Mark. You make sure they line up right.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 58:10
“I don't know that you're going to be able to get 15 people to sign up in 15 minutes.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 58:47
“Well, that's where it is. I guess I don't understand.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 58:54
“Why is that? I don't understand why that's a problem. It doesn't put a time. I thought you were going to tell me we went so far as to say a time.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 59:10
“I guess I'm confused. Why is the problem?”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 59:19
“That's where it is now. That's where we're keeping it.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 59:44
“The only thing that council is supportive of is getting a sign-up person out there by the sign-up sheets. Let's do it 515 to 545. uh... but what about fifteen minutes fifty people's it's kind of hard to some fifteen people in that sort of time frame if there's a lot of people were asking them a minute speak of the people who take direction there hasn't been a staff member to be out there one of them around for an hour is not the reason i don't want to do a sign up sheet what what what what what what what what what”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:01:48
“I think we can talk through that. That's not something we've got on the agenda right now. Let's circle back on that one. We're talking about public comment. We'll come back to it.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“About 15 people. The only suggestion that I heard is that since we're leaving it agenda and non-agenda, any of those topics, with agenda comments, we will get an opportunity to address that. So there's really no point in having someone address that because we will have it in the agenda. Not agenda comments would be the only time where there would need to be some response.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“No, we're not talking, what do you mean? We're not even doing these additional 30 minutes. We're not doing that. We all said, apparently the group says we don't want to do anything but one 30 minute slot like we have.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:02:57
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County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:03:57
“And we've had council members try to do it and get out in front of it. So at this point... If it's an agenda item, we don't need to do anything about that because it comes up in the agenda. If it is a non-agenda comment, what we're saying is leave it up to management or staff. If they want to respond, that's really not addressing what council's concern was.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:05:41
“All right, so we have not changed anything on public comment other than have someone outside to help them. Watts, you have some other ideas here that council has not considered. Do you want to raise them?”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:10:05
“The way we typically do public hearings is to hear from staff. I mean, if what y'all are saying is allow the applicant to be up there to answer questions from council, Fine. If we're adding more presentation, y'all are talking about trying to shorten meetings. The way we shorten meetings is for us to be prepared and for us to cap our talking and be prepared. I don't know that you can just put an end at the meeting and say I'm done at 930 when we haven't completed the business. So I don't know that we can do that. I do think with the public hearing, I don't know that we have to refer that to a…”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:11:40
“How is the public hearing, how is changing the public hearing going to do that? How is that going to fix that?”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:12:26
“Greenville does with their public hearings the same way they do with the public hearings. 30 minutes for 30 minutes against. Hmm. We're going to cut public. I'm not supportive of cutting public comment. Well, I think that's a major change. And we're sitting here saying that we. But I don't disagree that when we get to a point where folks are saying things, I guess I have a concern that we would give an applicant more time than an individual in the community. I don't support that, so I want to be clear. If y'all want to refer an item on public hearings to a committee, I think we need to…”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:14:52
“I do think being mindful of what's on an agenda and spreading out the public hearings so that we're not loaded up helps more than anything. And that requires folks taking a look ahead of time when things get published in the paper. I mean, I do think that's a key thing.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:15:56
“There has to be a record of the expenditure.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:16:04
“Our ordinance is very specific on a lot of these things, apparently. We can change the ordinance. Good.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:16:12
“I kind of like it being consent, because then the community sees that, and a budget's too long. They don't see it.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:16:32
“No, we can't delegate the majority council, majority responsibility to one committee. You can't delegate that.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:16:53
“At least we tried. All right, let's move on. Discussion regarding future workshops. I know that we have to address fire in September. I'll say no more workshops. I'm starting to get there with you.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:17:11
“When we talk about things, and we say we want to change it, and then we don't, that's frustrating.”
County Council · Aug 27, 2026