Remarks by Christi Fraga
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“So it's only the use of the logo this year.”
“Yeah. Okay. Any questions? All right. We need a motion. Motion to approve. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor, sorry, Cabral. Second. Second by Councilwoman Porras.”
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“This is Public Works, City Manager's Office, and I believe Councilman Reynoso.”
“Okay, perfect. Thank you, Carlos. Any other comments from the city manager's office?”
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“Perfect. Okay, great. Thank you very much. Thank you for bringing that forward.”
“All right. I believe that exhausts our discussion items, and we are going to go back to the item that was pulled from the consent agenda, which is item 6N.”
“Thank you, Madam Clerk. All right. So I went ahead and pulled this item. I did some research. I had followed this only because, if you may recall, there was a bid protest, and the manager informed us of that the first time around. And it came to my attention that there was a discrepancy in the bid. And the recommended award was going to SFM, which had changed their original bid after the bid protest to the tune of almost $200,000 less. The company that protested originally would have been awarded the bid as the lowest bidder. They were disqualified the first time around on what they thought…”
“OK, there's a motion by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second by Councilman Reynoso. Is there any questions as to the purpose? OK, being none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
“Yes, or any issues with service. Okay, negotiations or issues with services.”
“Thank you. Any other items, Madam Clerk? No, mayor's report. OK, we'll go into the mayor's report. All right, so I just wanted to remind everyone that on November 21 is our tree lighting ceremony. We did move it up before Thanksgiving this year, so we hope that you will join us. It'll be a beautiful event. On November 22 is our holiday bazaar. I also wanted to quickly just recap and thank everybody who was part of our first golf tournament and gala for PP4K. We raised over $355,000. for the first time for this organization that has never been done. So we look forward to being able to get a…”
“All right. Thank you very much. I believe City Clerk's report is attached.”
“It's attached. All right. I think that exhausts our morning agenda then. We need a recess until our afternoon.”
“Motion to recess by Councilwoman Reynoso. Second by Councilman Pinero. All in favor say aye.”
“All right, this meeting is recessed until the afternoon. Please remember, we have a very long protocol hour, so please be on time.”
“Okay. Good evening, everyone. We are resuming our November regular scheduled council meeting. The time is now 6.18 p.m. Please remember to silence your phones. If you must take a call, please kindly ask that you step outside and respect our council meeting time.”
“Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilwoman Reynosa.”
“Do we have anything for the agenda order of business in the evening?”
“All right, we'll go ahead and open up public comments. The public comments portion of this meeting is now open. If you would like to speak on anything on this agenda, please do so at this time. You have three minutes to speak. You can approach the podium, state your name and address for the record. Make sure to pre-register with the clerk, or you can also register after. If you're not pre-registered to speak, Come up anyway and state your comments. I have no pre-registered speakers at this time. If anyone would like to speak regardless, please approach the podium.”
“Can you put your name on the record again, please?”
“We're actually restricting it, not allowing it.”
“Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Thank you. Any additional comments?”
“Being none, we'll go ahead and close public comments at this time, and we'll go ahead and move into our items. Madam Clerk. Madam Mayor, would you like to take up item 9E now from the morning?”
“I will read it into the record. Yes, thank you. Yes, Mayor.”