Remarks by Christi Fraga
2,372 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 78 of 95
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“All right. And finally, City Clerk's report.”
“Thank you, all right. I need an adjournment, and Vice Mayor Puig Corbett is no longer here to adjourn, so I guess we'll be here forever. Oh, are you gonna take over? Awesome. Councilman Pinedo, motion to adjourn. I need a second. Second. Second by Councilman Cabral. All in favor say aye. Aye. This meeting is adjourned. We have a special meeting right after.”
“We're calling this meeting to order. This is our special council meeting, December 18th, 2024. It is now 1114 a.m. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
“Okay, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Pinedo.”
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“Thank you very much. Any other public comments at this time? Being none, public comments is now closed and we will move into discussion items. Madam Clerk.”
“Councilwoman Reynoso, this is your item.”
“Thank you very much, Councilwoman. Any other comments or questions at this time? Yes. You have the floor.”
“Point of order. I have five minutes. Point of order. Five minutes. Yes, but learn rules of procedure. Point of order. You will be respectful. I am respectful. No, you're not being respectful.”
“No, I have not. No, no, no, no. Nobody's character needs to be.”
“Point of order, which means I have the floor. I have the floor. Yeah, I understand. No, meaning I have the floor means you stop talking.”
“Nobody, this is not a place to give advice. Excuse me one second.”
“I'm not sure you understand what that means. I do understand. So you continue to speak. Yeah. We will respect each other, number one. You are questioning character. That is not a debate, nor is it questioning on the item. Your questions were in line up to that point. I will not allow it. So please refrain from questioning character of any of your colleagues. We will no longer allow that. For far too long, we have endured your political attacks up here. So please be respectful, ask your questions, and we will move on. That will be the will of this council moving forward. So I will allow you to…”
“Thank you very much. You put your comments on the record.”
“Thank you very much for your comments. Okay. If there's no other comments, I will go ahead and make some comments now myself.”
“Okay. I'm going to go ahead and make my comments. First of all, I do not appreciate, Councilwoman, that when I call point of order, you do not follow instruction on procedure, okay? Next time I will get to our parliamentarian so he can clarify for you. But I would recommend that you brush up on rules of procedure. Number two, thank you Councilwoman Reynoso for bringing this forward. I don't think that this has to do, first of all, with anything other than making sure that there's clarity on what this position is. As the deputy city manager said, the expense is a compounded one. Every year it…”
“Yes, Councilwoman Porce, Vice Mayor Porce.”
“That's not what I said at all. I didn't say that.”
“I said, I saw that the title changed. That's all I said. I reviewed the first one. I reviewed the second one and then I saw the title change. Okay. That's all.”
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“Can I move forward? As long as you are not, we're going to call the question. Yes.”
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“Thank you councilwoman All right, I think we've exhausted this item through the chair.”