Remarks by Cole Stanley
414 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 17
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“And that's 287, right? And that is the NNR or VADR rate, just for the record.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So let me go back. That's the NNR rate, I believe.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, that's where I'll get lost. If we go back and we try to say, well, it'll bring this plus that. Let's just keep our revenues totally separate. So no new revenue rate. brings in M&O, INS, and then when we go back through our projected sales tax and everything else that we've got in there, we're over the 287, I believe. I'm not going to say a million and a half, but that's roughly what I've heard when we are taking licensing and business sales tax as they're no longer projected, but they're actuals and what we're comfortable with. And there might have been an additional AMOUNT THAT WE WERE…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“YEAH, SO BREAK THAT DOWN I GUESS IN THE ADDITIONAL OPERATING INCOME THAT COMES IN FROM ALL OF OUR OTHER SOURCES And if you need a minute, let's make sure we get this number right before we communicate it out. But what I'm looking for specifically is the gross revenues that we would take from the existing budget that we're not messing with, but then considering the additional things that we're bringing in. I think we're over the 287. I'd just like to know by how much. From all sources, correct? Yes. General fund. Increase in sales. Yeah, all general fund. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So, Council, let's go…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So I think that's really good news. So whether that's 280.5 or 287 or however we get there once we walk the rest of the grant monies and all the other stuff that comes in. But that is what I'm looking to hear. So thank you for doing that. Council, it's almost 1 o'clock, and I've got to get you moving. So somebody needs to jump in here with some opinions. How do you want to spend this money, folks?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Reed, do you have anything you'd like to offer?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you, sir. Councilman Prescott, it's almost 1 o'clock. I know you said you had to jump off soon. Do you have anything else you'd like to offer?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Councilman Simpson, would love to hear your thoughts.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you for jumping in there and kind of telling us where you'd like to land.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, so we do have a motion. I'll ask for a second right now. Okay, I don't hear a second. Let's continue with our discussion. We'll come back to that because I don't think that's an incorrect motion. I don't know that it's the best yet.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So let me clarify the statement. It's very specific the way I'm going to state it. This would be a proposal to keep the tax rate flat and still increase revenues onto the organization based on, I'd say, some of the financial health in the community. So that's a proposal to keep the tax rate flat. The NNR rate is how far below that? Can we get the exact? Is it one penny?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, so Councilman Simpson would be in favor of lowering your tax rate one penny to the NNR, and I may be as well. But then today, I think if what I'm hearing is I have a council that doesn't want to go to a Vader and go to a .5, .45 plus, then I still feel like we can accomplish everything that we're trying to accomplish, prioritizing some of the personnel needs that we have. And as much as I'd love to say, like, we lowered taxes, right? We have raised your taxes every year. We've just done it in the smallest amounts, you know, incrementally possible to still keep everything going. And I…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, let's go back through that real quick. No new revenue rate accomplishes everything as proposed in your previous budget proposals, plus it generates $1.8 million based on the revised sales tax component projection.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“What would you propose? Councilman Simpson?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I'll second it. Okay, I have a motion and a second for the ceiling to be at .45252 otherwise stated as the VADR rate. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL COUNSEL. LEGAL, WHAT IS THE VOTING REQUIREMENT OF THIS? IS IT A 3-2 VOTE THAT'S NEEDED, 4-1? HOW DOES THIS ONE WORK, SIR? Just a majority vote. Thank you. I will entertain further discussion. I would start by saying I don't think we're moving up to that. I feel like we have been around this mountain so many times. We've double, triple checked numbers. Everything's come back like it should, I believe. I think the most we would be trying to spend…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Good discussion. Do we have anything further? Okay. All in favor of adopting the ceiling at the .45252, otherwise known as the Vader rate, please say aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed? No. No. No. Okay, motion fix. I love this council. We have got to be one of the best and strangest councils of all time.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So you had a nays from mayor, place four, place one.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Second. We have a motion and a second to set the ceiling rate at 0.4307. Otherwise, the existing rate from 2526. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Dang it, we already used our recess. Okay. All right, council.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay So I made a motion I second Okay, I have a motion in a second on point four four six. Do I hear any discussion? I I would like to volunteer a very little discussion. If we are intending on moving up to that rate, then we should accept it and put the ceiling out there. Do we have circus music we play? But if we know that we have plenty of monies within the existing tax rate and you can keep the tax rate flat, what is the caution that we're exercising?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. I'd like to make a motion that we accept. 0.4307, keeping the tax rate flat as our ceiling.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026