Remarks by Cory Crenshaw
177 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 8
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“NEW SPEAKER AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE APPROXIMATE 1 MILLION IS NEGATIVE 1 MILLION.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“and not to be disagreeable chris but actually it's going to be one point six million because your chart here counted the point six nine five twenty twenty three adopted rate would only be a six hundred thousand dollar deficit in twenty seven but the current rate plus voter approved prop a is an additional one million IN DEBT OR DEFICIT SPENDING FOR 2027. SO WHILE IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD, IT'S STILL A $1.6 MILLION DEFICIT. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, when there's a vote everybody's clear uh and again i know we've had a long day and i hate to keep putting y'all on the spot…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“AND WHILE WE'RE, I MEAN, I GUESS, ARE WE DISCUSSING? YES. It's unfortunate that we're in this position because voters in November of 25 approved a tax increase. The ballot was very clear. It says this is a tax increase in big, bold letters, which is required by state law for good reason. But in reality, it didn't increase taxes until city council came along and said, adopted the new rate and that's unfortunate because it's putting us in this position but at the same time voters approved it. And but it is confusing this is also the first time you know November twenty five is the first time the…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Me how many other hauling. Garbage franchisees do we have I know we have republic I know we have I'm assuming waste management we have twelve right now I twelve.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And do we have any idea about what those 12 generate for us a year in gross receipts?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Sir hello where what other cities in texas do you operate in other than houston.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And do you plan on bringing your waste to our city landfill? Yes.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. If you're already in the area, how are you operating if you don't have a franchise agreement? We're outside of the area. Oh, okay. So you're in the county, I guess? Yes, sir. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, and so the cities then that you service in addition to Houston is I guess orange and. Yes, sir, like needling grows, I mean we're and you already have franchise agreements with those cities so I don't have to have the areas I'm in right now okay okay so we're your second franchise agreement other than the city of Houston yes. They have like an application for this with like references and.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“My apologies. I've been in this industry in this area for 42 years.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“How many trucks are y'all planning on operating in our area?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Is it appropriate under these types of agreements to have any kind of upfront payment or anything like that?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Is that, do you know if that's appropriate?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Understood. Just looking for an additional way to generate revenue since that's such a hot topic. What do you know about your current use of our landfill is? Do you have any idea just in general what you're spending with our landfill?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And do you have a certain customer or you just have broad customers or is there a certain plant here that you service?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION. YOU DO A GREAT JOB. THE BAUMONT BOTANICAL GARDENS ARE BEAUTIFUL. I'VE BEEN TO EVENTS THERE. AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE VOTING ON ANYTHING TODAY, RIGHT? BUT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO DO. NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah but that okay well that's. Less than a half a cent right. IS THAT A HUNDREDTH OF A CENT? SO IT WOULD BE 10 CENTS? NO.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay and I'm sorry to do that assuming your math is right Mister mayor if we if we approve the current rate plus the voter approved prop a. You're saying that would be the increase should be three dollars and thirty eight cents thirty hundred per month on a hundred and fifty four thousand dollar house the issue I have with that is that we told voters in November twenty five that it was only going to go up three dollars and fourteen cents.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“yes there's no there's no telling what we paid for that bond calculator from the consultant and no i i do i do agree with that i'm just saying now i've got a bit more of an issue with that rate because it's higher than what we had told people so um let's confirm my math calculation i do have a question yeah all right go ahead so what was added”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, I hear what you're saying, but correct me if I'm wrong, aren't we going to go out on the additional $20 million that we haven't taken out next year? Isn't that what the plan is?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“OK so I thought we were going out on this rate the on this additional twenty million next year which made me think that it was more appropriate to do the current rate plus the full voter approved prop a because we're going to do this rate that we're setting is for taxable values next year and if we're going to go on out for that debt next year then we're basically covering what that additional debts going to be But if we're not going to do that until 28, then maybe that's not a good idea. And I'm not trying to tell you all when you need to go out for that debt, but what is the true advantage…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, and again, I know I've gone over this before and I hate to harp on it, but this is very unfortunate because now it puts us in the position of when y'all go out on the additional debt in 28, we're going to be right back in the same boat where y'all are going to say our INS is increasing because we've done the additional $20 million in debt. And so then the council is going to have to vote to increase the tax rate to take into consideration the additional INS. when this was all approved by the voters in November of 25. And I wish, knowing what we know now, that we could have done…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, I don't want to be misleading either. So let me ask you this. What would the rate be at the 0.67695, which was the rate that you all have originally proposed, plus the $700,000 that we're going to incur in additional costs next year? What's that $700,000 equal on the tax rate?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I get it. I get it. But if you could give us that new rate, and I'm going to make a motion to approve that rate because that is legit, what we've borrowed plus what our additional payment is next year, right?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I understand. I just want that to be clear. But because voters approved that rate in November 25, we'll possibly be able to increase it next year to make up for that higher INS. Yes.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026