Remarks by Cory Crenshaw
177 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 8
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“I got you. I just want there to be no confusion that we came in here and voted for something that we hadn't actually incurred the cost in yet. And so I greatly appreciate you telling me about the $700,000. Do we know about what that is increased to the 67, 69, five?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 4:28:59
“So so that's the way 6, 8, 6, 6, 9, 5, 6, 6, 8, 6, 9, 5, if that's a half cent not doing that right.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 4:29:35
“I think that would be adding half a cent. Okay, is that it? Well, and what's, you came up with 68, 0? The current right, yeah, the rate that.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 4:30:05
“Yes, add a half a cent onto the 67.69.5, which is what y'all already told us was the current cost of Prop A.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And it accurately, and just so we're clear from staff so that no one will ever say, well, y'all did fuzzy math up there. It's the current rate plus the GO debt that voters approved in November of 2025 that we have incurred already with borrowing $38 million plus the additional $700,000 that we're going to have to pay next year in 2027.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 4:31:10
“I know, but we don't have to be perfect today.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 4:32:02
“There's some people up here that think that we can make those numbers work with cuts. But the 0.683115, again, reflects our current rate plus the money we've already borrowed from the November 2025 Prop A voter-approved bond election plus the additional $700,000 in revenue next year.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“thank you all right with that said i make a motion that we adopt a rate of 0.6832 which represents what we think oh you can't do that use the word adopt oh can we say set a proposed rate I make a motion that we set a proposed rate of 0.6832, which represents our current rate plus what voters approved in Prop A from November of 2025 that covers all of our debt service costs through 2027.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 4:35:23
“Yes, I rounded up. I had 683116. It was 683115, and I went to 6832, period.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 4:37:24
“Well, if someone would propose that, then we can vote.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 4:38:34
“And just to be clear, this only requires four votes in the future. Six weeks. When we adopt it.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“i'm concerned this is two meetings in a row where we've had complaints about paratransit in particular this phone in the morning that people got a call and no one's answering i would like for staff to please contact our transit management who we pay over $100,000 a year in management fees to a third party. And we also pay the transit manager $200,000 a year and figure out why it is that people have to call every morning to get a paratransit ride and they can't get people on the phone because no one's answering the phone. that's unacceptable with us spending six million dollars generally a…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. Well, if there's anything that we can do to, you know, help that situation, it sounds like she has a good reason why she hasn't been able to make improvements to her property. And I'd certainly, if I would have known at the time that we voted to condemn that property or that building that that she had pancreatic cancer, you know, I probably wouldn't have voted for that in case if I did, so I'd like to revisit that. The gentleman in the wheelchair whose sidewalk is messed up, can we please get that fixed and reach out to him? And if staff could please email me that address, I'd like to…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I'll make a motion to deny the purchase of this vehicle and have staff look at purchasing a used cement mixer and the options for that.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, I'd like to go first then. Go ahead. Yes. So if we're going to buy a new cement mixer at $220,000 and borrow money for 25 or 30 years... To pay that, there ain't no way a cement mixer is going to last 25 to 30 years. So that to me is a problem right there. I would rather us go out and I looked online last night. There's a cement mixer here in town for sale, a 2018 model for $70,000. I would rather us use a tax note or some other means where we're only borrowing the money to purchase that $70,000 for maybe five years as opposed to paying interest for 30 years. on a brand new unit. And…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 46:45
“But you just stated the last time we purchased one, we purchased a used truck.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 46:50
“And I think we're buying the new because we have the bond money and because we didn't have the bond money before, right?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 47:30
“But you would agree with me you can purchase a used cement mixer and get a used cement mixer with a cost savings for the city that would work in this situation and get our needs done? Well, you can buy anything used. Anything out there can be used.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I get that. But you would agree with me, you can go out on the market and find a used cement mixer to achieve the needs that we need to get this done with the city and get something quality with a substantial cost savings to taxpayers.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“And again, the last time you bought a cement mixer for the city, it was used?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I'm fine with tabling it. I would like for staff to research either a used or a lease or other options that would deliver some cost savings. That's all I'm asking. I think it could be achieved by either the vote to deny and they represent it, or we could table it. I'm happy with either one. I just don't want us going out tomorrow and spending a quarter of a million dollars on a cement mixer.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So just a clarification, if this was to be denied, there's not a savings in our current budget overrun of $4.5 million that would now only be $3.5 million.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“It won't impact this budget. And did we say earlier, even though I thought we had said this for 27, but in 29 we have some industrial abatement agreements coming offline that are going to”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yes, sir Okay, and but this was coming out of I thought when you read the proposition It was coming out of the capital fund for the fire department for this year. Is that not accurate? Future it's coming out of the capital fund for the fire department in 2029 future I”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yes, Councilman Crenshaw. So are you competing with hotels? Are you competing with apartment complexes?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026