Remarks by Dave Covington
31 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Please bow with me. Father, we love you. We thank you for your grace and for your mercy and for your steadfast love. Thank you for sustaining us and care of us and forgiving us when we fail you. We ask tonight that you give us wisdom as we consider the business of the city and pray that all that we say and do would honor and glorify you. In your son's name we pray. Amen.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I can't remember all of this. Which can we kick in?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And whether it's exemptions or business personal property, whenever a taxpayer has their tax bill reduced by a certain amount, the costs associated with that savings still have to be spent in the city. We still have to police those streets. We still have to put out those fires. We still have to make sure the water and sewer work there. And so the tax bill is just picked up by the rest of the taxpayers.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“That's correct. Too late because you don't want to.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And then, of course, it would go down $100,000.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So, if we don't. If we don't adopt 25%, if we just say we're sticking with 30. Is there a difference in our bond rating between. Your policy 30, and you're not meeting it, or you're just bumping your. your policy down to 25 something needed? I mean, if we have to go issue debt, is there a difference from the bond market?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026