Remarks by David Falquette
78 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Just go over the 10 county thing real quick just for clarification. As to the layout of Metrich? How this money is spent not only in the city of Mansfield but Yes, correct.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'd just like to have Jessica explain how this is the same or different from what we do on a citywide aggregate program.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“This is for Addiction Treatment Program. It is a grant of $9,881. It's used in the court system. So we're glad to get grants.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“In this particular incident, ODOT is extremely late in billing us, and they exceeded our original thought process of how much this was going to cost. So they have the funds available. It's for something ODOT did, and we owe them the money. It's just they're very, very late in invoicing us.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-173 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-173 be placed upon the floor for final passage.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“You did, Mr. President. I just wanted a quick question. Is this the... Same agreement as last year, slightly modified, or does anybody in the back row clarify any of that?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“So this is renewal of the existing agreement. Thank you very much.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-178 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-178 be placed upon the floor for final passage.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“just been a year it's only been a year yeah i know i know i've got it written down multiple places kelly converse our finance director and mark huckleberry our i.t person and uh we just wanted to go over the recent state financial audit um We don't have any specific legislation tonight to vote on, but it's been a news topic and finance just wants to make sure everybody on council is aware and had an opportunity to see a financial audit letter and summary. And there's a lot of information flying around. So here's a chance to have Kelly give us a and ask some questions if we have any. Go ahead,…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. Why don't we take a break? Thank you, Kelly. Let's ask if anybody on the finance committee has any questions at this minute, and then we'll go on. And then anybody on council have any questions? Yes, I see a hand. Go ahead.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Is the PEP insurance and the insurance two separate policies?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It's all the same. So the insurance was about $211,000. Yes. We had when we...”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. And the banking, banking was able to claw back just over half a million dollars. That's not insurance. That was very helpful.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. So I think the good news is that the audit overall was clean. It was clean enough that they are allowing us to go back to auditor instead of the state. The state coming in is mandatory every 10 years. But if they were to come in more often, that would usually be a signal that there was a concerned at the state level. Yes. So they're not concerned at this time. Correct. All right. So let's move forward with the management letter. These are recommendations that also came out of the audit, and several of them had to do with IT. I understand IT probably also has some security issues.…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Let's see here. You're in the actual report. You're not in the summary. So we did get that actual report. He's just using the actual report. Yeah, I'm just using it. I saw some people dancing around. It's not the Kelly Converse report. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I want to thank you for that pretty complete, thorough response. I think my biggest timing has just to do with the calendar year and the audit review. So next year in 27, they're going to come back and look at 26. And of course, the recommendations at 26. And of course, they're They're just going to cut it off on December 31st, whether you're done or not. And that's how they're going to look at the audit next year. So I understand things take time. I also understand auditors come in and say, well, what do you get done by December 31st? And that's probably going to be the driver for the next…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I appreciate that. So with, with my council members. All right.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. President. On economic development, at our last meeting, we had a public hearing. There were questions by a constituent. I attempted to get answers from the Area Agency on Aging. This has to do with the Lexington veterans thing. Their person was not available tonight due to a previous conflict. They also indicated that some of the questions, they're not going to have answers for a little while because this is a new process for them. So we're looking at maybe sitting down with them in November. Cheryl Myers has some interest in that. So she and I may go out to their agency and…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. President. This has to do with the... annual dance back and forth between the city and the county on how much money we're going to certify as our income from the real estate tax and for the city of mansfield um two million five hundred forty seven thousand and three hundred dollars is that and if i may on bill 26161 the township has basically the same thing. The township income is $94,500. The total amount is $2,641,800 between the two bills. And those amounts are going to be used in the budget when the time comes. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Heavenly Father, we ask you for guidance and wisdom and knowledge. We ask you to look over our safety services, all of our fire, EMTs, police officers, especially our three new police officers. Look over everyone else that is here in our community. We ask this in your name. Amen.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill 26-160 be read and placed upon the floor for discussion.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026