Remarks by David Holt
256 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 11
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you so much. LaShondon Kirkendall?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. That concludes Citizens to be Heard, which brings us to item 14, adjournment. And we are adjourned.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Good morning. We're going to get started this morning with an invocation led by Oklahoma City Police Department volunteer Pastor Jordan Dawson, and that will be followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Bradley Carter. Please stand as you are able.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right, I call this meeting of the City Council to order. And we have Office of the Mayor, we have a robust Office of the Mayor agenda this morning, and we're gonna take it a little bit out of order. We're gonna start with our annual appointment and recognition of our Youth Council. And Debbie, are they gonna come all up first? Okay, that'd be great. So this is item 3N. And of course, what we always do is we go around the horn, wards one through eight, and then at large positions, and we introduce our youth counselors. So we'll begin with ward one.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Now Ward 8 Councilman Stonecipher is out today. So as you may have observed, Councilman Carter has moved to the other end and is filling in. So you are recognized.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right, last but not least, I am thrilled to introduce to you our at-large council members. First up, Aziza Ayodele is a junior at Edmond Memorial High School. She is actively involved in health science leadership and community service through her roles as a, do we say H-O-S-A or HOSA? HOSA, all right. As a HOSA chapter officer and HOSA state officer intern, where she helps coordinate service opportunities, organize fundraisers, and manage public relations for statewide leadership events. Aziza also serves on the Edmond Mobile Meals Teen Board. After being diagnosed with severe scoliosis…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right, you are all confirmed. Let's hear it for our Youth Council.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Lauren, you've been very patient. We'd love to have you up here now, though. Please, you probably thought, oh, I'm the first item. This'll be great. I'll be out by 8.45.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, hopefully you were as inspired as we were. All right. So this is item 3A. And Lauren is our teacher of the month. And we'd like to learn a little bit more about you. And so I would ask the clerk to read this resolution.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. Well, this is a resolution. So let's see if we can get a motion and a second for its passage. We've got a motion and a second. Please cast your votes. I wish to vote aye.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“We would love to hear a few words from you. Obviously, being the drama teacher, I'm sure you could take all day. But we are trying to keep this tight. So if you could just give us a tight five. The floor is yours.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, thank you. Let's hear it for Lauren. All right. Now if Alexander, Kevin, and Greg could join me up here. Well, these gentlemen are our safety stars. And to learn a little bit more about that and them, I would ask the clerk to read this resolution.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Well, this is also a resolution, so we'd love to see if we can get a motion and a second to recognize these outstanding city employees. We've got a motion and a second. Please cast your votes. I wish to vote aye. passes unanimously. Now, I understand you are a designated spokesperson, Greg. So, yeah. So, well, first of all, in addition to the vote and the resolution, just we're so grateful for the service that all three of you provide every day. But obviously, this specific incident was very noteworthy and reflects the The work we do here as well to instill safety and make sure…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, thank you. Let's hear it for Greg, Kevin, and Alexander.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“all right now that was items a and b and we did item in items c through m are appointments to various boards and commissions as you can see i'm continuing to get caught up and we'll probably have a few more on september 1st but today we could take a motion to pass them as a group again items 3c through 3m We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. Passes unanimously. All right, that concludes Office of the Mayor. We're now at items from Council, and there are none today, which brings us to Item 5, City Manager Reports.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right, that will be the order then. Item 8, a revocable permits and events. Item 8A is a revocable permit with Hope is Alive Ministries for the Run of Hope on August 29th. And we have Amy LaRue and Christy Tyler here to talk about that.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right, awards four and six. Feel free to jump in.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“The motion in a second, cast your votes. Passes unanimously.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, now we'll recess the council and we convene as the Oklahoma City Municipal Facilities Authority. We have items A through E on that docket. There are no scheduled presentations, but we have a resident who signed up to speak on item B, Steve Hunt.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, then we can take these items A through E with one motion. We have a motion and a second, cast your votes. Passes unanimously. We'll adjourn OCMFA and convene as Oklahoma City Public Property Authority. And we have a resident who signed up to speak on item B, Steve Hunt.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“We have a motion and a second. Cast your votes. passes unanimously. Now we'll adjourn OCPPA and reconvene as the council where we are on item nine, the consent docket. There's a presentation on item B. There are also presentations on items AP and AQ. Is there anything else that a council member wishes to pull out for a separate vote, comment, question?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Anything else? All right then, we'll take it in order and we'll start with the presentation on item B and then we'll hear from residents who've signed up to speak on that item.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Are there any more speakers from staff? Okay. All right. Do we want to go ahead and hear from the residents?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026