Remarks by Delishia Porterfield
11 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“If you are not voted in the affirmative, should you abstain or just not vote for this particular vote?”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Vice Mayor. Could you please pull agenda item 61, RS 2026-2325? Yes.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Vice Mayor. I stand in support of the two-meeting deferral. I thank Council Member Welch for bringing it. I was debating bringing a deferral myself, so thank you for doing the hard work on that, Council Member Welch. I did ask the question. We were notified in committee that the contract was up, and I did ask the question about what does that mean and how do they continue to operate. I did not hear an answer about that. pencil and paper, so we may have, there may have been some crossed wires or some, we may have heard different information, but that's not the information that I…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. Would a date change not be a change to the motion since it's one meeting instead of two?”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Vice Mayor. I stand in support. No surprise that I'm standing in support of this. I just asked my colleagues to support. You know, this is splitting the baby. If you felt like two meeting deferral was too long, this is just a one meeting deferral. I understand the concern about, you know, what if Motorola pulls out? It's highly unlikely that they're gonna pull out. They want the contract. They wanna keep doing business with Metro, so they're not gonna pull out and stop offering these services. So I do think that this gives us more time to investigate this a little bit more and to…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thanks, Vice Mayor. How many, does this just need to pass with a simple majority or does it need 21 votes or how many votes are needed?”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have a question to legal. Why did this not require a mandatory referral back to TMP when the other amendment did? It's my understanding that the other amendment did.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“If special counsel can't answer it, I don't care.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, but amendment one was not considered at traffic and parking, correct? The amendment that we are addressing right now was not considered before the traffic and parking committee. Is that correct? That is correct.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. Um, I'm rising in opposition of this. Um, it's pretty frustrating. This undermines our process. We have a process in which things go before committee and that's when we do robust debate is actually in committee. So then when we come back to this floor, We can talk about what happened in committee. We can still have some form of a debate, but we're able to move forward. It's quite interesting that people that as a body, many of us focus on process and making sure that we are following those processes. And when it's convenient, we use that to undermine the legislation for…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026