Remarks by Dontae Payne
111 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“So for right now, we're pretty much the same Thank you Good to know councilmember Madron followed by councilmember Gilman It's gonna take you forever to get through this table, isn't it?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah. Thank you. All right. Council Member Gilman. Thank you, Mayor Payne.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Sorry, I misunderstood your question. Council Member Green, followed by Council Member Barrett.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Councilmember Barron, before I call on you, Councilmember Vanderpool has a comment to make in response to Councilmember Green.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right. Council Member Gilman, followed by Mayor Pretem Wynn.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Mark, we have a question from Councilmember Madron.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So, sorry. Your mic, your mic. All right well, thanks back to you mark.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Absolutely. Yeah, it's a great suggestion. Mayor Pro Tem, when?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right. Well, thank you very much, Mark and Ron, for a very thorough presentation. Yes, Council Member Gilman.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So thank you. Thank you, Council Member Gilman. Council Member Green.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Council Member Madron.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well said. All right, additional comments. Council Member Vanderpool.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Barron. Additional comments? Mayor Pro Tem Nguyen.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. I think it's fair to say that, like, Regardless of whether or not we keep it in house or privatize when we look at the the rates in terms of the projection they will go up I think it's a matter of how by how much and how fast right and so. First of all, I just want to acknowledge a couple things here. I don't think we were as divided on this as we actually think. Council Member Madrona, I heard you say earlier that we're pretty divided. I think where we were divided as to whether or not we would be sitting here having this discussion tonight. That's where we were…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Good evening and welcome to the Tuesday, August 11, 2026 regular business meeting of the Olympia City Council. For the record, we have a quorum with all council members present, including council member Green, who is joining us remotely tonight, along with our city manager, Jay Burney, who is also joining us remotely this evening. Just a few announcements before we adopt our agenda. First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge the passing of Nisqually tribal chairman, KEN CHOKE, WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. THE OLYMPIA CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES OUR CONDOLENCES FOR HIS PASSING, AND WE EXPRESS…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Congratulations, chief. Any comments from the days? Well, I will just express the council's gratitude for you, for your service. And we look forward to seeing what you do during your tenure as our fire chief. I would be remiss if I didn't take the opportunity to mention that you are the first woman, I believe, to lead our fire department. The same is true for our police department now. And it's really important because I think it's so important for our young girls and young women to see somebody such as yourself in a leadership role like being the fire chief. So congratulations. All right. So…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. All those in favor of the agenda is published signify by saying aye. Aye. We have an agenda. So we have no special recognition tonight. So we are going to move on to public comment and I'll turn it over to the Mayor Pro Tem.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you mayor pro tem and as you make your way to the podium I do just have a statement that I like to read because I know we have a few folks here in chambers offering comment tonight as it relates to our waste resources. Future decision so I know that we have a number of people who are interested in speaking tonight about this so I just wanted to provide a little bit of context as to what's going to happen in the future before we begin our comments tonight. So we're still very early in this process and no decisions have been made or will be made in the near term. What we do know is that…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much, Mayor Pro Tem. Are there any comments from the council? Council Member Madrone.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Council member Barron. I do believe we had a commenter that didn't make that point. Um, but you just gave us something very specific.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Uh, any additional comments from council council member Vanderpool?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Appreciate it. Very well. Thanks, Council Member Vanderpool. Additional comments? Mayor Pro Tem Nguyen.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. I'll just say I appreciate everyone that's come out tonight, especially those of you who were here for the waste resources subject. I understand that this is obviously a concern for people in the community. As I said at the top of public comment, no decisions will be made in the near term, but it is our job as the want to set policy for the city it's it's our job to weigh these options and so next week at the study session those will be presented to us and so I encourage you to either tune in or show up in person if if you're interested in if you can and this is a discussion on how we…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. We have a motion and a second. Is there any requests for polls for questions or comments? Okay. Seeing none, all those in favor of adopting the consent calendar as published signify by saying aye.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026