Remarks by Ed Smith
32 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
Yeah, just a comment. Yeah, I'm going to support the motion because I think that once I know that the rates are too high, if we acknowledge that today with this recommendation, just to stay with the higher amount that was approved in July for this category for the next month until we can come back and look at a bigger piece, to me it's sort of disingenuous to those that were collecting fee payments from tomorrow and the next day until we we see this again i would rather try and get this as low as we can now until we get staff's opportunity to give us the complete picture and so that that that…
And if staff could repeat the timeframe they thought we would be looking at, is there an estimate? By the end of the year. Yeah, by the end of the year.
I'll make a motion that we approve the negotiations listed in the agenda item.
Yes, so the comments I have is for the public knowledge. Sometimes when one might read the agenda and then in the outside conversations, there's always the comment of, well, how could we be in a position purchase when we're trying to deal with a deficit so again we have many many different budget items the general fund and then this is a specialized fund that comes from revenue that comes from the old days of revenue where there was property was built on urban renewal so we have an affordable housing This is a program, this is a purchase, and it's done with block grants. It's not money coming…
So this last couple of weeks have been busy. And for those who are ever thinking about running for city council, One of the obscure duties that we all have that no one really ever talks about is that we have evaluations that we need to do. So I won't go through the list of who they were, but evaluations this last couple of weeks, I've done five of them. And all fine representatives, executive directors, and any board that I serve on, that's the occasion that we have. And other council members do the same thing for the boards that they serve on. So that's an exciting time, because we get to…
Can you say your name again, and where are you going to school?
I have to take tests. Just say thanks. He wouldn't be released early to go outside and paddle. So there you go. I have congratulations.