Remarks by Eduardo Martinez
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And also, we need to change the contract amount. Yeah.
Right. So, and we can say up to a particular number.
Can we break it up into two motions and approve this by taking out and to add license plate reader and then change the total amount and then authorize the city attorney's office to negotiate and finalize. We change finalize so that the contract comes back to us so that we can give it the final blessing.
Well, I was trying to clarify bonna's motion.
I think that the police department, I think the police department is capable of, writing a new council item to bring forth for us to reconsider because we have six minutes now.
All right. Well, we have five minutes, not enough time to do anything else except...
We appreciate that. And I'm... She is horrible. Yeah, that's... Okay, so we are now adjourned.
All right. Are we ready? So once KCRT is wide awake, as the City Council is, we will begin. This is the open session to hear public comments before closed session. May we have roll call?
All right. In that case, the public comment is closed. And we will retire to closed session.
It is now time for the regular meeting of the Richmond City Council, and we will begin with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Someone is speaking to an agenda item. So you'll be able to say that when the agenda comes up.
Excuse me. There's a conversation going on in this room and it's distracting me.
Translation. So let's see. Can translators do it elsewhere so it's not actually when it's over in the corners it acts like a chamber or sound chamber and the sound comes up here. So we do need translators. It's just a matter of how to do it so it's not
Please. Okay. So staff, council members, do your best at speaking directly to the speakers so the translators will have an easier job.
Thank you for the presentation. I would like to do each of the recommended actions separately. And we will begin with receiving the fiscal year 2025, 2026, quarter four to begin with. So we, I guess we could start with public comment on all of them. And then after that, we'll go to questions from council.
Thank you. Public comment is closed. And it is now time for council members. Council member Bonner.
Okay, before we go on, I'd like to know if there's any council members who have questions about receiving the fiscal year budget. Okay. So let's keep the conversations to the budget and not to the other items because we'll get a chance to speak to the other items when they come up to vote. So for the fiscal, did you have questions on receiving? No? Okay. Then council member gimenez.
Actually, I think we need to continue with the City Council and we will give you a chance to respond after the Council has had their questions. So Council Member Vice Mayor Robinson.
Your time is up, but I'll let you finish. Okay. Council Member Cepeda.
So with option A, we're looking at, say... We need to stick to approving this budget. You're moving over to one of the other items that we'll be talking about later.
Actually, the budget doesn't talk about half a billion. It just talks about the money for. I'm just, that's why I use quotes.
Because your time just ran out. Perfect. Yeah. All right. So do we have any others to speak to the... Your time was up. So...
Okay. So if there's not any more questions about the approving or receiving the budget, I need a motion to receive budget.
Okay. Now we'll move on to adopt a resolution to appropriate proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 year-end administrative budget adjustments. And so. Sure.
Okay. And it looks like adopt a resolution to appropriate proposed year and administrative budget adjustments should have been part of the received fiscal budget. So we'll make a motion for that.