Remarks by Elizabeth M. Beck
25 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“No one gets more excited about libraries than Midori Clark. So we have the right person on the job without question. So come on up. Come on. I only bite a little bit, you're fine. All right, so for those of y'all that don't know, September is library card sign-up month. The Fort Worth Library has been keeping us educated and well-read in the city for 125 years, so let's give them a big round of applause for 125 years. That is no small feat. Our libraries provide welcoming spaces where individuals from all backgrounds can learn and conduct while bridging cultural, ethnic, generational, and…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Great. I'm going to get through some of these slides real quick. So next slide. Next slide. Okay. Really important day for the south side of Fort Worth. The ribbon cutting of the Marin Grove affordable housing development on the site of the old OLV convent. It is going to provide much needed affordable housing in very close proximity to our major job centers. So I want to thank city staff who was instrumental in helping getting that project across the finish line. Next slide. Congratulations to Medical City, 50 years strong here, making sure that Fort Worth remains a healthy place to live.…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I move to approve this item with the following amendment. In the general fund portion of Exhibit B, under the park and recreation fees, add a $0 fee to allow for free admissions to the Nature Center for U.S. military veterans with valid identification.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Sure, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Hall, for bringing up what seems to be a very apparent inconsistency. I would venture to say that I would use the term virtue signaling if you were to vote on the budget but not vote on the tax rate. Jay Chapa, can you tell me how many budget meetings we had? How many briefings? Briefings, us, for us on council.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“10 or 12. And so in those 10 or 12 meetings that we all sat through, what I didn't hear was any meaningful discussion from anyone on this dais on how we get to the public safety levels that we want to have, both in police and fire, how we get to the level of TPW service we want to have, our libraries, or our parks. In fact, what we sat around this table and did was talked about what we didn't want to cut. And what I heard from everyone was the projects that they didn't want to cut and the services that they wanted to keep available to the residents. So I'm with Councilmember Hall on this one.…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Council Member Beck. I just want to clarify something. If we're going to make recommendations for how to reduce the budget, we should do so in meaningful ways, ways that actually reduce the budget, not things that are associated with the bond. Thanks, Charlie.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I've got some. Back on slide four, and you don't have to go back in that presentation. When you talked about planning two new recruit classes, how many, what's the maximum number of recruits we can get through each class?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, so the class that we have starting October 1 is 25, so that's about half full.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Is there a reason why we didn't wait fill that up or why it's not full?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It was just like a tail end of the list.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. That makes sense. And then... We talked about change, you talked about changing their schedule to the 2448, so it's in alignment with the firefighters as well. When we get fully staffed on EMTs and paramedics, do you anticipate that schedule changing or do you anticipate it remaining the 2448?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“What do you mean for those that stay on the 24-hour shift?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And is that demand stat? So those folks work what kind of schedule?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And then for those now, the EMS workers are working how many hours a week?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And then when they go to the 48-72, how many hours a week is that going to be?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Are we preparing them for, you know, they've gotten accustomed to working these additional hours and additional overtime?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And I think I had one more. Hang on a second. Oh, yeah. Can you tell me why we have so many more incidents? We have about 2,000 more incidents per month than MedStar. Do we know why we have such a increase over, because it's the same, it's roughly the same service area.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, all right, those are my questions.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We know what, my only concern is, and this is because District 9 has, I think, the lion's share of the events that'll be impacted by the increase in fees. And so, do we know what option two, what that looks like? Like the total percent increased? You see what I mean, like?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I would think so, only because I think of the Mayfest, the Main Street Arts Festivals, the Michelada Festival, you know, the type of big events that we have downtown and in Trinity Park. And we want to cost recovery. I appreciate that. I also don't want to... prevent our partners from being able to host what are meaningful community events. Like I think of Arts Goggle, that's a volunteer run operation through Near South Side, and I think it would be cost prohibitive if we did option two. So I'm comfortable with option one. I understand that for budgeting purposes we might need to go up…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“public venues because those are often put on by nonprofit organizations. They're not necessarily making a profit and so I have some trepidation about, I understand the need to balance and I want us to cost recovery but I don't want to put these events on ice because I think they're important to the city.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, if it's a difference between $1,000 and $1,500, I think most of these organizations can... can absorb that, but again, if it's a magnitude of we're going from what they're used to paying, maybe two grand and it's an order of 10, I think then we have some big problems.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, if you could give an example of like what it would have cost. I know we gave Sundance Square a lot of support during World Cup or Mayfest Arts Goggle and Main Street Arts Festival. I think those are just kind of that come to the top of my head of like those, you know, big events.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, so several years ago, I actually had the opportunity to watch y'all respond to a cardiac arrest in real time. I was eating lunch with a friend when a man went into cardiac arrest and Fort Worth Fire Department showed up at the time before MedStar. So I watched that big yellow contraption that you use that does chest compressions and later found out that that particular gentleman had a type of heart attack that only 2% of people survive. And so he survived because of y'all. So it was amazing to watch. So thank you for your continued service to the city of Fort Worth.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I just want to make sure, because I know I'd asked some questions about group health specific to the GLP-1 reimbursement, and I just want to make sure that this IR isn't covering that response as well. Okay, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026