Remarks by Elliott Payne
126 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“COUNCIL MEMBER CHUKTAI HAS MOVED TO REFER CONSIDERATION OF THE 2027 BUDGET TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. AND THAT HAS BEEN PROPERTY SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Seeing no further discussion, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. Any abstentions? That carries and the Mayor's 2027 Recommended Budget has been referred to the Budget Committee. Finally, we have the order of announcements. Are there any announcements? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. PRESIDENT.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“WITH THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS TODAY WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Present. There are nine members present. let the record reflect that we have a quorum before we begin the meeting let me remind all members and staff that this meeting is broadcast to enable greater public participation the broadcast includes a real-time captioning as a means to increase the accessibility of our proceedings to the community therefore all speakers need to be mindful of the rate of their speech so that our captures can fully capture and transcribe all comments for the broadcast we ask all speakers to moderate the speed and clarity of their comments with that THE AGENDA FOR…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“That carries and the agenda is adopted as amended. The next item is acceptance of the minutes from a regular meeting of July 16th and I have a motion to accept those minutes. So moved.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“That carries, and the minutes have been accepted. Finally, we have the referral of petitions, communications, and reports to proper committees. May I have that motion, please? So moved.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“The next order of business is the presentation of reports from our standing committees, which are taken in alphabetical order. We will begin with a report of our business housing and zoning committee, and I will call on Councilmember Chaudhry as the vice chair of that committee.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Councilmember Chaudhry has moved approval of the biz report minus items 1, 4, and 5. And before I call on members for any questions on the remainder of the report, I'll recognize that we've been joined by councilmembers Chuck, Ty, and Stevenson. Is there any questions or comments on the remainder of the report? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“THAT CARRIES AND WE WILL NEXT THAT CARRIES AND WE WILL NEXT TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER ONE THE TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER ONE THE APPOINTMENT OF ENRIQUE VELASQUEZ APPOINTMENT OF ENRIQUE VELASQUEZ FOR THE DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY FOR THE DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY SERVICES IS THERE ANY COMMENT OR SERVICES IS THERE ANY COMMENT OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“I will note that we've been joined by Vice President Osman, and I will recognize Council Member Rainville.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“I WILL NOTE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY MAYOR FRIE AND COLLEAGUES YOU MAY HAVE SEEN COUNCILMEMBER PAUL MASSANO GET IN CUE AND THEN BUMP OUT SHE HAD GOTTEN IN CUE FOR MAYOR FRIE SO I WILL RECOGNIZE MAYOR FRIE.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“I'm adding myself to cue, Director Vazquez, I will be supporting you today. I also wanna uplift some of the sentiments of my colleagues. It was good to be able to speak with you one-on-one about the AFSCME letter. That gave a lot more nuance to the picture, but I do agree with Councilmember Stevenson that that's something we have to work on. One of the bigger topics that I have in this role is how do we create a culture of accountability? And so much of that conversation is centered on the police department. And everybody knows the challenges in the police department and accountability. But…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Seeing no one else left in queue, I will ask the clerk to call the roll.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP, BEFORE WE TAKE UP ACTUALLY ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN TO SHARE HOW HE WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Next we will take up item number four and councilmember Chaudhry Should we take four and five together or as separate items?”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Seeing no one else left in the queue. We have items four and five with the amended item number four in front of us. Again, Councilmember Chowdhury, do you think it would be appropriate to take all this up as a package?”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Okay. On that, the clerks will call the roll.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“That carries, and that completes the biz report. The next report is from our Climate and Infrastructure Committee, which will be presented by that committee's Vice Chair, Councilmember Stevenson.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Councilmember Stevenson has moved approval of the committee's report. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“That carries and the report is adopted next we'll have the report from our committee of the whole given by the committee's chair comes number Chaudry President paid thank you”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“and lastly item three approves a staff direction that analyzes information related to legislative budgets with that i'll move all items for approval except for item number two which i will now pull for discussion council member chowdhury has moved approval of the committee report pulling item two for a separate discussion is there any discussion on the remainder of the report seeing none i'll ask the clerk to call the roll on the report minus item two”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER TWO AND I WILL NUMBER TWO AND I WILL NUMBER TWO AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, THAT IS CORRECT.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. APPROVE THIS. APPROVE THIS. SECOND.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“SECOND. AND ASK THAT WE MOVE AND ASK THAT WE MOVE AND ASK THAT WE MOVE FORWARD.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026