Remarks by Eric Phillips
325 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 13
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“Motion to second. Madam Clerk? Discussion? Correction.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilor Alderman. Just to be clear, there's a lot of great things in the plan. I remember Caldwell High getting to vote for multiple items, so any shelving is not going to be a thing. This was a late request from our council president, but with that, it's up to the council to decide if you want to approve or deny this motion. Additionally, if it is denied, then you can come back with a follow-up motion.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Councillor Dittmer. Anything further? All right, Madam Clerk. All right, the motion carries for acceptance. That was the motion, correct? The acceptance of the Roger Brooks plan. And with that, carries four to two. Next item on the agenda is considering a notice of award to Ewing Construction for Construction of a Kimball Alley mini plaza improvements. This was presented by City Council Economic Development staff. Correction. City Engineering.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you for that. Council? Councilor Tillman?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Councillor Stoddart. Anything else from council? Thank you. Do we have a motion? Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Second. Second. Any discussion? Seeing none, Madam Clerk. All right, that is unanimous. Thank you for your presentation, and we do look forward to that Mini Plaza, it's a great design. It'll be a great addition to that area. It'll open up so there's more standing room, especially since we lost the covered area over by Kimball and Blaine Street. So thank you, Council. Next item on the agenda is an action item. Consider annexing Valencia Village Subdivision Phase 2 into the Caldwell Municipal Irrigation District. Does the Council have any questions on this item?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you for that motion. Councilor, all good. Do we have a second? Second. Councilor Tillemont, motion to second. Any discussion? Seeing none. Madam Clerk. All right, with that, that carries unanimous. All right, the next item on the agenda is considering the finance report.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Direct closets be accepted payments approved and vouchers filed in the office of the city clerk second Thank You councilor Tillman for that motion, and then Thank You councillor static for the second any discussion Seeing none go ahead and vote that carries unanimous all right Get caught up here all right counselor so now we're gonna move into council mayor comments by the way we do have the fire chief here we're gonna have Have some brief discussion in my comments. So thank you for being here tonight, but comes to my Councillor Stoddard councillor Williams Sorry, I thought you're gonna go…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“There is currently a personal investigation on that so I'll continue working with HR on those aspects. Councilor, all good? Councilor Dittenberg.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Councillor Dentonburg, please proceed. Sorry.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I Know that takes a lot to do that. So we appreciate the follow-up through that with that tonight First and foremost, thank you once again to our police and fire department. They've been going through a lot. They've been putting up with a lot of extra work, time away from their family, time away from home. There's a lot of stress, a lot of burnout. But without them, we wouldn't have the safe and secure Caldwell. that we continue to have, not just Caldwell, but the surrounding area, all the way down to Twin Falls, a variety of other areas, out in the Waihees, I believe up to Weezer, possibly.…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Fire Chief. We appreciate it very much. And Once again, we had a great discussion. It was tough, but we definitely want to see how we land and then reanalyze what police looks like if voters were to approve this, see where we're at budget-wise, and continue moving forward. Council President Register.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you Thank You counselor didn't bear anything else With that national night out is tomorrow”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Council, just to be aware, I had a board meeting with the ERT today, tomorrow, so I will be a little late to the national night out, There is a board hearing for VRT tomorrow with the changes in Nampa and the proposed routes in Caldwell. So we'll have some results from that. And then as soon as we get back, I'll hopefully join everyone down at National Night Out. And thank you to Destination Caldwell for that. You guys put on great events. So we look forward to that. And please tell everyone you know that would like to come down. We'll have that tomorrow night. With that, nothing further for…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Councilor Stoddick? Councilor Register? All right, that motion carries. Thank you. We are now in... The regular meeting is over, and we're now in executive session. Thank you all.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming tonight. A lot of great faces out in the crowd. Thank you for being here. We appreciate attendance. All right, I'm going to call the meeting tonight to order. It's just after 6 p.m. on July 20th, 2026. Once again, welcome those who are joining us. First on the agenda is the invocation, which tonight will be offered by Russell Snow of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. So please stand for that invocation, and then we'll go right into the Pledge of Allegiance after that. Jim, would you mind volunteering, please? Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Thank you for filling in. We appreciate you, as always, and of course your service to the city has gone on for many, many years, you and your wife, thank you. All right, Madam Clerk, can you call the roll?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“All right, everyone is present. Next on the agenda is the conflict of interest declaration. Are there any members who have a conflict of interest to declare relating to any item on tonight's agenda? Seeing none. right next on the agenda is going to be special presentations and we're going to go ahead and move on down to a special presentation by the local highway technical assistance council known as ltac of caldwell road scholars so we want to go ahead and come forward and present mr wood thank you thank you uh thank you uh council for allowing ltac to come present these awards to your staff…”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Can you hold on just a second? For the crowd, can we just try and remember to silence our cell phones just so we can hear? Sometimes it reverberates, so thank you.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Real quick. When we get to that project, right, and that construction occurs at the railroad tracks, will that affect the quiet zone temporarily? Or will they maintain the same?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Just like a temporary, will the construction, does that affect it or do we know that yet?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“That's a good question. So just in case the train horns come back, that could be a thing. Additionally, if we widen 21st from the tracks to Arthur, do we have to then do 21st from Arthur to Blaine and then Blaine to Cleveland with that realignment?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilor Williams. Expanding on that, quite a few years ago, we started on a grid. project to improve the walkability and safe routes to school. Um, it felt like one of those fill in the blank checkerboards and you have done a great job, uh, making our city a much safer place. Um, if you could actually see the scale and the scope, and I believe we had it in a recent meeting where you had that up, but if you actually got around the city and see how widespread that was, um, Bruce did a phenomenal job leaving Caldwell a safer place and we appreciate it truly. Um, know all the hard…”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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City Council · Jul 20, 2026