Remarks by Ernest Sumrall
141 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
- Play at 21:27
“So it looks like, I mean, if I'm reading this wrong, please correct me, it looks like our total yearly new recurring cost is somewhere around 800 grand.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 21:41
“Yeah, for police, pay parity, municipal court, net impact, bulk trash, equipment replacement contributions.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 21:52
“And then even if we go up to 0.19, as high as we can without having a tax election, What what is that going to give us an extra 165 grand if you go to the VA but just below the BAR?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 23:02
“So the biggest one is? Equipment replacement contributions. That's a one-time deal.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 48:25
“If you guys will just give me a little bit of forbearance. I'm still trying to get my feet on you. Sure. I've got a very complicated, sort of a complicated question. And part of it is for CBB. And part of it is for our reserve policy.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 48:51
“These aren't separate questions. OK. All right, so the other separate question. So my question is this. I know this is an impossible question, but I'm going to ask anyway. Is there a way for you guys to predict general fund returns on CVB expenditures? I know that beds and beds is our phrase of choice. I'm sorry to ask this question now, it's difficult to predict, but are you guys able to look into the future and say, you know, our activities are probably going to generate so much money for the general fund?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 52:17
“You guys have done a great job, and I'm not questioning that. And maybe when we get to that section, I'll restate a different question. And I guess what I was trying to get to is this. We have a budget challenge, it looks like, in front of us. And my question was, and maybe it's because of my experience, is if we could revise our budget surplus policy enough to help bridge based”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 53:22
“In a sense, if we could project activities to future income, only because we, I think we have the statutory right to have a budget stabilization. We could generate a budget stabilization if we adjusted our surplus policy. I think we could do that maybe one time. I don't know how many times we could do that. And you're right. aware of the swings in the economy and i apologize i'll i'll switch this to the cbd discussion later i was just curious because it's a complicated thing um i don't want to i mean i mean our we provide services we provide protection we provide continuity for all everyone…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 1:35:53
“Yeah. Do we have an official austerity plan already? Have we already looked in case something happens?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 1:45:56
“Thing to do All right Can municipalities share court facilities and split costs are in split revenue I”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 2:20:07
“Is it appropriate for me to just say what a pleasure it is to work among a group of people who aren't yelling and screaming at each other? Thank you guys, all of you.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 2:21:24
“I came here worn out today. It's been a very intense month for me. But all I wanna do now is smile because I know that my family's being taken care of here. And I really appreciate all of you guys, all of you, I really do.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:00:25
“I suspect this is more an issue of poor planning for me and my neighbors rather than an actual need for an additional day. And I also imagine that if we raise taxes to cover additional pickup days, the hue and cry would be far greater than we need to have more bulk trash days.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:00:43
“So I really don't, for me, I personally wouldn't support any additional heavy trash days because you guys have this amazing, we have this amazing yearly deal here anywhere. If you have a bulk, if you have a, I don't know, a can of plutonium, you can bring it here. No one's asking any questions. So I think, and I'd like to. You just made that public. Seek us out. You can buy uranium on Amazon.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:01:13
“But the thing is, the only thing that I've heard that is curious to me is when people have said that, hey, they missed my cans today. Now, that's unacceptable. If we're paying the guys to take care of the business, they need to take care of their business. That's an administrative thing between you guys and our vendors. Other than that, I like the new service. I love the new cans because they're not dragging mine across the pavement to make holes where water will get out. I think for us it's been working well. We are one of the 2% that pays for the extra can. We use it. We're happy to pay it.…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:03:15
“Is that how I'm not strong enough to pick up a car?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:04:39
“So Home Depot has these really strong bags that you can put pretty much anything and just wire it shut. I'm just saying.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:32:10
“So, you know, just it has an effect on people. Are they willing to let us run a pilot just to see what kind of information they're going to provide?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:32:40
“So you're saying we already have access to our neighborhood or our city?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:33:38
“I get that the data is already there. I'm asking, I mean, you've already answered the question. Me personally? Coming from that world I wouldn't be willing to entertain their offer unless they were willing to show us data on our on our city as in a pilot I understand front their position and understand what they think they're protecting but traffic patterns change throughout seasons if they're unwilling to share the product and Software companies do this all the time and data companies do this all the time. I personally I'm not interested in entertaining them understood”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:36:40
“So would they be using data we already possess and analyzing it to provide? Do you have a list of what it is they would be providing for the cost?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:37:55
“What form would the product be that you receive as a result of the subscription?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:38:12
“Yes. Do you have access right now? Subscription. No. Do you subscribe to it? Waterworks. You know, I'll look them up. I'm asking because if we already possess the data, I'm not trying to dissuade you from looking at these folks. This can be done in a few days with the current tools that we possess. Not Excel spreadsheets, but actual programming.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:39:25
“Chris, tell me the top five things that this software would provide to you, and then what would you do with that?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 3:39:39
“Are there specific things it would give you that would help you?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026