Remarks by Everett Roy
15 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 1:28:52
“Thank you for your presentation. I think the questions that were asked by council members so far, they were good questions. When I initially looked at this, one of the things that I had to do, I almost had to remove Dick's sporting goods from the equation. I say that because if you take a look at the time frame, the economic impact that we've had, unfortunately, going back to several years after this agreement went into place. So, you know, we had COVID, right? Which definitely had an impact in terms of the outcome of and looking at the performance overall. But then we had this whole…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:29:44
“Amazon and that, yeah. And so there's been a shift. And for one, Kyle Allen, for example, were right there on the crux of the outlet mall that failed um in the robstown area so that was a big kind of disappointment for us because we have this huge i don't even know the square footage but we have a huge facility there that's basically dormant and so then the impact that it has and just the overall eyesore in the community and hoping that somebody will come out and revitalize that space. So this is important. I really do think that it's important because number one, I think the pendulum always…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I just had a quick comment on North Beach. You know, it has been several councils that have worked on this project with the community and TxDOT and just everybody in the county. But one thing I just want to reiterate is that this is just kind of the first phase. I say that because when you take a look at where the sidewalk is and you look at how that neighborhood is separate from from the other side, you still have to cross the street. And I've been a really big proponent, I don't know if it can happen, but I've asked this before of TxDOT, and I know that the city overall and TxDOT has gotten…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:56:09
“Yes. Yes, sir. But something needs to be done there because people, they're flying when they go past that neighborhood. They're going pretty quick, and I'd hate to see somebody get hurt. So this is a great first start, but I just don't think we can stop there. We need to continue to make those improvements. Thank you for everything you do. Yes, sir. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:13:58
“I wanted to just speak on the item number 27, the La Primera Mall. Yeah, I think this is a good news item. Number one is that I know the world is changing and a lot of people are buying things on eBay and whatnot, but The other thing is that I really do believe overall when you take a look at the number of the fraud that's involved in a lot of times when you're buying things and you're not familiar with the retailer on the other end, there's a lot of issues there. I think America is, in my opinion, is going back. and welcoming the ability to touch something, to deal with a live person, to…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 2:33:22
“Thanks for the presentation. I just had a comment. I know some of the council members are going to remember the Bohemian Colony. Remember that project? I think we actually did a TIRS for that. And I was all excited about that project. It was 97 acres, I think. And then all of a sudden it kind of went away. The interesting thing about this is that this area now, even though it's not in my district, I'm still pretty pumped up about it because this area has recently kind of went It's kind of a resurgent type area, and it's pretty exciting. In the long term, I think after we get some of this…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Bone and Joint Clinic. South Texas Bone and Joint. Yeah, amazing facility. Anyway, I'm just glad to see something there in that area happening because I was so disappointed that the Bohemian colony didn't come to fruition.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 2:34:55
“Yeah, this is going to be a hot area. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:27:12
“You know, I think that this really does scream the fact that if we are concerned, we have an audit team. And I think that looking in the past at some of the things that were brought up and the auditors looked at it's been an effective tool overall I mean I know that there's been some ups and downs in that department but if you take a look at things like the rental agencies and a lot of things that they did in terms of auditing the airports and auditing some of the city contracts and that. We learned a lot when we were able to improve processes and really have a system of checks and balances…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:40:10
“Thank you for the presentation. Can you do me a favor and just, um, put together an org chart? I would just like to see, um, cause I'm not on that committee anymore. I would just kind of like to see who's in the audit department, who's doing what and how that, and, and how many staff you have now.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:40:57
“If it's filled, it's filled, just so that I can get a good visual. Yes, sir. And then maybe share that with all the council members. No problem. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:37:19
“Peter, um, The only thing I want to say is I just want to remind everybody as we're talking about this, number one, retirees, they don't get a cost of living adjustment, right?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:37:57
“Anyway, I just want to make sure, just to remind everybody, we're going to put this on the agenda and talk about it in detail next week. That's right. And regardless of what we decide to do today, I just don't want to forego that conversation.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:52:38
“after we let's let's finish this up i'll vote on this we got an amendment with a second on the floor i'll go ahead and vote on that then i want to make comment make my comment all right okay so we'll hold the comments for um here momentarily so we have a motion in a second we're going to submit our votes that fails so the motion fails now can i make my comment yes go ahead i i just want to remind the council you know and and these are things that have already been said city staff has worked on this budget tremendously hard and set things. And for Peter, because so there's been a couple of…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“The homestead exemption. You know, that was something that we thought hard and long on, and that hit us by $10 million, right? Yeah, $12 million. $12 million. And so we had to absorb that. Now we came in and we absorbed another $1.5 million just to get to where we're at right now, and now we're asking to save another $820,000. At the end of the day, $5 savings to the taxpayer. You know, if somebody were to tell me that, look, I drive a BMW and my BMW is supposed to have 93% octane, but I can put 87 in there if I want, but I run the risk of blowing my engine up. I use that example because…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026