Remarks by Frank W. Robinson
94 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Yep. Hmm. I think that would be a wise move I”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Let's do it. Have you broken out just...”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“If we're contractually committed, then this is a different... Chris, it sounds to me like really what you're doing is upgrading.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I think we should take the staff's recommendation, put this in the budget. We've been through a process. We have a policy on how to appropriate funds. We also have a policy on how to spend them. We went through that process. Did we not? Yes. Okay. And I think that I see no reason in asking a staff member to go through another drill or exercise that's not going to really prove anything. So put it in the budget. That's my recommendation.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“So, Chief, the data on this video, Is it sometimes evidence submitted as evidence?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I'm like, how come this screen won't change? Yeah.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“If we adopt a change in policy, you'll factor that in?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Father, thank you so much for giving us the privilege of serving our city. I pray, Father, that as we discuss the budget this evening, make decisions and craft policies, that we will always keep in mind that we're doing this for the people and for their best interests. Remind us, Father, that we are in this position not to be served, but to serve. Father, bless our staff, our city, our residents, and protect us all. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I want to jump in there are Our board has met a couple of times now, and in one situation John presented an event opportunity, and they endorsed that. They just wanted to make sure the council understood that. Hopefully John will have an opportunity at some point to bring that forward. We're hoping that he has success with it. The other thing is the board wants to participate in the annual conferences. and training opportunities. We've already scheduled them to attend Destination Texas. We opened it up to all of them, of course, and we would extend an invitation to council. I had a…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Right. Yeah. Well, and I think that we need the opportunity to evaluate that as a board to see how many we would like to go to. I know that Councilman Pollard is planning on going to one in October. We have several of us, including just at least five, I think. Isn't that right, Sam? Five or six from the board? And perhaps even a staff person. I'm not sure. But with that said, it would seem to me that this is a good time right now to go ahead and plan for that. We know what these conferences are. There's historical data I'm sure that you can draw on to calculate your budget for travel and…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I think that's very reasonable. The whole point behind that, for the benefit of our public who's listening and such, is you have a group now that's a new group. They need to learn about the best practices of the CVB operation. They need to learn what their role is. They need to understand how hot tax is used and the benefits of what we can do with it and what we cannot do with it. And the limitations. And such and such, yeah. And so the whole, it is, it's an educational process. And they need to understand and see how, John and his team connect with other CVB directors and staff across the…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you. You just brought up one more thing. What about taking advantage the fact that we have a really strong revenue stream that comes into our CVB. And looking at our budget and perhaps adjusting some of the expenditure level, maybe advertising and some other line items. And what about setting up a visitor's center again? I know we had one at one point, but it was way, you know, it was kind of like off the beaten path. What about having something right out here on the freeway? simple easy to get to place that has a storefront and create some space for staff and and maybe even put a…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Lisa, I thought this was really interesting. when I was looking at this graph and the major event issues. And you could see where, when COVID hit, that dip was not as dramatic as I thought it was gonna be. And then the way we bounced back from that, it just, it did, it saved the day, but it was the fact that we recovered so quickly. And that, to me, and look at Harvey. When Harvey came through, how quickly we recovered from that. And it just, in my mind, reinforces the fact that, yes, we absolutely have to have a reserve. That is a good business practice. I think we just probably can back off…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“But that's fine. But now we're in a situation today where we had to raise taxes last year. We're looking at what our needs are going to be for the future. If we free up some of that for the future and classify it the way the council thinks it should be, whether it be you know, committed to certain funding-type activities. I'm not suggesting that we just unclassify it and leave it there, but maybe some of that could go into available cash for the future. At any rate, I personally feel like 90 days is a pretty good number.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, I'd like to propose that we revise our reserve policy and that we ask our city administrator to make a recommendation to the council on the number of days. Have his input on here as well.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, sure, I gotta jump in here. As you all know, I sat on his side of the bench when it came to public administration, and all my organizations did this. This is actually fun to go through. For a council to go through a strategic planning session with staff, you get together, you do a retreat, you spend time. Establishing what your vision is, what your mission's gonna be. You identify those things, you set goals. Usually, I've seen, I think anywhere from six to eight major goals will evolve. They'll come out of this conversation. Goals about staff, goals about public works, goals about…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“You have a comprehensive plan. Comprehensive 10-year plan, yeah. There's a big vision required by a statute, basically. The state's required. How are you going to deal with these major projects? Mobility, all that kind of stuff. This is how you're going to operate.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“And Joe and everybody in here, there's a couple of places you can go. go to the Woodlands Township. Look at their strategic plan. You'll get it immediately. You'll understand it. Or go to Just just let me there's a couple of other towns up in the Dallas area that have some really good ones, too I can send the council some examples of links to cities that have strategic plans you can get an idea what we're looking at”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Right. So I think we'll have that conversation in our next board meeting. I suspect that you'll have a consensus from that group as well. So you might as well go ahead and move forward.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Is it getting harder to find these qualified, fit people?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Raleigh, you said you want to have the best public works department in the state. That sounds like a goal and a strategic plan.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Chief, isn't Conroe's 20% jump? That's really because they didn't do anything last year.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“You made a good point there. We have a responsibility to the citizens I think what's important to understand that we have a responsibility to the citizens and that responsibility is to make sure that we have the absolute best that we can deliver in the way of services.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I always think about that. What's the best benefit for the resident? I want them to have the best officers out there. I want them to have the best public works people out there. We were really in a good position, if I recall, until external forces changed that dynamic. Isn't that right? Correct. Did it start with the DPS?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Wait a minute. If we're going to revise our reserve policy...”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026