Remarks by Garrett Gatewood
149 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 6
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“I'm asking you to announce the meeting and video recording playback.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Public comment. A special meeting for citizens wishing to address the city council for any matter not on the agenda may do so as discussed under provision of California government code. The city council prohibited from discussing or taking immediate action on the agenda. To submit a public comment, please submit a speaker card. to the city clerk, raise your hand on Zoom by raising the hand feature or press star nine if participating by the telephone and wait to be called on by the city clerk. Speakers are asked to keep their comments three minutes or less and asked by stating the name for the…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right, I'm going to go ahead and adjourn this meeting to closed session. Are there any public comments related to closed session item today?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“STACEY, THIS ONE, STACEY, THIS IS YOUR ONE-MINUTE CHECK. ONE MINUTE.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“YEAH, BUT THE ONE MINUTE GOES TO TWO, TWO GOES TO THREE, THEN IT'S SEVEN. All right, let's go ahead and call this meeting back to order and do a roll call.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Here. Adam, would you like to read out of closed session, please?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you very much. I'm gonna go ahead and adjourn the meeting and rejoin the meeting for a regular meeting. Stacy can roll call again.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Here, can I go ahead and have Stacy read the television announcement.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Excellent. Thank you very much. I'm going to go ask Darrell to come up and give us the Pledge of Allegiance. And then after that, you can stay standing for our invocation from the BAPS charity.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“And my call on Sani. Yeah, because you're just going, we're going to have that. That's not raising that name up. There we go.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Excellent job. Now I'm going to have the doggies up to the front. And that's Jody Groves, who is a volunteer with Canine Companions. All right. We're going to do this thing, and then we're going to have you talk because the puppies like to talk. This proclamation is given on National Service Dog Month. Whoever wants an amazing dog, you get to take one home tonight. So that's free. And I will be taking home this guy. Whereas there are 70 million adults and children in the United States that live in disabilities, while only approximately 1,600 service dogs from accredited training programs are…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“There you go. You want me to hold the dog?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I don't know if I have a house to go home to. That's because he loves me. I'm a dog person.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Now, just as good, but not as fun as dogs, let's talk about prostate cancer. All right. Come on up. That was the best transition I could do. All right, sir.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So this proclamation is near and dear to my heart. I have many a family member that has suffered from prostate cancer. So it's Prostate Care Awareness Month, September 2026, whereas prostate cancer is frequently diagnosed in men and second leading cause of cancer deaths in men. This year approximately 300,000 men have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States. Roughly 36,000 will die this year from the disease and every 15 minutes a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer. African American men are the highest at risk of prostate cancer with a rate of one in six. Incidents of 70%…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right, thank you for everything you do. The more people that know, the more people you've survived. All right, we're now gonna move to public comment. Members wishing to address the council for any matter not on the agenda may do so at this time. Public comment is a period is limited to the matters that fall within the city council authority known as council subject matter jurisdiction. For items that are on the agenda, speakers will be called by the mayor at the point on the agenda when the item is heard. Speakers are asked to keep their comments three minutes or less and are asked to…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right, let's go ahead and move on to Council Reports. Joe.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Pre-Kirby Smart. Great job talking at the whistle stop and everyone that came. Thank you for my Chamber of Commerce and Kirby Community Council. Throwing that, Joe jumped in the dunk cake at Lincoln Village. Everyone had a bunch of fun with that.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“It was hurtful. But I was soaking wet and these kids had the best time dunking their mayor in a suit. My wife was not happy because the suit is now officially stretched.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, and it's fun because, like... Who's going to be mayor next? Yeah, whoever's mayor next...”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I didn't know that. That was your fault, and you're, like, dressed nice, and then they're like, cool, I'm going to splash you with color, and... REC three suits, that's how we do it. Diane's 15 year, so congratulations to our Chamber of Commerce. You've been an amazing partner of the city. Let's see, what else? Great job on the 9-11 event, that was fun. Got to go down and be with GSEC. They are planning out interesting stuff they're trying to do. They're trying to sign three year contracts instead of just going year by year and other weird ways to try to get money from people. And I was…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Two, consent calendar. Consent calendar are items deemed routine and non-controversial by staff, unless a member of the council wishes to pull the item for individual consideration, all items will be approved in one motion. Stacy, are there any, oh, council, is there any items you wish to pull? Is there any public comment, Stacy?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Can I ask for a roll call, please? Second. Second. Second. Roll call, please.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right, let's go ahead and move on to public hearing items. No, consent public hearing items. Consists deemed, matters deemed routine and non-controversial by staff unless a member of the council wishes to pull an item for individual consideration. All items may be approved in one motion. I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing. Stacey, is there any public comment?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I'm going to go ahead and close public comment.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026