Remarks by Geoff Williams
53 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
- Play at 45:43
“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The Parks and Rec Commission, as Tiffany knows, has been having this conversation almost since their inception this year. And the admission, even in Parks and Rec, is an ordinance in and of itself is not going to necessarily make a difference. Just because you have a law doesn't mean everybody's going to follow it. We're walking in a fine line here, too, because in a state where it's not required to wear a helmet on a motorcycle, we don't want to require, and it doesn't. necessarily here. But we've got to be careful we don't infringe upon rights. But what I like about…”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Oscar, I want to come back to you about the D.A., We're learning that DAs don't have as much teeth as we thought they did. Is that fair to say?”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“And yet you saying that really feeds into my hesitation here, not knowing what could potentially be developed there. is the mystery. And once we approve a zone change, we're more or less committed to what would be included in that zone and within that DA when, if it's five or who knows, 10 years down the road, a lot changes, which is why our master plans change and which is why we're required to update them. And I can't tell you what USIC's going to look like in 10 years. We've been doing a lot of negotiation uh, with ITD about you stick. And so I'm really hesitant to make any change right…”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, the intensity is what concerns me. I don't know how intense I want to be on that Euston corridor, And frankly, we don't know who's going to own that property in three or four years, and they might come back to us with a request for a DA amendment, and that's where we get into a little less discretion. And that's why I'm hesitant and at this point not willing to approve it.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Yeah, I was just going to... respond we don't have to give a reason for a change of zone either if we choose not to do it because we don't think it's in the best interest of the city and I saw trucking terminals and parking lots and I saw things on that list that I don't want on Ustick and so to see them in there is what gives me pause and yeah things are changing pretty rapidly here with development agreements it seems like and so It would be easier for me to consider this request if I knew what was going in there. If I knew this is why we wanted the zone change so we could put this in…”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“So, Morgan, If the C3 is intended to be more commercial than industrial and this is opening the door for industrial then this does not fully comply with what our comp plan is. And because we don't know what might be there it could be incompatible. But once we approve a zone change to zone C4 that XPO trucking terminal could end up there and be consistent with zone four, I'm sorry, C4.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“So to be clear, you're telling me that industrial is not included in this mixed use land? So what we're asking for in this zone change is to include industrial. And so I go back to this does not comply, this significantly doesn't comply with our comp plan as it is now.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I'll... This is action item number five, right? Six. Six. My apologies. I move to deny bill number 17, ordinance 3751 associated with NNN 26. Oh. Do I need glasses too, Councilman Stillmont? I move to deny bill 25, ordinance number 3759 associated with ZON 2603 with the request”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor Garlin. Thank you. You're getting extra work tonight. Yes. This is interesting because we're not actually approving whether a wedding venue will be built here. It is being built here.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 2:29:01
“So it's annexation and our designation of what the zone would be in that annexation. This is very interesting to me. I guess I should have asked the applicant, maybe you know, are you currently on a well? Do you have any water solution? So you've currently dug a well for the site, but you want to access...”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 2:29:24
“Yeah, this is really unique. And I'm really curious why we didn't get more public input. But again, it's already approved. Even if people were to come in and say, we're completely against having this in our backyard, if we deny the annexation, they continue to build.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 2:41:01
“This is, again, this is interesting because it's already being built, but it's commercial. We get to annex something commercial into the city, so having another commercial property on our tax rolls instead of the county's is the bad thing. As far as the Sunday, I was just thinking if this was a church going in there, Sundays would be louder than it would be if they were indoor and I know how loud churches can be. So I don't even see a problem with the two bicycle request unless we expect the entire bridal party to be riding their bicycles in. Just two of them. Venue that could I don't know do…”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 2:55:18
“I was going to say Councilman Dittenberg and I serve as liaisons on this commission, and I'm really thankful to Chairwoman Bradshaw and her team who do some really behind-the-scenes work so that things aren't forgotten and things are covered. They do things that we might not think to do, And I appreciate you bringing this to us and all of the contributions that you make. And so having said that, if there are no other comments, I move that we approve the plan. Here we are. Adopt the City of Caldwell Historic Preservation Plan that is presented to us”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yeah, I've got a handful of things here today, but I'll try to make them brief. First of all, shout out to Officer Preston Rock of the Caldwell Police Department. The High Desert Harley Davidson and Learn to Ride at High Desert presented Preston with second place in an event he competed in. He only lost to his instructor. And I told him that was probably a smart thing to do, but he's, I think, one of our newest motor officers. And it's kind of fun to see Caldwell showing up in positive ways. And like I said, shout out to Officer Rock. Fire Department really needs kudos.…”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Okay. Have it your way. But it's nice to see us being recognized for the positive and a lot of good things to recognize in Caldwell. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 1:09:06
“Probably several questions, so let me be careful. I don't. I don't want to get them out of order, but I feel like this is not really new information to us. So correct me where I'm wrong here. We've known about this issue for a couple of years now. And one of the remedial measures we've taken is every development that comes forward, and you or even Robin could correct me if I'm wrong, gets noticed of the fact When they come before us they don't get occupancy permits Unless and until we have water to service them. Is that still accurate? Are we still doing that and every single one that comes…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So I appreciate that. Thank you. My, my, uh, my thought is this isn't really new information to us though today. This is, you're not telling us anything we didn't already know so far. So I want to be careful that, We just found this out. We've known this for a while. I also believe, and again, you'll have to correct me, and Haley's not here. Nice job making sure she didn't get her first day back. But Haley, even earlier this year, reassured us that our aquifer is healthy, it is abundant, that we have the best aquifer in the valley. I'm probably putting words in her mouth. but we're the low…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And if I could, the notion that we've already seen work itself out a couple of times Continues to be we can do these as a as a private public cooperative effort and developers I think one of you said I think you said it are Entirely willing to do this and again I go back to what I was told before And it was probably before your tenure here but that private can do things differently than public can. And so they tend to be able to get things done faster because government, as we all know, everything moves very slowly. So the opportunity to continue to partner with those developers that wish to…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BEFORE I ASK YOU A COUPLE OF Congratulations on your award. That's a big deal. Can you just really briefly, because this is going really long, really briefly tell the council and the public what award that the real-time crime center was just awarded.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you. And again, thank you and congratulations to your entire team on that award. You mentioned CJIS. CJIS certified means that only authorized people have access to this, and it's actually governed by the criminal justice system, not by anybody else, right?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So can you give me a couple of other illustrations of what CJIS governs in the police department? What might you access as a police officer that CJIS has authority over?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
- Play at 2:14:29
“So the surveillance of the people that came in this building tonight by the cameras in this building that is videoing and tracking everybody that walks in City Hall, employees, or anybody else, that's not CJIS protected or certified, is it?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
- Play at 2:14:47
“It's public property. What about like Walmart or Shields or those places that actually know when you walk in, how long you're there, what you bought, how often you come? Is that surveillance being protected by CJIS or not?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
- Play at 2:15:09
“So really, the point I'm trying to make through these rhetorical questions is that law enforcement is the only people using this technology that have strict guidelines and rules and parameters that they must follow in order to use this technology for saving lives and for solving crimes, for keeping our community safe. And so I think it's important to say that. You touched on something else too, Sergeant Heitzman, that I think is important. I don't know what our solution would be if we get rid of this technology. How do we propose to fund the police officers that we would need to make up for…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And this doesn't mean we still don't need 30 police officers. It just means the deficit would be greater if we didn't have this. The other thing I thought was important to mention is When I said surveillance, we're not surveilling citizens with this data. You said that, but I think it's important to reiterate that's not what's going on with this technology. This is simply being used when there's a CR, a case number that is entered and then authorized people are getting that data for a specific reason. Am I overstating it?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026