Remarks by Geoff Williams
53 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“And then there was another time not too long ago You might have been in junior high, but it was a while ago where there was a significant uprising in our community against cameras being used. And we made the decision to move forward with them, even though people were concerned about privacy. I'm talking about body cams. And I believe that was in 2005. Councilman Allgood, do you remember? And in 2005, we started using body cams. I believe you used yours when you were on duty, didn't you, Mr. Mayor?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So, but we were concerned about privacy then, but those are fantastic tools that we use every single day on every single call. In fact, would we consider removing body cams if we're considered about privacy? Because when you turn on your body cam and walk into a home or any other location, look into a car, everything within view is being recorded and revealed. That seems to me to be more intrusive than an ALPR, which is recording a license plate and a color and a make of a car. Do you have any concern that we should just eliminate the whole thing and get rid of our body cams and our dash cams…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. It's interesting to me, we're talking so much about LPRs. We're not approving LPRs tonight. We already have ALPRs in the city. It's not a question of whether or not we're going to have LPRs. We're adding to them, I understand. But this isn't a question of whether or not we're going to use this technology. We're already using it. This is about a contract. I'm a little disappointed this wasn't on the consent calendar. This easily could have been on the consent calendar because it is already budgeted. The police department has made a recommendation to us and it could have…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“I'll amend my motion to include council's remarks.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“I'll make it brief. I just want to say we all have different bases that support us. That's part of what makes this body a representative of the city. Because there's a lot of different people in the city. And so to be clear, I'm listening to people. People are talking to me. I am listening. And so I just appreciate the recognition that what we do up here isn't in a vacuum. Thank you.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Amen. I pledge allegiance to the Father,”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Mayor, before I'll make the motion, but we do have a pathways plan. This is just much bigger than that, right? Because we've Referred to that even in how it overlaps with your department in parks and rec but that no doubt will be part of the Beginnings even though this might be much bigger than that Mayor councilman Williams.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor if I could I I would move to approve resolution 237 26 authorizing the execution of the professional services agreement for a buried gun money Alan Parker For one hundred and twenty four thousand nine hundred ninety seven of impact fee funds to complete a comprehensive parks recreation pathways and open space master plan Thank You councilor Williams for that motion.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Mr. Mayor Rochelle again. Thanks for all you do What will we still be at that? percentage balance of our contingency fund and”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“there and that's what the contingency is it was increased for thank you comes Williams mr. mayor I move to approve resolution authorizing the use of available contingency funds for qualifying unplanned emergency related wages incurred during fiscal year 2026 thank you motion from your counselor Williams and a second from councillor Toma any discussion seeing none madam clerk”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I just turned it on because I thought Chief Daniels was going to say something, but you're not, so can I ask you a question, Chief? Do you mind coming to the microphone?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I think it was already answered by Chief Stoll, and thank you for being here, but this Station 2 was originally designed to add on to, was it not? I mean, your counselor, I don't know. Okay, I could be wrong with that. But with building Station 4, there is no notion, desire, appetite, or money to expand Station 2 at this time. Is that correct?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And then the other question I wanted to ask Robin, and I hope you can answer this. I'm sure you can. Why would I hope? Is there any detriment to us as a city losing this park ground, and what is the resolution we have to make up for it if there is? And this isn't anything that was federally funded that we're going to need to make up for in another way so that we're in compliance, is it?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes Thank You counselors thought of your questions comes Williams Nick thanks for being here and thank you for going to twin And being part of that mutual aid. Yes, sir You you and I have known each other for a while and we certainly agree on much more than we might disagree on so If my questions appear to be contrarian, I don't intend for them to be.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Were you able to... I didn't see you at any of the budget hearings. Were you able to go through them on video?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So are you aware that your chief asked for extra things for you that this council wasn't able to give, like incentive pay?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Nick, I hear what you're saying, but it's not connecting with me simply because we're not talking about the same thing here. What would we have done differently this year?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“it comes to competition we're just we're not even in the race but we don't have the money to do what you're asking us to nick i mean we we we have a general fund that we have to divide between essentially public service and and streets i'm super minimizing it but but where would we get the money from to do even to do uh even if we were to match nampa and say nick you've got it we're going to match nampa where would we get the money from well councilman again that is something that we would need to deliberate in the future”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I think you would agree that I have an interest in officer wellness and might have even had something to do with that over the years. What is the FOP's response to this? Because the community needs to know we have an FOP. I realize that's a little different, but what has been your FOP's response to this? Is there somebody from the FOP here that could speak for the FOP or is that a separate issue?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Nick, again, please. Don't take offense to my questions. I'm not, sir. I'm concerned because as much as I would give you everything you're asking for, we just don't have the revenues to do it. And so to even enter into this assumes that we didn't do our best to bargain this year for the most we could do for you. And trust me, we tried really hard to get more, and there just isn't more water in the well. But thank you for being here tonight. Thank you for... your colleagues that are here as well, and again, appreciate everything you've done.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I think this question probably is more for legal than anything. Just, and to be perfectly honest, some of this document came to me late in the afternoon. I haven't had a chance to go through it. But there seems to be a question about the legality of waiving connection fees. And I'm not a lawyer, so before we enter into an agreement, we need to be sure of what is and isn't possible. So that's my biggest question that I see at a glance here. We need to iron that out and what that would mean and whether or not that's doable. I see a comment from our staff and I see a reply,…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“No, if that's the case, I'm trying to prolong this, but I would need to speak with my council before I could move ahead, simply because he's just suggested that we can't discuss it now. But that's the hang-up.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“with no disrespect to the process. I think that is an issue to be considered. And is anything harmed in postponing this until the next meeting? We don't have to go through a lot of discussion. We can disperse this. I have mixed feelings on it, because I understand that adopt does carry more weight. But I also understand that just because we use the word adopt doesn't mean it's not going to change. Travis, to your fear, they could still throw it in the trash and shelf it even though we adopted. And so there's a part of me that says I agree, because adopt does have more force. We've adopted…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Mr. Mayor My comments are intended to stand up for staff and appointed officials and and nothing else but I'm concerned and there was a an email and a description of a specific public record request that was made for a very specific time and a very specific location inside City Hall for a video. And what concerns me about that is it appears that certain employees were targeted. And I'm concerned for the degradation and defamation of these employees. And so I would ask that an audit be done of our video system to see who actually accessed that because somebody had to have…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Jul 20, 2026