Remarks by George Sarantou
49 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you, Madam President. I just want to add my gratefulness to Prosecutor Facey and the entire staff. I think we've made good progress.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“We still have many, many victims of domestic violence approaching the municipal court bench, but we are making progress. And I appreciate Councilwoman Morris and myself working on the fact that Back in 2022, there was not a clerical person to assist attorneys in filing these very complex cases of domestic violence, and we also worked on that. We worked with the police department in expanding the role of officers being assigned to domestic violence and getting the evidence and the information that's needed so you and the prosecutors can do your job. And that's just so important. And we must be…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. I just want to get on the record, Chief, that if the full $1.4 million is not used, then that money reverts back to the general fund?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Very good. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you very much. I want to thank Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson and the Buffalo Soldiers and the Toledo Police Department for sponsoring a community forum at the Enrichment Center part of the Metro Parks last week. I thought it was very fruitful and a good discussion of concerns with the community and the police department. and I look forward to their leadership in the future also. I want to thank Care Net for what they do in Toledo. I was on council the first year we appropriated money for Care Net. Mayor Ford was the promoter of that, and this has been an excellent program that's helped…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. So after we spend the money on healthy food incentives and in those categories, which is 502,000, the balance of approximately 200,000, where will that go?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“And when you say administrative costs, are you referring to the administration of the ARPA dollars?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. And also, we've been earning interest on the ARPA dollars. Do you have a ballpark idea of how much in interest we've earned on that money?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“At least $4 million. Okay. So now the interest money, does that also have to be spent within the confines of the ARPA programs?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. Has some of that money gone into the general fund?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. All right. I'll make a referral on that. That's my questions for now. You can come back to me after the other council members.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a couple more questions before I weigh in on the request. How much approximately did we spend at the Erie Street Market to set up the program that you referenced? Have we spent any money?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“All right, so we're waiting, well, maybe we're waiting. We're waiting on these people out in Bowling Green to see if they can get funding and get their program started.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“So we've thrown away $150,000 on that project, essentially, because it's not going to happen, is what you're saying at Erie Street.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“And when did we come to the conclusion that the vendor was not going to be able to do the job?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. I don't recall getting that information, that it was a dead project with the vendor. I don't think, did anybody on council ever get that information? We should have been told that months ago.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“I just don't recall any official communication saying at the vendor that it was not going to work out with that vendor. Perhaps you did, but I don't recall it. Vice chair, do you recall it? something okay all right um now the other question i've got is uh finance director the 210 000 for the administration the administration put out a request for proposals for individuals to basically monitor the ARPA money. As I recall, we got no response as a result of that, or if they did, we decided not to hire that person or those persons.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. So I guess my question is, 210,000 for administration when we have an in-house committee the law director finance director and perhaps others to monitor the ARPA spending How did we arrive at two hundred and ten thousand for administration?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay, all right. Well, in light of all the questions, we have a finance meeting tomorrow at 4 o'clock. So I'd like to have that on the agenda. ITEM NUMBER ONE, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S RELATIVE TO ARPA. WE CAN COVER THAT TOMORROW, AND WE'LL HAVE FIRST READING ON THIS. OKAY? THANK YOU.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“thank you councilman sorrento thank you um thank you stephanie for that very comprehensive report i'm curious since you've been in all those stores what are the prices like for people in terms of the fresh foods and produce are they comparable to what everyone else is paying in the toledo area”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. All right. Thank you for clarifying that. Thank you, Madam Chair.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. So just to confirm, between the TPS licensed law enforcement officers and TPD officers, there really is the same number that we had last year? A total of 10 or?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you for clarifying that WG. Thank you, madam chief”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you. Just a reminder tomorrow at our finance meeting.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Clerk. First of all, I want to extend my sympathy, too, to the Meeker family. I knew Bob, and certainly he touched so many lives throughout Toledo and northwestern Ohio with so many hours of dedication to so many nonprofit organizations. But I also had the privilege of working with Bob in my business, and I appreciated his wisdom and his commitment to being an effective business owner. Also, I want to report that the Greek Festival was very successful. It was nice to see many of you at the festival. And we had a great weekend and appreciated everybody's support of this very…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026