Remarks by Gil Hernandez
106 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Like, the only issue I had with this was because of the state restrictions on us unilaterally annexing in the future. I didn't want to discourage people from annexing into the city with additional fees. So I didn't think this was appropriate, so I'm voting against it. Here, I move for approval. Second.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Mayor, before we do that, I know we had two people from the port here. Both of their items were approved in 24 and 25. I wanted to see if they had an opportunity to at least say something on their agenda item before we do 27. Sure. Kent?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. I just wanted to clarify something on the, on item number 27. There's no additional funding associated with this. It's just an extension of the timeframe to, to get to that funding. Is that correct?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, I just want to make sure that was clear. We're not providing any more funding. It's the existing funding that was already approved back in 2028, or I'm sorry, 2008?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“2010? Okay. But the agreement was in 2008?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, so I just wanted to clarify that, that we're not just handing out money. We're doing our due diligence here, giving them an opportunity to complete what they're doing.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. With that, I make a motion to approve.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes, thank you. You know, on your PowerPoint, you didn't include Planning Commission, but I'm assuming that's the case because it was in the agenda memo for Planning Commission approval?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, well, it only says staff on your PowerPoint.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, the... Now, we're only doing zoning, but obviously you've got to have entrances and exits, right? So are we making a modification to the transportation plan or anything like that to account for this?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Four points of access. Okay. Are we going to have to make any modifications? I mean, these are C1 collectors?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. So at some point, some modification will need to be made.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. But are we going to add it to the master plan?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. I'm just stickler for the details. Okay. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, so I'll read the code directly. 2254.004. In procuring architectural, engineering, and land surveying services, a government entity shall first select most highly qualified provider of those services on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications, then attempt to negotiate a provider with a contract at a fair and reasonable price. What is your definition of fair and reasonable price?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, so if you can explain that. So, for example, are you keeping a historical record of what these companies charge by hour and average it out to say that that's what the norm should be, or how are you determining that?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“But you're not keeping track of what that looks like on an average basis?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So is there like a reference point, like a professional site that says this should be the average cost for this year in this particular market based on these particular circumstances, do you have some sort of professional site that you can reference to?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Is there a codified or policy, written policy on how you should determine what is a fair market price for this particular year?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, so with procurement on this, without having some sort of formalized policy on how you determine what costs should be or negotiated costs should be, obviously you can't do it on the selection process, but on the negotiation side, there should be some formalized process to determine whether or not the cost is structured correctly. Okay. So because, I mean, when it comes to us, it's a yes or no kind of situation, right? We don't have any insight into, well, at least it's not part of the agenda memo or the documentation. You have to ask for the individual scoring by whoever did the scoring…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Well, I understand what Councilwoman Paxson was kind of trying to set here is to have kind of an oversight on the process, separate from council, obviously with an ad hoc committee, or maybe it could be a standing committee to review these kind of processes, but I'll let others ask questions.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, so our job here is budget policy and oversight, right? So the oversight component, this would be an oversight component of it. Right, what we're not talking about is not observing state law, it's just having an oversight of the process, okay? You know, and I can think of a put on that, put Bill Goldston on it, a retired engineer, part of, what's your organization called? I forget, ACEC, right? So, you know, where you have some involvement on, you know, I remember when I first ran for office, the The one, I remember a group, I won't mention their names, but there was a group that came to…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, we changed the process and updated the ordinance 12 1⁄2. It used to be three council members, a member of the community, a qualified member of the community, and the city manager. However, it was very difficult to find a qualified person that had internal audit experience from the community without them being a candidate, right? So that's why it changed to the audit committee plus the city manager. It is disappointing. Are we still doing construction audits with Talon? Yes, sir. Okay. And that hasn't come to council here recently. The... It is disappointing that we did lose so many…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, well I won't get too much into it because it's probably going to be something we bring to council next week as an agenda item. You know, this is hard for me because I was on the audit committee for four years, and I hate to see it in this situation. But anyway, thank you. I appreciate the work you're doing. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“It was a tremendously difficult task to hire a city auditor because I had an interim city auditor that couldn't get qualified, and we didn't have a pay increase for her for five years because this is when I took over. So I was well below market in terms of what I was authorized to pay for them. The person I selected was already getting paid what the top of the... of the market what I was looking to pay for. So, you know, you have a much better situation now where you're within market for pay. You don't have to find an outside person to try and hire somebody. It's just the audit committee and…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026