Remarks by Glenn Grandis
175 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 7
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“I just want to know, Councilman, is that the equivalent of the dog ate my homework? just kidding counseling gratis okay i'll be brief um saturday september 5th i attended the kelly osborne golf tournament um dave osborne puts this on every year for this i think it was the 30th year And we played golf at David Baker in the morning and then we had a really nice outing over at Heritage Park afterwards. Dave has done this in memory of his daughter who unfortunately over 30 years ago passed away in a DUI car accident. So please don't drink and drive. But he raises a ton of money for scholarships…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“7 p.m. Thursday, 7 p.m. Sorry, 7 o'clock at night, Thursday night. Great. That's p.m. night.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Chief. I appreciate you putting this together. I was the one who asked for this back in July. It was a quick turnaround, so thank you for doing that. When someone goes through the academy, how long does it take to get through the academy, do whatever they need to do, and actually be hired as an officer?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I know you're new. That may be tough to ask you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“How many of our officers have we, no, that answers my question. How many officers would you say in the last year or two have left for other departments?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I don't think it's because we're a bad department that they're leaving. There's a lot of reasons they would. Mike? i guess being down eight officers now and a plan that says in january it's going to take upwards of a year to have i i just i'm not satisfied with that i think and there's no reflection on you chief you're new to here so this is not a reflection on you But if there are officers that are in other cities that we can recruit, which could get things quicker, I think we're in a crisis mode right now, being this far below. We've got officers working incredible amounts of…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, let me clarify, I did not insinuate in any way that it was something with our department that was a problem getting people to leave. I'm just showing that people leave departments and go to other departments so we can recruit. I'd like us to set a goal of five transfers from other departments in the next six months. What do we have to do, compensation-wise, bonus-wise, something outside the norm to get five new officers from other cities to transfer to Fountain Valley? And then when you start bringing in these others that you're talking about, we're going to have some attrition. So that…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, and these are budgeted positions. So it's not like we're trying to get money to hire eight officers we haven't budgeted for. This has been budgeted. The additional funding is how do we motivate them to get from another city to us? And there's a lot of cities that pay less than us. So maybe we get a little aggressive in our target market instead of advertising in Fountain Valley, advertise in a city that may be paying a lot less.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm just curious on the incentives program since we've implemented, how many have we paid out?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think it was part of their contract when we agreed to their sign. That was part of the contract.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, that's great. So you're saying it works. So let's just help you fund that to get more.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“For the Valley Community Foundation? Okay. Yeah, I just want to add to that. The Fountain Valley Community Foundation already does this for a number of organizations, so this isn't something new that the community foundation does. I think in our financial statements, there's probably 20 different entities that We hold money for and we do this kind of work for. And it's taking advantage of the 501c3 we have in place and the corporate structure that's already there. So adding to this is basically pretty easy for them to move forward with. Okay. I should say us. Gotcha. Councilman Bowie?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Or we could thank the Kiwanis Club for all their efforts to this point and allow them to keep it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“actually have we agreed that we're going to do the trip first i think that's the next step before we do council would be my suggestion and i guess is it up to council for us to decide that or is it already decided”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I would like to request that you give us some time to figure out if we could do this or not. I will say, though, Council Member Constantine, if you do not get reelected, you won't be mayor and you won't be on council. Well, you'll still be on council in November. So there is that. It's not a foregone conclusion that you're going to be mayor.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor I would say at this point when I was saying delay the decision on whether we could go or not as a council member I still feel forward at this point we should move forward with the program and we're gonna figure this out after this trip whether this will be come to fruition or not so I say let's let's move forward and then give councilmember Bowie and myself you know a week or so to you know this was just one week yeah this wasn't it wasn't a lot of notice on this and you know we have real jobs and we have work and we it's also Thanksgiving week will return on the day before…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, not necessarily. We have one interest. One is confirmed. If three of us want to go, then we're going to have to vote on it somehow.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I don't know if they're going to be able to see. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. I'm a little bit confused. I thought there was a large grant that went along with this already.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I misunderstood. I thought this was the start of a grant that we received that we're going to spend money to improve the area.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Maybe bring up the slide that shows the six month process. Yeah, I understand it was a six month process, but I could have done this for a lot less than $550,000.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I guess I'm left with the same feeling maybe that Garden Grove had is what now? Now what? So we have this, we spent a lot of money on it, now what?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm all about inclusivity. I think it's great that we embrace the Vietnamese culture in our city. They make up 40% almost of that, and that's really major and should be incorporated. But I want it to be inclusive and not exclusive, meaning if it's strictly in Vietnamese per se, It should be English and Vietnamese, some of the signs and everything to make sure that it's inclusive of everybody because that's what's really important is that we get everybody working together. It's not us versus them and I don't want to see that moving forward. I want to see us all together. That's my feedback.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Except I have one issue with that shopping center, and the key concepts is my wife and I, every time we go there, the food is so good, the lines are so long, we can never get in. So if somebody knows somebody that can help get a reservation, we're in. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think we were told there's not a consensus that there are three council members, because I'm fine with it going right away, too. But I don't believe we have a third that's interested in doing that. I think they want to wait until after the election and see who gets elected, I was told. So if there's a third that's interested, I'm good with it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026