Remarks by Glenn Grandis
175 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 7
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“Since that's coming up, let's just discuss it there, and then we can talk about it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Is that something that staff can do in five or ten minutes?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I agree with Council Member Constantine. The only thing, a caveat, is don't spend more than five minutes on it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I'm going to make a comment on this. So a couple things. The Brown Act does not have an issue with one-on-one meetings. I have one-on-one meetings with Maggie all the time, too. We all do. That's standard. She's also wrong in that we're only at 10% of the vote. We're an equal vote. We get one-fifth because we're five board members. And she is right that I do attend six to eight meetings a month. I get paid for six of them, even if I attend more. And it's somewhere between $1,600 and $1,900 a month. She's right. However, and she knows this, I donated it all. I donated in June 30th.…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm sorry, did you say there was a comment on Item 5?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I just want to say thank you, Robin. This is a great first report as officially interim finance director. Great job. And you also did a great job briefing us all before the meeting. So I've seen this presentation already. You've answered all my questions. You did a great job. So thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“all this track so councilman Grandis all right all right so Thursday August 20th I attended this is in one are you listening Thursday August at the Fountain Valley Community Foundation board meeting Saturday August 22nd the ribbon-cutting for a FV Pickler, which is the new indoor pickleball facility. It was a lot of courts. Really super nice facility over at the old Rite Aid. I consider it thrifty on Magnolia and Talbert. On Tuesday, August 25th, the Boys and Girls Club of Huntington Valley board meeting. Wednesday, August 26th, I briefly attended the Citizens Academy orientation. Thursday,…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. I dipped it in. I took your suggestion and went easy on it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Actually, I have a question for Council Member Constantine. Sure. Is there an increase, no I'm not going to talk about that, an increase in mosquitoes in our city? My feet are getting eaten alive when I go outside.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes, thank you so much. Wait, wait, you didn't say what record they're going to break. You got to talk about the potluck.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, no, I'm good with the five years. Let's do the five years. And it's not just cost. There's a lot of other intangibles they're providing that we take benefits of that is preventing cost. So I'm good. Councilman McCloskey?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Councilman Granis. So for those that are still doing it when they shouldn't be, they're collecting occupancy tax. Are any of them paying it?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, I think that takes it to the next level of, I don't want to say, I don't know, I'm not a lawyer, criminal, but it sure seems criminal if you don't pay your taxes.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Exactly. yeah so which kind of lends me into this some grand jury report so back in 24-25 the grand jury did the report long-term solutions to short-term rentals and they I'm sorry before you get to that one other question is on the same line of thinking what if we made short-term rentals a hundred percent tax so this way if somebody did that we could go after them on the tax purpose or something like that”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, I would not do it just for the Olympics. For me, that would be just a headache without a lot of revenue. You know, it's the risk-reward. There would be very little reward. I also think the numbers that if we were to do it are way lower than what it would be. I think the numbers would be closer to about 1.5 million.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“It's extremely conservative, especially for Fountain Valley. So if we were going to do it, there are ways to do it that protect the neighbors. I don't think there's an appetite for that at this point.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I'm just curious. It doesn't sound like anybody's in favor. Why has this even been brought back?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, I support this. I think this is a good idea. I like the fact that the fifth concert was Vietnamese performers. I don't think we got quite the attendance we should have because I thought the communication on the acts were not accurate enough because many people thought they would be singing in Vietnamese only or just Vietnamese. And they didn't. They were great. They were great performers. And everybody who was there, whether you were Vietnamese or not Vietnamese, everybody enjoyed it. And I think that's the kind of stuff that we need to do and improve upon. And with a committee like…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And many cities do not do that. And the other thing that we do that I really like is that we allow the residents to speak when the agenda item comes up as opposed to everybody doing it at the beginning of the meeting or at the end of the meeting.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Did you not know? Yeah, he's going. He's going to do it.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, so Ryan, I want to say that, and I've said this at many meetings before, is as a council, before you were here, we had some issues in finance. And as a council, we didn't always trust the numbers we were given. And on a number of occasions, the numbers magically changed up and down and all around. And I said many times that what you have brought to this agency to this city is you provided the trust of your council and when you provide us numbers we know that we can count on them it may not sound out there like that's such a big deal that that should be a given but it is a really big…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“First, Councilman Granoff. Oh, go ahead, Councilman McConister. I'll defer.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah. One thing just to answer on that in liability. So if they buy energy contracts, let's say the worst thing happens. They buy energy contracts and we decide that we're going to leave. Then they sell those energy contracts. It's not something like we're 100% responsible for 100% of the energy product that's purchased. The city of Huntington Beach, when they left, there was potential liability on their part. But what they did is they did it over a six month period so that all those contracts were sold. All those contracts were sold for more money than it cost actually, so they paid nothing…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026