Remarks by Glenn Grandis
175 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 7
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“And you're right, I did say that I would have that particular date when contracts are being purchased, but contracts are not purchased all at one time. Contracts are purchased about a year in advance. So some of the contracts are already being purchased.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Hit save. Oh, I didn't even do it. Okay. There we go.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Where's Scott Kim? He should be very proud of me right now.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“When you said new council, you meant new lawyers, not new city council.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“We're having fun. I have to say, Ashlyn, I love that title that you have. Has that always been your title?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah so two things one I remember three years when this first came to us and the math never made sense to me it still doesn't make sense to me but the results are there for sure. Can we put in more money and get more money back?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“With the potential of a big event center of some sort there too, there could be food and music and alcohol. I mean, that's what people are looking for. So there's the potential where it truly can be a downtown and not just for those who are sports enthusiasts. Yes.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Alternates if necessary is there a reason we just can't make this permanent the mayor is the delegate the vice mayor is the alternate and We ever need a third. I mean, why don't we just do this and so we don't have to go through this every year not that it's I think the League is required to do The league requests a form every year that I send back to them I understand but if we do it permanently then you could just do it For example the mayor doesn't attend or the vice mayor you know Well then we appointed an alternate at that point Well I would like to volunteer to go so I'm planning on…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Sure, thank you. So on July 16th, 23rd, and the 30th, I attended Concerts in the Park. I want to thank the Parks and Rec team for a great concert series. You guys, they're not here, but I'm sure they're listening. Great job. I think everybody really enjoyed it and each week it got bigger and bigger there. On Friday, July 17th, I attended the Albertsons on Brookhurst and Ettinger, their grand reopening. They redid the store there. Tuesday, July 28th, Boys and Girls Club of Hunting Valley. I'm a board member, attended the board meeting. Wednesday, July 29th, the Fountain Valley Schools…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“We're not going to know what it would cost us because there's so many variables involved. There's no way to know how much it potentially could because those contracts would be sold, as I mentioned earlier. There's absolutely no way to give that kind of answer.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I'll make sure that we get that to all council members prior to the next meeting. Not a problem. Okay. Appreciate that. Vice Mayor Harper.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right. I'm being told that I have to come clean, that it was the beginner level that we played in.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, Chief. So thank you so much. I was the one who had requested this as a study session. And I'll be honest, I was looking for where do we have issues within the city for explosions. So I was looking for a one slide. You went into so much depth and so I feel so much better about things knowing all the details behind everything that goes into this from beginning to end. This is one of the most thorough reports I've seen in my six years up here so this is really good and I appreciate all the effort that went into this so thank you for doing that. You went over and above.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“As somebody who used that station for a decade or so, that's you see the flame up there a lot, and sometimes that flame gets really large, but it's normal.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Larry, just a quick comment for you, sir. I just want to let you know what regional center means to me and my family. When my son was young, regional center provided respite care that allowed us to go out and try to be a normal family. So you guys did a lot. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I'm glad you explained it a little bit more because I think the people need to understand just the efforts and what you guys do. It's a great organization. So thank you.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I think you just did it. no you just explained how it works well no but I mean that was a short version oh my goodness I have no problem if staff wants to take you know that's something that could be done in five minutes even during a meeting I don't think a study session needs to be done but in a future meeting if the city clerk would expand on that that would be yeah be helpful thank you”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So Councilmember Bowie and I spoke about this, and I agree with him. I think it would be good if we are to have at least one meeting between the contract award and when we vote on something. So I'll second his suggestion to be brought back.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Any other items for future consideration? It's unusual we have all these, but actually I have two. One is a simple one. So PCTA, it's the end of the fiscal year, and I would like to see a study session come back on just a report of how PCTA or Channel 3 did for the year, what the budget looks like, and the highlights of the year.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. And then the other one I want to bring up is a pretty serious one. So right now our police department is budgeted and should have 64 officers, and we currently have 52 officers. I want to elevate this and I don't want to call it a state of emergency or something but I would state a priority that we need to do some outside the box thinking to get our staffing level up to where it needs to be there are challenges with all cities trying to hire police department police officers along with our firefighters there's it's so important in our public everybody's important but Right now we are…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So, you're right, we have people going through, cadets going through the academy and some going in, but that's going to take years to get through and get hired and not everybody will become. And in the meantime, we're going to have retirements and others that may be leaving. we're at a critical low stage i want outside the box thinking meaning let's look up and down the state let's look at what other cities have done let's look at what incentives we could potentially put in place to get laterals others from other cities get our unfair share um you know we a cup was it last meeting on the meet…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“That could be one of the suggestions, absolutely. It's something that I think we're at a critical stage now, and when something happened in Buena Park with the hazmat thing, it was emphasized in the importance. In Fountain Valley, I think that's our key issue right now.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I'll be giving that report on my AB 1234. I'll give you the, or I could do it now if the mayor wants. So at that meeting, at our board meeting with OCPA yesterday, I provided, I made that request that That Vice Mayor Harper made and OCPA agreed they would provide that to staff and share it with City Council as soon as possible.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“They're going to provide us with a calendar with all the dates and everything. So we still have time, yes. Okay. All right.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“It's very clear, guys. I don't know what this issue is.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026