Remarks by Harry Steinmetz
60 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“Yeah, I got a lot of things to talk about.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Very nice presentation, laying things out pretty clearly. But there's one thing that I think the public and maybe up here you can help us understand a little bit better, and that's the situation with Wesley. You've stated that they are exempt from property taxes because they're a nonprofit, and yet they have a dispute with the state that is now saying, well, maybe you're not entirely exempt. And yet our share of the property tax that we're used to getting from Wesley has not been paid. How do you reconcile Wesley as a nonprofit not normally paying, but we get something? AND I DON'T…”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Yeah, and I understand that's the current dispute, but what you have indicated is that our overall property tax bill is down because Wesley's not paying anything to the state, and yet that implies that something was being previously paid by Wesley. Right. I'm trying to get at the past.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“So the county had sent us data not specifying that Wesley was included, so we didn't realize that Wesley was included because we've assumed they are not included.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“All right. That makes a lot of sense, and I understand it much better. Hopefully, everybody who's watching can do it. Thank you. Nice presentation.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Yeah, just one thing that caught my eye is the regular sales tax that appears to be declining. Is there a relationship between the number of businesses that are revenue or retail? Has that declined as well? Or have you had any chance to do any analysis to see if there's a connection there.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“So with that said, Eddie, I'm going to humiliate you a little bit. I won't be too mean.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Yeah, I want to say thank you for the presentation. I think you're putting some meat on the bones at this point, and that's really, really appreciated. This is obviously going to bring us in some good data that is going to allow us to make smart decisions. I especially like the idea of looking at why hasn't development happened, figuring out what those barriers are, because, frankly, it's been a lot of sort of ad hoc, we think this is the problem, let's do it, without necessarily knowing the data to support that. And so I think this is an excellent approach, and it is painstakingly slow for…”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Outstanding presentation. Really good job of justifying these locations for these cameras. And I appreciate that. My question revolves around the school walk zones. Kids aren't walking to school 24 hours a day. It seems incongruous that you are using the school walk zone to cite somebody at midnight or during summer vacation when the kids might not be going to school or on weekends. How does all that play? Is it just the definition says if it's there, you can use it 24 hours?”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“As someone who has made a contribution to the city coffers from those particular cameras, I can tell you they do change behavior. They really do. And that was a long time before I was on council. I just want to clarify that. But I agree with Councilmember Desmoni's. It's just enforcing an existing speed limit. And yes, we're using the rationale for the school walk zone. I was wondering whether or not that might change or limit what we can do, but apparently not right now. So I think it's OK to enforce the speed limit. And to Councilmember Nutting's point, We hear often from people, speeders,…”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026