Remarks by Hillary Shields
116 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“Thank you. So there was a letter that was read into the record earlier that was done by an anonymous person. I don't know what their relationship is to the city. They sounded like someone who had interior knowledge of how the courts works, but I don't know if they're a member of staff or not. No idea. But if a member of city staff in any department ever has concerns about the operation of their department, is there a way for them to make anonymous whistleblower complaints? What is the procedure for that? And are staff educated on that?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Well, first I wanted to give a shout out to the free community yoga that happened this past weekend. One of these days you guys are going to join me for it. I'm going to keep inviting you. But they did it at City Hall because Green Street was having the vintage market takeover. So there's lots of great activities going on. This weekend will be the fall open house downtown. So hopefully everyone can come out and support local for Labor Day weekend. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. I just wanted to thank you for the update. I think we had a really good discussion about this at our joint session with Planning Commission. That composition sounds fine to me, and it's kind of fast to get folks appointed, but I think it's important work to get going quickly. So I would support the current proposal and bringing forth the resolution. So thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. So first I want to say thank you to Mr. for putting this together. And also thank you, I don't think he's here tonight, but Joe Perry at the EDC, I know that he had some input into this process. And I think it was, oh, I'm just blind. He's there. Thank you, Joe. In terms of recommending this kind of two-group structure that would allow us to both have technical experts, because I don't expect everyone in the community to know the difference between a Chapter 100 and a TIF and a TDD and a CID and a, you know, the alphabet soup goes on and on. We need folks who understand the kind of…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But knowing that it'll come to us for a vote to approve the final slates, that's something I would be comfortable with. But if folks feel like that's not quite the level of oversight, I'm open to other ideas.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I guess I was about to ask the same question. Because you talked about bringing forth resolutions. Will those resolutions actually list the membership? Do we need to start sending names to the mayor or to you? I guess that's sort of the question. To me, by the end of September would be great, although I think for the housing one they were saying...”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, so maybe by the end of September for the incentive one?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I assume everybody needs to actually reach out to people and ask them if they are interested and available. So if we want to try and do that by mid-September, that's fine. I was just wondering if we all need to be emailing somebody names or what we're doing.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Just what I was kind of hearing from Councilman Radkins, we have a schedule. After this, can maybe you send us a recap of the appointments we're being asked to make? And also a blurb that we can share with prospective appointees of here's how often this is expected to be. If I ever talk to someone about are you serving on a commission, it's always, well, what's the time commitment? So if you can give us that, I'm sure that would be super helpful as we start to find folks in our district that want to serve on these.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I believe it's Dana Arth, Christopher Frederick, and Andrea Young. That's it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So... I would be comfortable with inviting three folks to the final forum. I think we've had a chance to review their written applications, which had a lot of information in them. And I would like to give each of those candidates as much time as possible to answer questions and make sure that we have a chance to really get to know them that night. So I think when we originally wrote this policy and rules committee a few years ago, the idea was we never know how many applicants we'll get. And if you had 50 applicants for a position, you couldn't have all of them at a forum. It would just take…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And these ones, these ones are just for first reading, so I just go to the next one, right?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. I move for second reading Bill number 26-154, an ordinance reading the City of Lee Summit's procedure for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest and substantial interest for certain municipal officials pursuant to Section 2-75 of the Code of Ordinances for the City of Lee Summit, Missouri.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Move for second reading of Bill No. 26-155, an ordinance authorizing the City of Leisaw, Missouri, to make certain changes with respect to the Chapter 100 bond documents to be executed in connection with the Lakewood Business Park Project Building 2.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Could we have staff come up and just briefly explain what this is? Yeah, David Martin.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And you mentioned the bonds. The city is not on the hook for those at all, correct?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you for clarifying. That's all I have, Mayor. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Move for adoption of bill number 26-152, an ordinance approving the award of RFP 2026-083A to David E. Ross Construction Co. for the CMAR services for the Giacomo Pump Stations Enforcement Project in the amount of $52,378 and authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement for the same.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I probably should have brought this one up in council comments, but we had Lee Summit EDC had their monthly reception yesterday. Mayor and I both had a chance to speak briefly at it and talk about the proposed task forces that are coming forward, so I'm really glad that we all came to consensus on those tonight, because otherwise we would have been, I'm not going to say making big promises, because we didn't promise anything, but we were telling the community about these exciting opportunities.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Oh, I guess I considered it a committee.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Sure. For the record, the candidates who filed for consideration include Andrea Young, Christopher Frederick, Dana Arth, Garrett Denzer, Jared R. Williams, and Jothan J.D. Schiller.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Pursuant to Section 610.21.1 of the revised statute, the State of Missouri pertaining to legal actions, causes of action, or litigation involving a public governmental body and any confidential or privileged communication between a public governmental body or its representatives and its attorneys. Pursuant to Section 610.21.2 of the revised statute, the State of Missouri pertaining to the leasing, purchase, or sale of real estate by a public governmental body where public knowledge of the transaction might adversely affect the legal consideration. Therefore, in pursuant to Section 610.21.12…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026