Remarks by James H. Scott
81 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“She can bring that back. She can bring that back. But here's the thing. If they put together a package, that means they know when they advertise it what they're looking for. So when they advertise the position, all right, we're doing a contract. What's in the contract? What type of person on forensic audit are we looking for and what we expect and what it would look like for them to look for? If they do that, then they'll give you a price. If they can't, then I'll say, well, we don't do that. See, what you're doing now is just saying, she's bringing you back a price. She's bringing you back.…”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:56:32
“I just want you to say I'm trying to skip across all that.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“No, no, no. Monday would have been for us to review the package that they put together, but she said we can't do that. So we have to bring it back to the commission meeting.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“They got generic packages that you can just go in and put in different, but I'm just saying it's all right. Whatever you say, that's what it's going to be. Okay, I never said, oh, y'all put a motion.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:58:18
“Keith, I'm sorry, but the motion you made was just something that lagged time by. The motion I made was asking for RFQ. That means it's a package that's going to be presented that people can look at and see if that's something they want to do. What you're doing now is just wasting of time. The only thing you're doing is just kicking the can down the road. And I'm just sorry to say that, but that is exactly what you're doing. So I understand you're sincere about what you're doing, but it's still kicking the can down the road. We're trying to just pin this down and move on.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:58:59
“Well, y'all can discuss that. What if we vote on it?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:59:18
“Oh, okay. Okay. She says she needs more time. All right. I understand.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“No, sir. First, I want to thank everyone for coming out and everyone for listening. But I know it's been a hard week for me. I know it's been a hard week for a lot of people. And hopefully this weekend, when you guys have your class picnic and homecoming, that you all have a good time and enjoy yourself. But it gets harder for me every day now. But all right, I just want to say thank you all for coming out. Don't worry about it. Go ahead. Go ahead.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“My question is, where are we on your priority list? Last year, we had the same statement about us being late, things not being in. I'm like, so when are we going to become a priority where you can make sure that our city is done on time?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'll make a motion that way, except a resolution. Second.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:31:08
“Yes. I know we discussed this at the budget meeting, but I'd like to have this on the agenda. When is the next meeting?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“And what was your second one? I'm sorry. Can't you put it to the cemetery, to the property next to the cemetery?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“You want to put that one in, too? OK. Why, ma'am? OK, we stated what you need.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 26:48
“Which one is that? No, who you say we have a lease with?”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 26:53
“Metro PCS. So there's no one else up there?”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 27:29
“I know when I looked at the contract I didn't see anything on there but no and I'm not actually look for it so what this one would have been old I believe your list went back to twenty twenty but it is that mean we still have a contract with you yes we do we do some say that's what I was okay”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“So could we look and see? In other services that we provide in, because it looks like more than one cell tower out there on that water tower where I live at. There's a lot of them going right now. I know that ain't just from one company.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 29:36
“Yes. So we're not getting anything for the one that's at the...”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 31:12
“If we didn't get paid, we'd cut the lines. If we didn't get paid, we'd cut the lines. Then they'll come up with something.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 34:24
“That one's the reason for asking for a copy of the contract, who we have contracts with, and that way we can survey them and look at them, what needs to be done, because it's crazy.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 35:33
“I'm kind of aware that we have a contract with someone for some property, but I didn't see it on that. So that means people making, they making deals, those making deals, having contracts without coming and bringing it to the commission. Because I understand, I read that, what you put together, and none of that was there. For instance, out there to the cemetery, the property on this side of the cemetery, I'm like, I didn't even know the city owned it, honestly. But now that I know that the city owned the property, these people got a contract that probably been expired five or six years ago.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 36:16
“If it was a contract, because it didn't state it in there. That's what threw me.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 36:51
“Oh, I see a lot of them missing. And I know what you had said, so that's why I didn't say goodbye.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 37:41
“Yeah, because what got my attention is when someone approached me about leasing it, I'm like, we don't know property. I said, yes, y'all do. And I went there. I physically drove down there and went, walked over there and looked it over. It used to be a tree farm. It's not a tree farm now. It's just property with irrigation sticking up everywhere and some people living there.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026