Remarks by James P. Hilty Sr
34 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 2:44:38
“Again, there was things that were brought up tonight. There seems to be a culture that's developing. And it gets away from, one, information to the public and information to council at different times. And, two, it gets away from let me find a way to help the citizens rather than just go in and read them the Riot Act.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 2:47:36
“But again, my point was that there was fraud committed against the city. You should have taken the opportunity to make it public and say it's under investigation. You're hiding behind that until the report comes back. And I don't think that's fair to our citizens.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 2:48:36
“No, I'm not saying you hid it from us. I'm just saying it should have been brought forward to the public to know about it. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 2:50:12
“That happened yesterday or the day before, but since it goes all the way back to April or May, I think it's time to bring it up.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 2:50:23
“I'm not saying he didn't know. I'm just saying that it goes back so long so people look at it as a cover-up. And obviously it was a cover-up by the employee.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 2:51:42
“Going back to my original report, this guy was a senior manager or something like that in his department.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 2:51:52
“I'm mentioning a position because it relates to what I say with what we've been hearing here. There seems to be a culture going on on different things of hiding certain things or departments taking control like, you know, code enforcement. you know, not enforcing things that they should go after, but then going and harassing people, making people cry. I mean, that's kind of crazy.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 2:56:40
“Okay, you're going down another rabbit hole, which was not my original point. My point was that it was interesting that we had some similar complaints, and I still have this feeling that if we got the money back, this would have never been transparent to the public.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 2:56:57
“And I think that's wrong. That's why I think it's incumbent of you to bring it up and say that we have an investigation going on. This is what happened. Let the public know.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026