Remarks by Jamie Warrick
96 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
- Play at 3:47:09
“And like you were talking about with bidding, remember you brought up about opening the bid and all that stuff? and you wanted the checks and balances and that opening, right? You could even delegate the city clerk-treasurer, even though you got a procurement manager, which still would fall under the city manager, we could put that in the roles and responsibilities, which I think I did in my, where the clerk-treasurer will go to the opening of the bid to make sure that the city is doing what they're supposed to be doing on top of what the procurement manager's already doing, and that creates…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:48:39
“And that was my question. And that was one of my questions why that last line you read, additional duties by the commission, that's why that line's in there. And that's why we determined not to write it out yet and strictly define define it because let's say it doesn't work out. We have the flexibility and opportunity to change it back if we wanted to and say this is not working out. But let's say we do this for a couple, two, three years and we're like, this is working out great. Then we can put those things in the charter to define all that when we know this is how we want it to look.…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:52:58
“We'll get to that second question. I'll just make the motion to approve city clerk slash treasurer. Second.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:56:47
“There you go. So that's what I have set up here is a procurement manager administratively falls under the city manager.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:59:04
“And I looked at that. The issue I had with that is they both have their own responsibilities. And if there's a conflict between them, it's going to create a lot of problems. And that's why I think you need one POC or point of contact that you go through for all that. And of course, they're going to have the deputy treasurer and the deputy clerk under them to kind of help them all with that too.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:02:30
“No, ma'am. You're talking about clerk treasurer? Yeah. Clerk treasurer? No.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:02:38
“If we go with clerk treasurer, that would be an officer that's under the commission, they would report to the commission.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:02:51
“She'll be doing the same thing she's doing now.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:02:56
“But the reporting. the person that they report to will be different. That's where the checks and balances comes into place.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:04:24
“And not only that, let's say you did put a treasurer under the clerk. You want the clerk to be reporting to you, but you also want them to be the subject matter expert. So if they're not the subject matter expert, that's where I have the problem with the treasurer underneath, especially if there's some type of conflict between the two. And that's why I think it's so important to have that one point of contact.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:05:21
“And I did do a lot of research to look around other municipalities to see if they're set up like that. There was one I found, I don't remember what state it was in, but it was a very unique form of government that they had. The only time I saw it where they were separate is they actually had a city clerk as an officer and a treasurer or comptroller as an officer. So they had two officers that were reporting to the commission. I've seen it set up that way too, but if we were to do that, I think we would have to add an extra position though, and I don't think that's really the road we should be…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:06:03
“Let's vote on this, if you don't mind, and I'll give you my idea of what I think we should do.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:06:14
“No, no, no. If this passes, if we hire internally or if we go out and advertise for it.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:09:22
“So can I just kind of say something where... My opinion is, since we're not adding any positions, and I think we can put all the same people in these slots here, that we should hire internally. And the reason I believe that is this is an organizational change. The last thing we want to do is bring in someone from outside. They come in, and not only are they trying to figure out how we're reorganizing and we're trying to redo some policy to line up with all this,”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:10:31
“Well, they're actually keeping the treasurer portion, and they're putting the clerk under the city manager, which I told them all I disagree with it, but that's on them. That's their city.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:12:13
“So I had a response there of some of the things that we had talked about before that I didn't have my original. And I sent the email, and I don't know if Dunlap Shipman had any issues with those.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:24:17
“Yeah, so a couple things with that. So is it trash or yard debris that you're talking about?”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:24:39
“Well, we better triple our charges. If someone was doing yard work in your yard, and they had a bunch of clippings and branches and that, you can put them in front of your house, and they come pick it up for free.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:24:51
“That's fine. But you know what I'm saying? That's for everyone in Lundheim, not just the country club. Okay.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:24:59
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:33:58
“Sure. Is there anything we can do to convince you to stay?”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:34:05
“Well, I hate to see you go, and it's just weird if all of a sudden I didn't expect it and didn't see it coming. So I'm sorry to see you go.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 9:27
“I'll say this I can't tell you how many times I used to come to commission meetings with I think this is going to happen and something totally different happens so oh yeah all the time and as soon as we leave here people will talk to us right and then people will change their minds it happens”
Commission · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 13:52
“So I just want to verify, the recommendation from the Finance Review Committee was reduce CRA by 50%. Yes. Do away with the animal shelter.”
Commission · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 19:39
“So just to talk about that for a second, because I presented this before the city clerk was voted on. I had a presentation to show what the idea was. Not one person. I don't think I even have one resident say we're not for that. No one said anything that they were against it. But now all of a sudden. No. Why?”
Commission · Sep 1, 2026