Remarks by Jani Hitchen
279 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 12
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“I think it just happened because this is recorded. So we're going to Councilmember Krueger.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you for the comments. So to make sure that we can have the vote. Well, council member Cooper is still here on this 1. I do want to extend my gratitude to the staff for getting this together. The clerk staff that managed all the different various amendments to make sure that we had them both in writing and copies and they were in the packet and. And all the running around that made it possible and truly, truly do appreciate that. So I am going to. Ask the clerk to call the roll on the approval of Proposal O2026-556 as amended. Council Member Krueger?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Aye. You have seven ayes and zero nays. With seven ayes and zero nays, the motion is adopted. We have been at this for two hours, so I'm going to suggest that we take a five-minute recess so that people can have a human moment. So we are going to be back at 5.05. We are in recess. Okay, we're gonna go ahead and get started, so if you wanna. Good evening. We are back. The time is 506 and we were going in reverse order of our ordinances. So we're at ordinance 02026-552. Potentially, there's been a proposal to continue this to the next week's meeting, which is September 15th. This isn't a formal…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“It's been moved and seconded that we continue proposal. Oh, 2026, 552 to the September 15th, 2026 meeting. I'm going to pause and I have 2 questions. So just verifying with I know we have 1 member of the staff who's been managing this. We have staff that can support this happening next week. Just want to check with staff. I'm getting head nods. They're not verbalizing it, but for the record, for those of you that are listening and can't see their heads going up and down. And then the second question is just, this one is not time sensitive as far as any other policy work that we're doing.…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay. I will also add that that colleague... Is not here, so would not be here to move her amendments. Um, in addition, the staff from the executive's office that was supporting this work is in the same exact meeting that council member is in. Therefore, we don't have the executive side and we don't have the person who's proposing amendments. So it seems silly to take this up though. I do appreciate. that's kind of troubleshooting and thinking about how we could do this if it was time sensitive, but I'm not hearing any objections. So I will just formally ask all those in favor of…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“It's been moved and seconded. Will the clerk please read it into the record?”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So you sound okay for us. If you want to just keep talking, we're hearing you clearly. Okay, okay.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Aye. You have seven ayes, zero nays. With seven ayes and zero nays, the motion is adopted. Thank you all. We now, so again, for those not playing along with this, we did a lot of things out of order. So we aren't at the beginning of our agenda. We are now at community forum. Community forum is the opportunity for members of the public to address the council on any topic that is of significance to or affecting Pierce County that was not up for final action this afternoon. There is a three minute limit. And again, we cannot allow testimony on anything related to ballot issues. measures or…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you for your comments. no more hands this time i'm sure no other hands raised i'm going to close community forum and bring it back before the council is there any other business and i'll remind council member herrera might have a reminder and i know that council member denson probably has a reminder and council member also told me they had a reminder so i will start in chambers council member herrera so you have time to prep uh council member denson”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. And thank you for picking a date that we are not competing with the PLL. Sorry, the Washington State Fair. Don't want to get in trouble.”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So looking forward to the meeting and the learning together and the agenda you've put together. I will also add just a gentle reminder that tomorrow we have a committee of the whole. The topic really is about how we've been investing our behavioral health and therapeutic tax dollars kind of. programmatically so looking both internal and external as we have some potential decisions to make as a council on that particular funding stream for Pierce County that are very consequential so knowing what we're talking about is important and that is at 9 30 a.m in these very chambers not seeing any…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Good afternoon. I'd like to call to order. The Pierce County Council today is September 1st, 2026, and the time is 3.01 p.m. If the clerk could call the roll. Oh, I don't know why your thing doesn't turn on either. I can't turn.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“You have seven members present. With seven members present, we do have a quorum. Thank you all for joining us. In a moment, I'll be leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a moment of silence in honor of Victims who have been impacted by flash floods in two parts of our world. In Arizona, along the Grand Canyon, flooding resulted in the loss of life and many are still missing. And then in Nepal, the catastrophic flooding has resulted in significant loss of life. At this time, 939 people with thousands still missing. We pause to honor those who've lost their lives, who remain…”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Seeing no other hands, we'll close public comment, bring it before the council. Any further discussion on approval of a consent agenda? Seeing none, can the clerk call the roll on the approval of the consent agenda?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“With seven ayes and zero nays, the motion is adopted. Thank you. That brings us to section six, messages from the Executive or other county elected officials on August 20th, the executive transmitted the following ordinances, which were signed and approved. Ordinance 2026-453, which was granting a non-exclusive franchise to Citizens Water Association. And Ordinance 2026-544, which was vacating portions of 174th Street, East Gold Street, and East D Street in Spanaway Boulevard. And then a second message with The following ordinances, which were approved and signed on August 27th, which was…”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Let's give them a hand. So thank you for joining us. I know we have some slides specifically from our department. So we'll start with you and then we will invite whoever wants to go next after that just for simplicity here. Thank you for joining us.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Katie. Appreciate it. Next guest.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you so much for being here and our last guest, unless there's the 4th person somewhere hidden in the audience or online comes over dense and I'm looking for you to. Okay.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you so much for being here and the work you do every day. Are there council members that wish to speak on this? And Council Member Krueger, I turned your light off. Do you want to go first?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026