Remarks by Jani Hitchen
279 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 12
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“Thank you for your comments and for your service. And I misread that. There's an Anthony, and I wasn't sure if you wanted to speak to this item. It didn't say. Okay, Anthony, come on up, and then we'll open it up to anyone else in the room. Thank you for signing in. I just...”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm sure no other hands raised. I'm going to close public comment. Bring it back before the council. Is there any further discussion on this item? Council member Denson.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate the questions. So we now have R2026-177 before us for approval. I'm going to ask the Clerk to call the roll.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Aye. You have seven ayes, zero nays. With seven ayes, zero nays, the motion is adopted. Thank you all for your time and advocacy. We have one more item to work on today. We have resolution 2026-178. Councilman Morial, I'm going to you for a motion, but I didn't give you a heads up, so there you go.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's been moved and seconded. Can the clerk please read it into record?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's team sports staffing the county council in real time.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“With no hands raised, we'll close public comment, bring it back before the council. Is there any further comments on this item for my colleagues? Well, I will just urge support on this one. This is a need that was identified. We've continued to collect data and really see a growing senior population with needs and a growing population that needs basically supportive housing around behavioral health or mental health. True Bay has Applied for this pot of dollars explicitly, because they have figured out a way to make this work and are willing to do business in Pierce County and the state of…”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“You have seven ayes, zero nays. With seven ayes and zero nays, the motion is adopted. Thank you and congratulations to Today, we have no ordinances this afternoon, and so we are going to move directly to Section 10, which is community forum at this time. If there's any members of the public that would like to provide comments. Let me just read the script. Community forum is an opportunity for members of the public to address the council on any topic of significance to or affecting Pierce County government that did not appear on the agenda for final action today. There is a three minute limit.…”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you for your comments. There we go. uh not seeing anyone else signed up or raising their hands for community forum we're going to go ahead and close that portion of the meeting and bring it back before the council is there any other business or announcements this afternoon vice chair i'm going to go to you okay thank you real quick”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Looking forward to the meeting. Council Member Denson.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. I'm not seeing any other lights come up. So seeing no other business before the council, we are adjourned. Have a wonderful evening, everybody.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Good afternoon. I'm going to call to order the Pierce County Council. Today is August 25th, 2026. The time is 3 p.m. If the clerk could call the roll.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“She is joining online, but I do not see her yet. Council Member Iombe? Here.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I am here. You have six members present. So we have six members present, which is a quorum. Thank you all for joining us today. In a moment, I'm going to ask the Vice Chair to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance and read a land acknowledgement. Following the pledge, I'll ask that you remain standing in a moment of silence to honor the men and women serving overseas in our military. If you're able, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council Member Herrera.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Vice Chair, and for the record, Council Member Ayala has now joined us online. Thank you. We are at the approval of our agenda. Are there any objections to approving our agenda as presented this afternoon? Seeing none, our agenda is approved. On today's council agenda, there'll be multiple opportunities for public comments on the consent agenda. You may provide comments on any final action item. This does not include items that are placed on the agenda for scheduling. Then during section eight and nine of the agenda, we'll take public comment for each ordinance and resolution…”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Is that permissible? I guess my question for clarification is you're going to vote on it, though, because a consent agenda requires seven votes.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, it might be easier just to pull it in that way, because if you're going to object to it, but vote yes, I feel like that's confusing.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“or after I'll say are there any further comments you could put it there. So I'll go that route. Okay, so we aren't pulling any of the items. So, but we have five different appointments. So I am not seeing any of these individuals in our chambers. So if you are here to be appointed to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee, the Planning Commission, Transportation Advisory Committee, the Housing Authority or the Veterans Board, please raise your hand and zoom. Okay, so now I'm looking for people. Claire, you are being appointed to the transportation advisory. If you'd like to unmute yourself and…”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. We also have Patrick who's being appointed to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee. Like to introduce yourself and say why you'd like to serve.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Okay, and Vice Chair, I skipped a step. I needed to look to you for a motion, which I think is what you were trying to do, and then I just went on looking for appointees.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026