Remarks by Jason McShane
179 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 8
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“By the prioritization, okay, I got you. Council Member Trumbo, did you have anything you wanted to add?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, I don't have slide 10. It's right behind you. It's also on the big screen behind you there, Jonathan.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Originated in Kennewick. So the usage, right?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So just a couple of things. You know, Aaron, you'd asked a few other questions about service level. And I think it has a question for me on the usage rate. The number one complaint I have about animal control is they never show up. And I'm not trying to exaggerate, but I have not had a single person that I've talked to that has said that they've ever had animal control actually come and deal with an issue in Kennewick. all of the calls that I receive are complaints that they haven't. Now I recognize that that might mean that the people that are getting help are not calling, right? But I would…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so this is not based on telephone calls that come in. I recognize the differences there, but I would say from a service level perspective, though, I think there is a problem where we're not getting animals resolved. And like I said, I've heard that consistently. I've heard concerns that animal control says their hands are tied, they can't help with certain things, and so on. And so your second question about consistency between the jurisdictions I think is critical, and I think your recommendation that we get to a point where all the jurisdictions have similar rules. And I don't know…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And so what would happen in the event of an animal control? I'm going to call it option one because it's on the left because it's priority. Okay. option one that's on the left what what's the result of this i mean i i'm not i'm just trying to wrap my head around if we say okay we're going to do the 72 hour hold but then we choose not to do the other things what happens to these animals at the end of that 72 hours so that's where we're looking to have a non-profit or a shelter facility step up and take these animals or we have to start looking at euthanasia of these that would be the…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, I think it makes sense to me. So we would not have any... city staff right pasco would be in the administrative city at this point but we would not have any city staff operating in that facility would all be a contractor and we would be overseeing supervising i mean i heard some of the things that were brought to concerns obviously providing oversight and ensuring that the contractor is fulfilling all the obligations that they need to”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Could we not, though, require minimum activities? If you're going to use the facility, you have to provide these things.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Mr. Mayor? Yes, Mayor Pro Temporelli.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So we're looking for some level of consensus as a council for you. Erin, do you feel like you've received enough information from council this evening, or do you want kind of an up and down priority? What would you like to have tonight?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. I was just making sure I was included with that. I will say that as part of the ACA Management Committee, and I would just ask you to think about this, if the city manager's focus is not, because you have so many other things, if it makes more sense to have that be focused through a parks director or someone else, I wouldn't mind seeing that not be a city manager required activity. I think that could be delegated to somebody that, perhaps has additional focus on those things. So that's just my opinion of that. And if we wanted to have additional council type or other appointed…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I think it is an important thing that we provide in our community. As we're parting from this conversation, I think something that was said somewhere along the way is really important, and that is that if we don't prioritize this, this problem will get worse. As we looked at some of the numbers of animals, I mean, there was a mention here this evening of 50,000. I didn't know if I got it right, is it 50,000 stray cats in Tri-Cities? And we have touched just a small fraction of those. And so that number I'm sure multiplies very rapidly as I remember from my youth and childhood having cats with…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. Next for consideration is the 2027-2029 IAFF Collective Bargaining Agreement. And Chad, will you give us a staff report, please?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Does Council have any questions of staff? If there are no questions, I'll entertain a motion. Mayor? Council Member Anderson.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Mayor Pro Temporelli. I was going to say, he's fast. All right. It has been moved by Council Member Anderson and seconded by Mayor Pro Temporelli to authorize the execution of of the 2027 to 2029 collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of Firefighters, local number 1296, as presented. The floor is open for discussion.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Additional discussion? All right, if there's no additional discussion, it has been properly moved and seconded to authorize execution of the 2027 through 2029 collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of Firefighters, local number 1296 as presented. Will the clerk please start the vote? That motion is passed six to one. I just want to express appreciation as we depart from this for all the work that's been done both by staff and as was recognized by the local as well who work collaboratively to do this. This is a lot of work to do these collective bargaining…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Yeah, it was a great activity on Friday. If you didn't get a chance to come up and see the Field of Remembrance, it was really quite something to see. It was really quite something to see. Again, got a lot of compliments from others about the way that we'd run that program and what a wonderful opportunity it was to hear the stories and to share our experiences with folks, both from our community and not from our community. With that, I think that the only other thing I was gonna add is that I do have a speaking engagement at the WFOA, that's the Washington Finance Officers…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It is now 6.30 and the meeting will come to order. Good evening and welcome to the September 1st, 2026 Kennewick City Council meeting. Council meetings are streamed live on our website. Go to kennewick.com. Viewers can enable closed captioning by accessing the setting feature in the preferred web browser either during the live broadcast or when watching the recording. Will the city clerk please state who is present and whether a quorum is established?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Will Councilmember Milbauer please lead us in the pledge?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. No one registered to provide tonight's invocation. Persons interested in giving the invocation can find information on our website or through the city clerk's office. Council Member Trumbo provided advance notice of his absence. Is there a motion to excuse the absence?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Is there a second? Mayor? Yes, Council Member Millar. I'll second the motion. It has been moved by Mayor Pro Tem Torelli and seconded by Council Member Milbauer to excuse the absence of Council Member Trumbo. The floor is open for discussion. There being no further discussion, it has been properly moved and seconded to excuse the absence of Council Member Trumbo. Will the clerk please start the vote? It has passed unanimously. Thank you. Next on the agenda is visitors. This is the only opportunity for visitor comment at tonight's meeting. Visitors are welcome to state their opinion on any…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Additional public comments this evening? Who are we?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Any additional public comments this evening?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“This comment period is closed. The next item is approval of the agenda. If a council member wants an item removed from the consent agenda, please be recognized by the mayor and state the item number you want to remove for further discussion, and that item will be considered separately. I'll entertain a motion.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It has been moved by Mayor Pro Temporelli and seconded by Council Member Anderson to approve the agenda as presented. The floor is open for discussion. There being no further discussion, it has been properly moved and seconded to approve the agenda as presented. Will the clerk please start the vote? That is passed unanimously. Next item is the approval of the consent agenda. All matters listed within the consent agenda have been distributed to each member of the Kennewick City Council for reading and study, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the council with no…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026