Remarks by Jazzmin Cobble
159 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 7
- Play at 42:01
“Well, OK, your first response was we're going back to the charter.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 42:12
“I'll yield to see if you have a discussion about the deputy finance director now that we're not going by the charter roles.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 42:23
“You said you're going to discuss the deputy finance director.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 42:30
“I'm going to wait until you ask the city attorney.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 42:39
“Okay, my question again is if you're going back to the original ordinance prior to the state of emergency, why is the deputy finance director listed in the ordinance, which is not going back to the original ordinance.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 44:15
“job description of the deputy finance director it still has no signatory responsibilities within it today in our in our deputy role nor is there even a person in that role today and hasn't been for quite some time so I understand the legend and again attorney Thompson you do not have to keep explaining to me and you you know it better than most that I understand the legislative authority and what can be literally written or literally removed again i was simply asking for the rationale behind it it changed a few times and now the discussion went from we're going back to the original to back to…”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 53:51
“Mayor Pro Tem, what date was that contract emailed? I can't find it.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 58:09
“I'm sorry. Is everybody looking at the contract but me? Do you all have the contract?”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 58:19
“Okay, well, can anybody one for the engagement letter? But two, it says, I know, I can't find it. Oh, okay. So if you'll just for me at least the engagement letter, but 713 at 659.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 58:34
“The engagement letter is not a contract. And I thought I just heard Attorney Thompson say that there will be a few other items in the contract that is not listed in the engagement letter. The engagement letter is a letter from Mauldin and Jenkins to the city, which is not a contractual agreement. It's all of their requirements. It does not have your city identification in it. It doesn't have your standard contract language. The engagement letter should be an exhibit, an amendment addendum to your contract. So if you were to say you're going to approve a contract, but you're actually only…”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 1:07:49
“The city has never approved a contract that the council has not seen, nor that the vendor has seen, nor that the city attorneys have seen in a meeting in which it didn't exist. So with a motion to approve an appointment of the external auditors pending a contract, that is general motion terms, but how do you approve a contract that was not written nor reviewed and then say we don't have to do it again I mean I have I've never seen the city do that before and granted we you know are doing things different these days but never have it is significantly unheard of to approve a contract that has…”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 1:09:14
“So that's my question. I mean, our, is the council, did the council direct the city attorney and that motion to deviate from the typical process of procurement and go right to the attorneys or is, or is this going through procurement? Was that in your motion?”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 1:09:38
“No, apparently there was a motion for a non-existing contract the last time we met. I was just curious if that motion also included not going through procurement and going directly to the attorneys to draft.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 1:13:50
“I'd just like to add that you mentioned a Thursday special call meeting. I just want to state for the record today that I will not be available for a Thursday special call meeting as I have a prior obligation already set.”
City Council · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 22:51
“I'm stating that I have a question if you'll give me the floor I'd like to ask the question.”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 23:05
“THE CHARTER SECTION THAT YOU'RE READING FROM INDICATING THAT THE MAYOR SIGNS, FIRST OF ALL DESCRIBES THE CEREMONIAL MAYOR THAT THIS CITY SO GRACIOUSLY HAS. IN THOSE CEREMONIAL DUTIES IT CERTAINLY DOES SAY THAT THE MAYOR DOES NOT HAVE DISCRETION IN THE MATTER. and that's as a matter of fact as you all are aware the mayor doesn't set the agenda doesn't put the items on the agenda doesn't vote and doesn't as you can see chair the meetings so you are correct in that the mayor simply signs documents with no discretion there is a caveat in law uh that is not in your charter that does not require…”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 25:33
“How much time do I have left, Madam Clerk? I'll save my time, thank you.”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 27:51
“the Councilman Turner, the section I'm referring to in the charter which is the violation of the appointment is not the Mayor Pro Tem and the Council making the appointment. That is, that was and did take place properly. THE SECTION THAT I'M REFERRING TO IN THE CHARTER VIOLATION REFERS TO 3.02A, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL BE APPOINTED AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION B OF THIS SECTION WITHOUT REGARD TO POLITICAL BELIEFS AND SOLELY ON THE BASIS, HERE WE GO, OF HIS OR HER EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE IN THE ACCEPTED COMPETENCIES AND PRACTICES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT. It is very specific to the…”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 37:06
“Mayor Pro Tem. If Councilman Turner is reading from an ordinance, that ordinance is not factually correct. In fact, in a meeting, the mayor did attempt to appoint an acting city manager and was the city council unanimously voted down. The mayor did not bring forth another recommendation as the city council had made it clear that the mayor's recommendations were not wanted. So your resolution is actually factually incorrect. It is on record that the mayor did attempt to make an acting city manager appointment. Should you move forward to adopt the resolution that was written that was Red, it is…”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 39:36
“Councilman Turner you are absolutely correct however your resolution does not read that your resolution reads as if there was not an attempt at all and as if the city council was never presented with an acting city manager in fact the city council was presented with an acting city manager someone who by the way had already been a city manager before so no I did not have anyone else to offer to you as I mentioned that in that meeting I brought an offering You all voted it down. I'm asking that your resolution reflect that the actions were taken to attempt to appoint an acting city manager. As…”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 1:14:53
“Oh, absolutely. Actually, I'd like my attorney to respond. Attorney Tyson, would you please come to the podium? As he's coming, I would also like to mention that the statement that you heard read just by the city manager was only in the words of one individual. AS WE KNOW, ONE SIDE OF THE STORY IS ONLY THAT. SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR ATTORNEY WHO WILL NOT ONLY EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURAL VIOLATIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER JUST VIOLATED, BUT ALSO THE CONTINUATION OF THE INCORRECT AND INFACTUALLY STATED EVENTS THAT OCCURRED, WHICH WE ACTUALLY HAVE EVIDENCE AND PROOF OF. ATTORNEY TYSON,…”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 1:15:48
“My city attorney is going to respond on my behalf. The question is, did you... Mayor Pro Tem, are you refusing to let me share my side of the story through my legal counsel? No, absolutely not. Okay, some attorney will speak on my behalf.”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 1:16:17
“Yes, you gave me the floor. And in you giving me the floor, I am having my attorney to speak. So you're having your attorney speak. I can do. You're having your attorney speak. If the floor is mine, then I may proceed with... having the floor, and having the floor includes having my attorney speak. Again, would you like me to request from you personally to invite someone to the floor?”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 1:16:55
“Please legally explain that I need permission to indulge in the floor. and a meeting where I'm rightfully a member of the governing body.”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026
- Play at 1:17:28
“Correct. We're having a meeting for the members of this body of which I am a part of. And so there's no law that says that as a part of my own discussion, I cannot bring others into it. As a matter of fact, you just had more than one person speaking on another item right before this. So with the body. with the body, right? So I am a part of this governing body. There are no stipulations in law that state that as I have the floor, I may not involve multiple parties in my presentation. As a matter of fact, council just involved multiple parties in their presentation. So if you can find law that…”
City Council · Jul 2, 2026