Remarks by Jerry Joseph
149 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“No, you're still going to have the cameras that are going to be working. Right. But there's always going to be newer technology.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“But do we know what the difference would have been to lease and have the ability? They wouldn't offer leasing.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“OK. So right now, these cameras are the newest technology that should at least be the newest technology for the next six months?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“No, I was just wondering. So now the six-year issue came up. So when did we actually purchase these cameras?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So at some locations, we have six-year-old cameras?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah. So what is the newest cameras we have? How old?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“OK. Yeah. All right. So it runs the gamut. It does. Between now and six years ago. Correct.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Do we have an idea how many machines there are, actually?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“No, I would like to also have access to the software in order to verify the numbers and see where funds are being moved from column to column.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm fine with it. I would have liked to see a little green in there, but I'm fine with it. And everyone's entitled to their opinion. as to what it looks like to them. Can't get away from people having their own opinion.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“No, I was contacted also regarding that.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“I had spoken with Susan earlier. She had said that this was already installed. And I'm not for putting any additional money into Gateway. I would like to see, eventually, Gateway rebuilt.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Is there any type of screens that we can install?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“There are blowers that are actually vacuums. I have one.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“And what is this agreement involving, that we might have a grant?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“What is it that we have to do in order to qualify?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“All right, Commissioner Joseph. Okay, so this year, where we usually had had the students from Edelkopf K through 8 would paint on the RK wall across from the school. That was not available this year. And the students did their own paintings, which were displayed. And there were awards given by Mayor Edelkopf, as he regularly does each year, last month. And I had asked, and the commission agreed to have The painting's exhibited in our city hall lobby for a one month period for the month of July. And I would like to recognize Jenteri Buddha, Amelia Soretsev, Arianna. This is a tough one. You,…”
City Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Let me just get to it. Let's see. Which one is this?”
City Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Oh, cone of silence. OK. Yes. So it's come to my attention that the city departments that are doing purchases, I believe that they're not No one can be up on every item regarding purchasing. And the city has a wide variety of items that we purchase. And I believe that having the closed bidding and all, and for commissioners or anyone else in city administration that knows about certain items should be able to see what the bidding is, what the numbers are prior to the bid going out and as the bids come in. Also, the idea that we're telling people how much we want to put towards a project and…”
City Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Well, commissioners, city manager, assistant city manager, if there happens to be another department such as public works that might be aware of the item that's being purchased and if they may have some input, I think that's a good procedure and much better than what we're doing now.”
City Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“And this had turned out to have been an error.”
City Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Well, I understand. There's no cone of silence.”
City Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“And not only me. I don't know everything about everything. I know about certain things, and I know how to investigate where maybe we have so many examples. We have examples of when we were getting boat lifts, and the person in procurement”
City Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“So to the extent that you have quick- I just want to be able to verify that the person in procurement is doing the best for the city.”
City Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Well, there have been instances where someone is dropping the ball then, which, you know.”
City Commission · Jul 16, 2026