Remarks by JoBeth Hamon
41 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 34:12
“I will say it is very fun to see all the costumes and all of the turkey-themed outfits. So if you're not a runner but just want to go watch, it's a very fun one to watch. So happy to move for approval.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 38:45
“I'll chime in. I really appreciate your service and stewardship of this department and really particularly want to thank you for just taking and running with the Mobile Integrated Health Program. Just your willingness to take on something new and just do it to the best of y'all's ability. Every time I hear people in the community say,”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“My question is, so you have this, what I am interpreting as the new exterior amenity on the southern end, where it says 4,700 square feet. Is that, you're tearing up that asphalt to add in green?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“I just, recognizing that doing that in a solid chunk is probably a different cost than doing it throughout, but I do wonder, is there any other space as part of the parking lot where that could be reoriented to provide some of that like through the parking lot experience while also being sort of a solid amenity. And then that is either like sort of a drive space or restripe it for parking. I just wonder if there's a way to reorient what you're already planning to do so that it meets that need of having something through this. I am particularly sensitive that this is right by the highway. This…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“because I think that is sort of what I'm seeing is that while the space is there, it's just the site plan is maybe a little deceptive because it's an older version and maybe this is not the final positioning of where you actually perceive that green space to go. And I don't know if there's any way to like regulate that now of like actually put it over here when I'm sure there's lots of other factors, but I just wonder if, if this is maybe a little misleading based on the changes you mentioned.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“And so maybe it is deferring it two weeks to just discuss with the architect what other orientation is possible. Because I could see that maybe it makes more sense for it to be in this large space that also looks like it's going to be an entryway into the building. Yeah, we can do that. But again, I'm not really good at math, but I don't think I'm down to five. I'm very bad at spatial awareness. I'm like, it looks like it could go there, but...”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“I appreciate you all raising this issue. This is something that has increasingly become on my radar in the last year, partially due to some advocacy of some of my constituents, but also my own personal experience moving to a neighborhood where dogs get dumped, or I think in my neighborhood's case, it's more likely abandoned. and friends who are advocates for animals and often are doing this kind of stray rescue work, calling, expressing frustration about the change in animal welfare's policy around when they can intake dogs. When I talk to animal welfare about this, I understand their…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 2:27:29
“Because that's what, talking to Animal Welfare, they were like, the shelter will help, but if we don't have additional staffing, the space doesn't really.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 40:43
“Well, I know this is a really lovely and well-loved event every year. We'll cross our fingers that temperatures get a little more, you know, something. Yeah, less terrible. But thank you so much for all the work that you all put into this every year. I know it's such a lovely event, and it's amazing. 31 years, I think, is a testament to how well it's loved. So I'm happy to move for approval.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 43:02
“Well, I'll just say I've been before. It's a really lovely event, and like you said, such a great time for the community to kind of rally around and, like you said, commemorate people we've lost, but also celebrate the advancements that we've experienced. So I'm very happy to move for approval.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 47:32
“Yeah, well, I know I'll share I've been before. It's such a cool thing to see. It's like it really is kind of performance. But also, I don't know if it was last year, the year before that I went, there was one of the vendor booths was some of the young artists selling their their pieces, which was very cool to see them getting celebrated that way and kind of getting the their CHOPS being a market vendor. So it's a very cool event. And I'm really glad to hear that you all continue to invest in it.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 51:58
“Do you all need any volunteers? Yes, please. Share how people can get involved and sign up and what kinds of activities people can volunteer for.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 52:51
“Wonderful. Well, yeah, very excited to have you. And it sounds like they've just thrown you right in to like the biggest event of the year. So I'm very happy to move for approval and excited for this year's celebration. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 26:01
“Well, it sounds like a lovely event and congratulations on 32 years and I'm happy to move for approval.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:01:00
“I wasn't going to say anything, but I think I will now because I just kind of want to say welcome to my world. In 2020, I got death threats from police officers, people with identifying themselves as family members of police officers, fraternal orders of the police from not just Oklahoma City, but from across the country. And I regularly get just for speaking on issues that I'm passionate about. It's hard for me to feel anything but welcome to my world. Like I have specifically, the fraternal or the police has posted my photo and egged people on to come harass me, post my address online. So…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, I am pleased to introduce Ward 6's two youth counselors for this year, Coral Grimmett and Alan Padilla. Coral is a senior at Heritage Hall. She is a leader in the Heritage Hall Diversity Club, a co-lead builder for the Overcharged Robotics Team, and a standout member of her school's cross-country and track teams. Coral has earned numerous honors, including the State 3A Cross-Country Championship, the President's Volunteer Service Award, and multiple recognitions from academic honor societies. Outside of school, she works at Red Coyote as a fit coach and has also served as an assistant…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 1:35:29
“Councilman, I have a follow-up question on a specific thing you asked about. Can you define, what defines an anomaly? So either the AI or manual law audit, what would flag, like what does the system define as an anomaly?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. I have a few other questions. And can you pull the presentation back up? Because I think, can we go back a few slides? I think to the, let's start at the screen, pardon, the search screen. Yes. I'm curious if there's a reason why, I see that this is from the system itself, I assume. Is there a reason a case number is not required to do a search?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. For any user, a case number is not required. Is there an option to where maybe a small number of users could do, in your example of the quick search, where a small number of users could do that without it being required compared to every user being no required case number?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Does that answer your question? Somewhat. So I guess my question is, is it possible where you could have some users don't have as much permissions? And I know many software systems you can set up a user where they can't access certain fields or certain things are required for them compared to other people. So I'm just curious if there's ever a case where or does the system allow that so that, because I think my concern is that if anybody can search without a case number, even though it might be tied back to them, these anomalies might not flag that in these cases of quick action, maybe…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 1:40:30
“Okay, I'll move on then. So my other question is, So if I'm understanding correctly, this system, there's like an image gets captured, the license plate is read by some kind of technology, and that is then compared to, just automatically compared to a series of lists of suspected stolen vehicles or vehicles associated with a missing person, is that correct?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Sure, yeah, yeah, you're saying there's like an alert that's...”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 1:41:35
“Gotcha. But I guess my question is, how long does it take for the system to compare to those lists and then send you an alert?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 1:41:49
“Okay, because I think my... Part of why I'm asking that question is I've heard in other, and I'm gonna forget right now, but it's either Vermont or New Hampshire, and I think a few other states have done something similar, where their data retention period is like a matter of minutes. And their reasoning for that is because they say that comparison takes a very short amount of time. And so there's really no reason if you're just trying to compare to these lists to hold onto that data for longer. So that's part of why I think, you know, I appreciate that we've sort of agreed to flocks pushing,…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 1:44:09
“Who has access to evidence mode? How is that accessed?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026