Remarks by Joel King
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“So, Brad, I appreciate your expertise, and I'm a little bit out of my expertise, so bear with me to ask some stupid questions. When I looked at the water for both water and sewer, and I'm specifically referring to page 49, it's a simple question, but what it says is... each individual will have a separate sewer service line, and then they'll be connected either in the public right-of-way or on a public utility easement on private property, and future repair or replacement of the public sewer main will be the responsibility of the City of Grants Pass. Is that consistent with our existing…”
“Well, I just had a question. So this is a require or clarification maybe. This was a requirement of state law, is that correct? And state code, be consistent with the state code?”
“Okay. And so to not do that would have implications. And what would be those implications?”
“So this has nothing to do with those five points. It's outside that and has to do with the first hearing. But there were several things that were brought up in the two letters from citizens. And if the citizens didn't feel those were answered fully to their satisfaction, they can just come see you individually. Is that correct?”
“Okay. Okay, thank you. And I'd encourage them to do so if they don't understand. Further questions? I have Rob and Victoria.”
“Further questions? I have Joel. Just to emphasize what you said, JC. Good presentation. Thank you. That there's no match by the employer in this particular case, and that includes administrative fees of the investment. Is that correct?”
“Yeah. It's my understanding that in most, if not all of these plans that the employee pays the administration of it. Okay. Thank you.”
“Question Joel. So, um, This is a financial advisor question, but you're up to speed on those things. So an employee right now can establish a independent 401, simple IRA or Roth or whatever. They can do it on their own as well, correct?”
“So the only advantage really is that they can be payroll deduction rather than you writing a check out to your financial advisor.”
“Well, it seems like a pretty innocent no-cost method, so I'll go ahead and move to approve the resolution establishing the 401 , encourage people to save more for their retirement as part of the benefit package, and offer the benefit to all employees.”
“Question. Stephanie, I should have emailed you this question because it might be a difficult one for you to answer. Why would the city not require a performance bond to cover any potential liability in case the contractor fails to perform?”
“But we're responsible for the mortgage. Is that correct?”
“Okay, so are we certain the lenders would take it over then?”
“Okay, so is it a requirement of the contract that they take it over?”
“Sure, and hopefully it would be to their benefit as well. Geez, in the future, I would, you know, performance bonds are relatively inexpensive, and they protect the liability of the city, that we need to consider those, I think, in the future.”
“Okay. Well, if I understand what you said, Bradley, that both parties are in communication with each other and there's flexibility, but the timelines have been there to help ensure gathering of funding. That's what I heard you say, but there's some flexibility also, not that we want to test it.”
“Joe. So on the parks committee, those people that were appointed but not appointed have been coming and they've been voting. They didn't. removing their vote wouldn't change any action in terms of the majority. Just a curiosity note. But with that, I'm gonna move to approve the resolution reinstating the October 5th, 2026 appointment of the Parks Advisory Committee members in approval of the resolutions and motions on the consent agenda.”
“This is a tough assignment. I move to approve the resolution reinstating the October 5th, 2026 appointment of parks advisory committee members that are already participating and approval of the resolutions and motions on the consent agenda.”
“Thank you Any further questions from council Joel? Stephanie, I used to also ask it in a question form. What we've been doing is not an option moving forward. We need to change it to be appropriate and legal and respectful.”
“So it's just a matter of risk then. Okay, thank you.”
“You know, we've been debating this a long time. What everybody says tonight, there's an element of truth, reality, and all of it. I didn't hear anybody lying tonight or whatever. The other thing that is important to me is God's in charge. Regardless of which one has chosen, God's in charge. And if I think differently, then I get pretty arrogant. The one thing that troubles me a little bit is when I was district ranger out of Illinois Valley, a devil worship group put a notice on the bulletin board. And I think before then there was a Christian group that did that. And I looked at that and to…”
“And there was two of them sitting on each side of me, and one guy was a Spanish-Mexican cartel, and the other guy was a real young guy from a gang in LA. And during the class, there was a murderer outside in the yard, and they locked down the yard. So I walked around the room, because we couldn't leave, because of the lockdown. You know, I thought, Jesus. Who wants to get involved here? And then there was a weekly devil worship class in Pelican Bay. They had a right to do that. So anyway, it weighs on my mind. What everybody says here is true, and you have people on different sides of this.…”
“Have a great day. Thanks for the lawsuit.”