Remarks by John Nohr
14 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 32:51
“Just briefly, I just want to mention the RFA formation. And of course, I had something pulled up here on that. So the first meeting took place on, is it Monday? I'm losing my days. Today is Monday. Happened on Wednesday. Thank you. It happened on Wednesday. Meetings will occur on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 4 p.m. at Station 42 in Grass Valley. If it happens to conflict with this meeting, because occasionally through the year, our meetings get moved to Tuesday due to a holiday, then the RFA will bump their meeting so that council members can attend this meeting. We'll…”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, it's my allergy season, so I'm going to try and keep it quick before I step out and cough again here. One of the things I want to comment, I had a resident reach out about a streetlight that wasn't working. And it's the second time I've had to direct something to the public works director. So I just want to say thank you that you always respond quickly. Even if you're not able to do anything quickly, you get back to people quickly. And I think that's a big part of people feeling. So thank you for that. And then actually fixing the issue. So the issue did get fixed. So appreciate that. I…”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 40:42
“Well, the only question I had was we had some parks that were taken out of service because the play equipment wasn't serviceable. So does that in this type of survey end up as open space or do we count that as a park even though we can't use it? And I think it plays into the deferred maintenance subject.”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“Yeah, I had a question about, there was a reference made to transportation benefit district going from 10 to 20, but I think I've been paying 20 on all my vehicles. So what was that reference?”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“Well, I have several vehicles that I pay for, unfortunately, and I thought they said 20. I'll go back and look at the registrations, but thank you.”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“Thank you. And I agree with council member SG on a lot of those things there. One of the things I keep hearing is the mayor is the only person accountable to the voters. Well, every council member is accountable to the voters and a A council manager form of government can be much more nimble in making changes within the community. Just as you say there, if you get a mayor that goes sideways on you, it takes a long time to fix that. One of the other things that I wanted to point out, and I've said this to different council members, in private conversations, but I'm going to go ahead and go…”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“Thank you. What I'm hearing tonight is we should have some town halls. And then I feel like we need to make a decision tonight.”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“And a good cross section, not just business owners, not just developers, but residents whose lives are impacted by our government each and every day. So try to get a good cross. cross-section of the folks in the community to see what they are feeling about their form of government. And I concur with several council members in that a lot of people just want to live their lives. They want government to work for them, get the job done, keep the water on, keep the streets paved, keep the fires out. But sometimes we have to engage them to say, here are the different options you have and what would…”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“It's a matter of timing. So you have to if you want it on the November ballot, you've got to submit it to the elections office by, I believe, the first week in August. And so that doesn't really give us enough time. That'd be what is that three weeks from now? So less than four weeks. So it doesn't give enough time to get the input from the community.”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“So, Mayor, sometimes the special election is in May and sometimes it's in April. And it just depends on when the elections folks set that. So if that election is in conflict with filing week, then you would run into an issue there that people may not know what's going on the ballot before they file. And I want to thank you for clarifying that that could have been November of 28. I was thinking that the reference was November of 27. But I would encourage you to check with elections because sometimes... Filing week doesn't line up with the May election.”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“Thank you. I was just going to say, I would prefer a minimum of two and possibly three dates. We can't... rely on one date for the input. Maybe people would miss that date.”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“So why can't we do the first meeting in September? What I've heard is August 17th or September 20 something. Is there something going on in the first meeting of September that we can't vote on a resolution then? That should give us enough time to have at least two town halls and get some feedback to see where the voters are, where the residents feel.”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“Thank you. So what I was hearing was let's get the input at the town halls. And now what I'm hearing is, well, maybe we'll do a, a vote to bring the resolution back to make the change. But what if we find out from the town halls people don't want it, as some have suggested, right? So what are we voting on tonight, potentially? Or what could be a motion that could come up tonight? Is it to generate the resolution before we have the town halls to get the input as to whether or not we should do this?”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026
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“That was the majority of what I was hearing is let's have some town halls and get feedback from people. Right. Um, I guess I look at it this way. Do I want the resolution? Yes, I want this process moving forward because that's my personal opinion based on the feedback I get from folks. But I also believe that we should have a broad amount of input out there. So the message we're sending is, hey, we're going to have a town hall to get what your opinion is, but we already voted to have this resolution put together to put out later in that. So... Let's put the horse in front of the car. Which…”
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR · Jul 6, 2026