Remarks by John Nustad
70 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
- Play at 1:00:40
“Zach, so is there a thing? So you said it's the above ground tanks, and I think that's – Good reason for that, but I want to see your answer why we're going with above-ground tanks versus... Well, I mean, safety.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:01:14
“Awesome. Less risk, too. Yes. Well, I appreciate you all looking at that. So thank you very much. I asked you last time when we awarded this thing to bring us more of these, so I'm waiting for that. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:02:12
“They appreciate the work on there. I do want to clarify one thing is on this awardment. So like four street, for instance, is not striped. So the chip seal project, this is separate from the people that did the striping.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:02:29
“So with the final payment, will that, you know, so they'll still come back?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:02:41
“That's what I want to make sure was that by paying them on the striping was going to be a different deal with them on 4th Street.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“John? Yeah. And so, you know, a lot of people have spoken and to me it does seem like it is a lack of communication, lack of education on the sense of it and not all the credit to the city staff. They've done an amazing job of getting the word out there. There's only so much we can do. And I think that we're to the point where the, we got to give it time to let the community. go out and be the ambassadors. We have the thing crew. We have those things that are going there. We can continue. It's going to be a continuous education. We're not going to ever get that part nailed down. But we need…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:26:22
“And I do think this is a community led effort. I mean, the city's been leading this and trying to do this. It's a community led effort. It's clear that the communication is there, that it's not there as far as understanding and getting the word out on when trash recycle days is going to be. And so I just think it's premature to cancel it early. We do have National Night Out coming up, which is a great way to get out there, to get to the neighbors, to talk to them, to promote recycling, to do the things we're talking about. Every single person that's here that wants to do this should become a…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:38:23
“We've had AI since Laura's been here. The amount of recall you have on all the grants you write and all the things you do, That just amazes me. So, yeah, we appreciate you so much on all the knowledge you have. History nerd. Thank you, Laura.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Because that will be for this year? This year. This fiscal year.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Move to approve the budget if everybody's finished.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yeah. So is that time for the ratification? I move to ratify the property tax revenue increase reflected in the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:57:49
“So I mentioned this last time in the meeting, so I don't want to harp in too much on it. So the you know, I'm opposed to doing the one time pay because I value all the employees for what they're doing. The money here, like we're talking about, is not To me, I don't see it as a retention. We have the ability to pay because we have year-end savings. If we didn't have that, we wouldn't be having this discussion. And so it's really that we have the capacity to do it, and the capacity to spend is not rationale to spend. And so for me, we got to look at what end does this satisfy. So a one-time…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I'm sorry to kind of jump in a little bit. Sure. Do you mind explaining to people the gap, so the net to the city is such a large amount. So the benefit of a distribution center, I just want you to kind of highlight that.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 2:06:08
“Yeah, I appreciate that. And we should all, as a community, understand the point of destination. I mean, we're providing the infrastructure, the safety, all the components to be able to deliver the product. Schools. And therefore, we should be the ones that receive the sales tax on that. That's correct. So just be mindful of that. And I appreciate all the fight that you're doing on that. Everybody else that does the fight to keep that point of destination here.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 2:06:32
“So on the community note, thank you so much, Wayne. I apologize.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 2:15:40
“Wayne, first off, congratulations for you and your team, the board, and the staff on a record year. So amazing job. The only question I hear is the ending fund balance. What's the target or what's the comfortable amount that you want to have in there, if any? I don't know.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 2:16:10
“Okay. Because where it's at, you're comfortable with that as far as?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 2:16:20
“You've got to spend money to make money. Appreciate it. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 2:25:10
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:00:40
“Zach, so is there a thing? So you said it's the above ground tanks, and I think that's – Good reason for that, but I want to see your answer why we're going with above-ground tanks versus... Well, I mean, safety.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:01:14
“Awesome. Less risk, too. Yes. Well, I appreciate you all looking at that. So thank you very much. I asked you last time when we awarded this thing to bring us more of these, so I'm waiting for that. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:02:12
“They appreciate the work on there. I do want to clarify one thing is on this awardment. So like four street, for instance, is not striped. So the chip seal project, this is separate from the people that did the striping.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:02:29
“So with the final payment, will that, you know, so they'll still come back?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:02:41
“That's what I want to make sure was that by paying them on the striping was going to be a different deal with them on 4th Street.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
- Play at 1:09:41
“John? Yeah. And so, you know, a lot of people have spoken and to me it does seem like it is a lack of communication, lack of education on the sense of it and not all the credit to the city staff. They've done an amazing job of getting the word out there. There's only so much we can do. And I think that we're to the point where the, we got to give it time to let the community. go out and be the ambassadors. We have the thing crew. We have those things that are going there. We can continue. It's going to be a continuous education. We're not going to ever get that part nailed down. But we need…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026