Remarks by John Taylor
230 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 10
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. That's how this came to be years ago. Years in the making.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, but I can explain that part. But we don't want to take away from our day-to-day to do this. So they're going to assign somebody through this program to run this program.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Well, I just got the packet. I just got the packet. We just have to acknowledge the drawdown. If the commissioner accepts it, then we're going to move forward.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right. Madam, Madam. Clerk, oh, I'm sorry, any other questions? No, next question. Madam Clerk, so this is everybody's sponsor. If you can make the edit, co-sponsoring it, and then we can go ahead and call the question.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, moving on to the third item, 6-3.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“The benches that are coming in, is it in concert with what's already there? Because we have a certain style of bench.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“But I just want to, if we're going to get this, if it's going to be scattered out and make sure that it's, or is it just next to the library, but.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“They're going to pay for it. We put a strategic place in that.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And the last item for the day, item 6-4.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, can I get a motion? Move it. Moved by Commissioner Santiago. Second. Second by Commissioner Urban. Commission?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“You want to answer? No, no, it's okay. No, no, it's fine.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right. Was all questions answered? Initially, y'all know how I felt about this. But I spoke to the manager and she said it was for the payroll. Not payroll, overtime. Overtime. Because my concern was, it was a holiday. $12,000, is this going to be enough? Because I don't want you to have to come back for more. So if this is the ceiling... For overtime? And I think Commissioner Hess brought that up as well. I don't know. But then this needs to be the ceiling.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So there's a possibility there will be more. Even if we didn't pass it tonight, we still got to pass it.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“We on the same page because I told the manager the same thing. Just because we have it, we don't need to spend it. But I understand it's overtime. But I want to make sure that if this does pass tonight, that that is the ceiling. Like we're going to have to budget this, that it doesn't go over the requested amount. And I know overtime is going to be a big deal because we have holiday events. So if this is to make sure that it stays, just because we have it, we don't need to always spend it.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Now, I got to have a petty moment. I'm sorry. And since you are going to change the flyer, can I put my picture on the flyer?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“But the mayor got a picture too, but never mind. You can bring your time through that. Go ahead.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes. Motion passes 4-1. All right, we're getting ready to go, but I do want to make this quick announcement. I know the attorney's going to kill me because we're supposed to stay germane to the topics, but the Opelika newspaper is out and we rolled it out. Thank you, Commissioner Santiago. I believe it was last week. No, a week before that? Two weeks. Oh, so those of you that have not gotten your copy of this beautiful Opelika newsletter newspaper, please seek any member of this commission or come to, that's how they say it in church.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, so I'm good. Thank you, Commissioner Santiago.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026