Remarks by John Trujillo
18 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 43:19
“Yeah, I'd like to comment on that. Previously, we were paying 100%. We took them to the drawing table, but at the same time, you know, this community, the kids after 3 o'clock, prior to 3 o'clock, they're our kids, the safety of our kids. And we all know that in this nation, there's just... random shootings, there's things that go a rot. But at the same time, and we don't need to get into this, but I would think that... I think the police department will get more intel from these youngsters and with an officer in the school districts, finding out what goes on in our community versus it from…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 50:22
“I'd love to comment on that. I think when you start talking about infrastructure projects, you talk about what this administration is doing, what we're doing. As an elected official, you realize that you can have... projects that are just bottom feeders that just occur from one week to another, or you can have projects that are actually well-groomed, well-established. And if you think about it, this project is something that was two, three years ago, right? Past administration brought this, applied for it, got it, but now we're going to bear the fruits. That's the way projects occur for…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 53:47
“Mr. Mayor, I'd like to mention really quick, We, the council, in the past couple of years, also, on Second Street, took the hard look, and we seen signs, and we had them removed. And we had people come and tell us, hey, you can't do this. But it was part of that picture. We had some dinosaur signs that were standing up. And when we would turn in, and we got yelled at, and we got told. there was a vision and the vision was to remove the old and bring in something new. So I credit the council decision-making and, and Stan and standing stern on what we have to see. And we have a vision. So for…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I have a couple of questions in response to that. The first one is, you know, finding that fine line between a building being blight versus, let's say there's a building being, has a for sale sign. And at the back of that building, there's all this trash and things like that, right? Do we still have the same, is there anything we can do about that or?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“The other question is, so we have a lot of buildings. We have some buildings that have been getting or going through the prepare process for the last two, three years. And I like that saying that, you know, blight reduces crime. And I'm going to talk about that junior hire, that building right there on That building that might cross you from the park, you know there's in the back of that building the alley there's a lot of trash and stuff like that and and it's true trash. it brings people in. I don't know why, but it brings the people in there. Right. And in the alleys. Right. So I just, I,…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And Mike, I just want to tell you thank you for all the hard work you guys are doing. It's really important. You know, a couple of years ago, we brought probably about 6,000 people to this park. And it cost us a pretty penny to bring a stage and all the restrooms. And we did this a couple of times. And one of the main reasons why we haven't come back is because of that, the restrooms. And so I'm really, really happy because, you know, our community, we're Hispanic descent also. They want Mexican music too. And American country. So this is going to really help the community to come and have…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:53:29
“So we're doing this for 2 weeks right correct.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:53:35
“And will be every day we can close a couple of days.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:53:54
“Good. You know, so let me, you know, I'll get the elephant out of the room. Um, I understand that, um, different councils, different seasons come and the majority of the council wants this. So it's going to happen, right? The only, the only question I have is that in two weeks we're looking at, he just said 70, 70 people you're saying, are we going to do eight hours, 10 hours?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:54:25
“Four hours a day. I thought it was eight hours a day.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:54:29
“Because at eight hours a day for eight hour days of 70, that would be 560 people times 20. We charge that's $11,200 a day at 14 would be 156,000. So, and, and, and I agree with the majority of the council saying that it's not the volume of the cost, right. If you're going to enter something and, and, and, um, you know, uh, be aggressive and want to turn and change the community. I'm a full, full believer in, in things that for the kids and the investment, right. That's one part of me and, and recognizing that the majority of this council wants it and is going to just going to do it. The…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:56:05
“What do you have? What's your average? What's your two-week average for four hours a day? Your total revenue?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 2:56:22
“That's what I was saying. Okay, so 84,000. And for me, and I speak for my district, my representation, who I see, right? And I'm not bashing it because I'm going to prove it, but my concern, again, goes back to this. We just told our staff, you can't hire, you can't bring people in. You've got to go back. And, yeah, okay. We're going to use our money that we sell this property that we had no clue what we're going to use. But we did have, we did. That's what municipal governments do. They buy purchased land and they build. They think of future. They think of what's better for the future. I'm…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 3:02:49
“I'll make a motion. Can I say something really quick? I want to say that, you know, we don't, we really don't, um, I guess I don't want to use the word understand this, but if you look at it and I say this, I say this very freely that this is the step in the right direction for future growth and for thinking of master sewer plan, master street plan, master. This right here actually guides us and is actually putting us in the right direction. So I'm really happy we're doing this.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 3:05:32
“Do thrift stores pay sales tax? I know the answer. They do, yes. And why do I ask that? Because we've had an influx in thrift stores. And I'd like to, I mean, if we're going to maintain and we're going to bring these thrift stores, I'd like to know what their impact in our city. I'd like to know if they're really following the guidelines. And I state this because many years ago, we had an issue here in Selma where restaurants the sales tax was down and we brought in an individual that brought in a card processing machine. And that ability gave the restaurants the ability to pay their sales…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 3:17:24
“But once they renew their license, we can catch what they did. Can we catch it once they renew their license?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 3:22:00
“Just FYI, the restaurant will be opening soon.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 3:32:24
“Yeah, first I'd like to thank our city manager for helping me and assisting me with the church that I brought with you. Thank you for that. and be talking to you in the future to make sure we complete with that. The other one is you can get a lot of calls. It's interesting, you know, just to give everybody the information. I've gotten at least 10 calls from 10 different restaurants in Fresno, Visalia, and here. So I'm really happy that people are wanting to come to Selma and bring restaurants here. So just to give you guys a heads up, I'm happy about that. That's it. That's mine.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026