Remarks by Josh Paselk
29 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I don't need it. I know I stand on this. I've met with... Many constituents on this topic, but I am ready to vote on those three options.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“No, I've been keeping up with this. This was one of the singular items I was most interested in this week before I had what happened today. But I'm ready to talk in around it if anybody wants to talk with me about it. But I know where I stand on these rates.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I did see the previous voting results, and I am up to speed.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm fine. Thank you for offering. I appreciate that.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Mayor, if I may. Yes, sir. I think there's plenty more conversation to be had on this. This is not without my own concerns, you know, It's going to impact a lot of people in a lot of ways. So I respect every single council person up there and I look forward to having more conversation on this.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Ah, yes. I had a chance to say something, this is awesome. Yeah, this is a, it's a, it's a difficult one when we're talking about increasing things, essentially 5x. And I think either way we look at it, we're affecting people, you know, and you know, the easiest way to look at that is just looking at If you're trying to build a house or you're taking into consideration sales tax, you're taking into account the impact fees that you would get off project. My overarching concern is just the market in general. It's not anyone builder per se. But... this is the market. It is very real. And I also…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'd be interested in... I'm going max rate no matter what. I think we need that. But I would like to postpone at least till the beginning of the year. And we need to workshop this some more and just talk about it. It's just going to have such a large effect. It's going to. And unfortunately, we're sitting on six years of... no action to council member Rodriguez's point earlier where we kind of keep kicking stuff down the road. So I don't plan on kicking this down the road. I just plan on, I want to talk to everybody who is in that atmosphere and make sure we have, we're working off good…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I would, I would motion. for the max rate, and I would motion to not roll the rate till the first of the year.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“You know, that's up for discussion, whatever we think is best. Well, I think council needs a motion.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Correct. Just so we have some more time to work it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, that's what I'd be interested in to see what council... I just don't think we've had enough conversation on it. Y'all, this is a big hit. This is not.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“You know, people making a run on the store in the last three or four months of years, not exactly how that works. These processes are three to six months, eight month year processes. to get through this. And what I'm saying and talking to builders in the area, and this is coming from everybody, this is gonna have a major effect on our city. That's all I'm saying. And I'm not saying the first is the best date or December, but I think it warrants more conversation. I'm talking to builders right now that are 20, 30, 40% down, And I know that they've got to sustain these markets, but what I'm…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I thought the HCEDP had put out some numbers as well. On the homes document? Mm-hmm. I don't think. I remember correct of the document. We've only built 650-some-odd homes here today. from what I remember reading their report on their projections, you know, or excuse me, in our projections, they were based off of 1700 per year build out. I guess my point is, you know, we're at roughly a third of the housing build out in a single year year, and we're doing a five X increase to builders who turn around and sell homes that produce sales tax for the city. I'm not arguing the rate, I'm just saying…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, you know, if I said January 1 being the max rate, and that's what I did, well, that's when it would go into effect. I mean, but the idea on that was to get with stakeholders here in this town and just see if there's a way that we can soften the blow a little bit. If there's not, there isn't. I mean, I agree with that.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, like rollout, three-month, six-month rollout. I know that doesn't necessarily make all the sense in the world because we're going to have to tack these up on the back end or, you know, nobody, they all... why do you don't let it hit the utility rate payer conclusion?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's right. But that was my intention behind that was so we could talk about that. Give us some time to talk about it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 3:57:20
“Yeah, I don't want Shane to pull his vote, so I'll make it January 1st.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“In my head, and I could be wrong, and I'm more than willing to be wrong, was that we would have an option to workshop it. I mean, we're saying a hard date on January 1st, but couldn't we always reset a date down the road after we talked about it?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, well then I'll just stick to my January 1st date and it is what it is.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“At this point, I think all I'm doing is buying some time for our local stakeholders to get their house in order realistically.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's for the tree removal and the sidewalk repair together? No, we would not remove the tree. I think it's very important.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yes, I definitely want to save a tree. I'm so happy to hear that. What kind of tree is it, by the way? I can't tell. Anybody know? Aren't you a tree guy? I'm just asking you guys.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Who draws your map on where you go and why? Say that again? Who draws the map on where you service?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, I see one spot, and then maybe we could extend it just a little bit.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026