Remarks by Kelli Marks
131 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
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“I'm not asking her to pull a rabbit out of her hat. I was just asking how we would move forward with finding out how a public record became to someone and there was no public records request. And so this is city property and it was public record on a city device. And there's no other way that a person in the public could get that conversation between former vice mayor Thompson and myself unless it came through a city person. So that's why I'm asking, how do we find out that?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“has um stated a point of order she stated the reason and now as chair uh as chair i hear your point of order and i'm trying to explain myself that i would like to know how this got out to to the public because we have standards and transparency here and like she discussed she does the hours on end giving out public requests she has a a”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, so how do I find that out? That's all I want to know. Hold on, let her answer the question.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“And and so I don't really consider a public record being given to the public as considered like a leak It hasn't been requested formally so it's if there's Attorney can you answer that?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Right, but this was not put out as a request.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“No, I'm not asking anything. I want to know how it got out. That's all. Because it's... It's basically from a city device that was turned in from someone that's dead now. They're not here with us anymore. So who got it and who exposed it to the public for somebody to just drop it off randomly? That's what I want to find out. So I was asking you for guidance on that as the city clerk. That's all. I know you said you don't know.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, I will forward this. Attorney and myself will talk further about it then I just wanted to ask if you knew where I proceed with this so we can move on. Councilwoman?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“comments you should be able to go back and find that thank you okay thank you okay there's nothing else for the city clerk we'll move on to the city attorney there's a lot going on madam mayor but nothing for the group okay thank you you're welcome okay we're on to new business uh councilwoman darms would you want to bring up your new business sorry”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“So we just need a head nod and then we'll ask for a yes or no from the phone. Is everybody okay with bringing this back for a discussion in the future? Okay, and yes, okay.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Did I hear yes on both on the phone? Yes, okay, go ahead, go ahead.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“yes council you want to bring it back for discussion absolutely okay uh council women on the phone you okay with that yeah okay all right thank you thank you thank you any other new business councilman knight um i've had some conversations with some parents who have some uh”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. Council, you okay bringing that back for discussion? Yes? How about on the phone?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. Any other new business? Okay.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Anybody else? Councilwoman Stafford?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Councilwoman Thompson, you got anything?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'll concur with what Councilwoman Thompson said. I think that some of us are doing that up here. Maybe not all of us, but some of us are. I really wish that we would say our city, not my city, because if we're gonna work together, it should be our city, all of us, not my city. That offends me, okay? Because if we're gonna work as a team, and that means residents and the council, then let's say our let's start with that that's one way to get started here because i would rather get things done and do that also and when i hear all the things from league of cities i remember saying all of you…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Also, I'm saying is we've all been here whether you've been here generation after generation. I've been here 11 years I care about my city. I got staking it to whether I've been here three generations or one So let's I was just let's just say an hour.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“okay number one overview and discussion of fiscal year 2026 2027 budget 1a budget workshop presentation devlin moore finance director”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“The vehicles, does that include the pool vehicles?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“don't have that answer in front of me now if you want to give me a few minutes I can figure it out yeah of course sure that's just one of my questions the other thing is is I think in the future we should discuss and it might have to be after November but that we should go to a charter amendment and ask for five council members instead of seven we could save a lot of money like that Um, and then I think I took a note here. I feel like we did a lot of cuts when I went through the budget on all the major departments like public works and the police and the fire and, and I didn't see any cuts in…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“then i i'm accustomed to i felt like we always put a little bit more money in the contingency fund which makes me a little bit nervous i don't remember do you remember what we put in there last year 90. yeah it's ranged between it was closer to 100. yeah and it's always at council's discretion to replenish that uh contingency contingency amount even maybe during mid-year if you want because I feel like we used a lot of that when the storms came and it was because we had to wait for FEMA to reimburse also so that was something that was concerning to me was that we didn't have a lot put in…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Any other questions, council, or comments?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Absolutely. that's something that would have to go for a charter amendment though it's not something that we can do ourselves but it's just a suggestion on if we're gonna have hard times I think tonight we're just trying to figure out how to pinch pennies if you will and help out without losing you know our employees our staff and but also trying to you know just tighten the ropes a little bit which is kind of what they want us to do anyway but and then next year like said 10% we have to do 10% next year so and we'll be the bearers of that I think that There's not much that we have to really…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I just don't feel like we use them that much. And then, you know, this... these past couple days it was very disappointing to see that they weren't even picked up on emergencies so why do we have them you know so that's why I said it but that's a lot of money that's $100,000 is what we were carrying over to the capital fund think about it so we're not using them I don't know how you feel about it council do you use them a lot I can't find mine half the time because it's black and it blends with everything in my car okay just a suggestion I don't know how much that is for you know I know that…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So it looks like, are you, do you have anything else before I move on, or? No. No? Okay, we'll make sure. So it looks like we have two options. We proceed with the proposed budget as presented and adopt a millage rate of 7.0387 mils, or we provide direction on requested budget changes. So, and adopt a millage rate necessary to support council's direction. So with this being said, and us still having some unknowns, how does that work?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026