Remarks by Kurt Maier
56 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“I've got a quick question. When we deliberated this plan, one of the appealing aspects of it was that there was a rest of the building. How much of the design work that's coming up in that three million is toward designing how we handle the building in between delivering a functioning police station and deciding what to do with additional floors and space in that building. So is this just focused laser in on get a working police station up and going, or are we moving, looking forward with that process today?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 24:36
“So, so the, it's a design build approach. Yes. But there's no scope for the build past the police station. I'm trying to figure out where that line is drawn.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 25:22
“Okay. And that minimal restructuring is in scope for this? Yeah. Thank you. Yeah.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 27:26
“Yeah, just one thing I forgot to ask earlier. With the design-build process, I know that we're required to get certification and approval from the state to undertake that method of contracting for this kind of work. Is this specific to this project approval that we've got here, or have we qualified for the blanket you get to do this stamp from the state?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, so parking lot renew and replace, you said you're doing Central Richland. You mentioned City Hall. Is that the immediate surroundings of City Hall or is it the one we share with the federal building? And if so, are they chipping in?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I just want to comment for the folks following along at home that those sort of costs usually get surfaced in our annual budgets, and this one specifically focuses on the capital improvements. And so that's why a lot of those pieces aren't in this sheet, because I know I'm going to get questions about that. Thanks.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I just wanted to piggyback on that. I heard some complaints about the Queensgate choker curbs and I got in my F-250 and I drove through them and it's totally fine. And while I was there, I have seen those things function. I've seen people manage their speed appropriately where they obviously had not intended to at the outset. So I'm a big fan of the neighborhood traffic safety program. I understand that it kind of ebbs and flows with community demand, but I'm a strong supporter of making sure that thing has the resources it needs to be successful.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I was going to ask the same question on the other end. Looking forward, we've got, as you said, SCADA replacement funding in 28 and 29. Given the velocity at which new methods of cybersecurity vulnerabilities are being detected, is that something we might want to look at revisiting in the longer term instead of, because whatever evaluation we did for something that we started in 25, was already obviously last year's news. So I'm wondering what the sort of support life cycle is expected to be for the replacement system that we're getting in the future.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you for this. I think it's important that all of this stuff gets said out loud and on the record, and we have these conversations. I do have several questions. One is you mentioned that there was other state mandated information that gets collected. Can you describe in brief terms what that might be?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. That leads into the next topic. You said the access to these records and videos and so forth is auditable. Who does that auditing?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. And recently the courts decided that the video collected as part of these systems is not subject to public records requests. Is the access log subject to public records requests?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay State law, as you mentioned, with SB 6002 mandates a maximum 21-day retention period. I assume it is RPD's intention to make full 21-day retention the policy? Correct. Is there a reason not to have a shorter retention time?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. And do we have information based on previous years use of LPRs on what the average sort of retention time is between collecting data and when it's useful for the data that is involved in cases?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'm asking for how old the given piece of data is on average when it becomes useful. Is the 80-20 putting it at it's useful the same day it was collected? Or is it more common that it's useful 20 days after it's collected? You see what I'm saying?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“But what I'm getting at is if we are going to say, well, we want to keep our data as long as legally allowed, I would like to be able to justify that with some performance information explaining that we are getting real benefit from maximizing retention of this tracking information. I'd rather see a minimum effective retention policy rather than a blanket, we're going to keep everything as long as the state will let us. And that's strictly for privacy reasons. What I'm curious about here, and again, all that stuff, I'm expressing a personal preference, I'm not trying to order anything. But…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:49:36
“And that access is logged? In the same system as the ALPR access logs, or are those covered by different technological systems?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:49:58
“Okay, so it still acts on products. Either way, but different products within their portfolio. Yes. Okay. And that auditing is also records management oversight. Okay. Last thing, sorry. You mentioned we had to approve sharing each time, but I got the impression from some of the other phrasing that there were sort of standing sharing agreements that we can revoke at any time? Is it a case by case, no pun intended, sharing request or can other law enforcement agencies set up standing sharing agreements where they have access at any time?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“In such an agreement, would that be handled through Axon's systems so they log in directly, or would they put in data requests to your office and your officers respond to those?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, that's axon system prevents. Yes. Okay. Okay, that's all I've got.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“So that does bring up an important point. Do we have data on the accuracy of the license plate transcriptions and the vehicle make model color identification?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“We voted to approve this contract like a year ago, I think, in October.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“So I thank everyone at the police department for doing that. I think it reflects well on your people.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you for the presentation. I've been on that side of the dais as a board and commission member reporting to council. So I know a lot of work goes into these and I appreciate it. Thank you. My question is earlier on in your presentation, you talked about looking to engage more with student and youth groups. And I was wondering if you happen to have any examples in mind of what sorts of groups you might be looking for.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yep, thank you. Appreciate the back story. When we first passed this moratorium, I said that I was supporting it because, in my opinion, the state had dropped the ball on collaborating with local communities about where and how they cite these things. I saw in your presentation that there's been some communication around this topic with other agencies. Is there any movement at the state level on this or are we still on our own?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 54:05
“Okay, and you also mentioned some collaboration with our neighboring communities. Is there any kind of solidified effort there? In other words, are our neighbors basically coming up with similar regulations to the ones we're drafting?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026