Remarks by LaDonna Sherwood
54 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“AND SINCE WE'RE HERE, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS YESTERDAY, THIS TAX RATE WENT OUT TO VOTERS And they approved a certain amount, right?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER THE VOTERS APPROVED. NEW SPEAKER YES, MA'AM. NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 57:20
“I noticed that it said salary freeze. Who is that applied to? Who is that going across the board or where? When I saw that I had a question mark. What's up?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I SAW A LOT OF EFFICIENCY THINGS AND CUTS, BUT ARE WE LOOKING AT FINDING MONEY? IS THERE A WAY TO GO AND FIND THIS $2 MILLION OR A WAY TO INCREASE, BRING SOME MORE MONEY IN? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET SOME MORE MONEY IN HERE?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“SO I GUESS IF WE BROKE IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER, WE COULD SAY $53 FOR THE YEAR. RIGHT. I MEAN, IF WE JUST WANT TO MAKE IT PLAIN, WE COULD SAY $150,000 HOUSE WOULD BE INCREASED $53 FOR THE YEAR. OK, now I'm going to get to my question, which was with Proposition A, how much of what projects are being done now? Could that number perhaps instead of assuming all the debt, right? Because that's what we would be doing. Proposition A, all debt would be maybe we could increase it incrementally, right? So what can that happen or is that not allowed to happen?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“But how much of that is needed now? Because we're not, I mean, I don't know, correct me if I'm wrong, but we're doing $38 million worth of work in 27?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING. CAN WE BREAK DOWN WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO REDUCE WHAT WE'RE SAYING WE NEED? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And I'd like to piggyback on that because what we're basically saying is police and fire, we negotiated these contracts that basically we can't afford and now everything else needs to be cut and nobody's going to say it, but I will, right? We have contractual obligations for over 60% of the budget going to a particular sect of people, right? And now can we go back to them and say, hey, will you not take a raise this year? Can we go back to them and say, hey, can we not contractually do this 3, 5, 7, 6, 8%? No, we can't, right? There are instances where cities have been on the brink of…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And I said that several times, and I've been trying to figure out why are we performing as if this hadn't already been approved? Because people already knew that taxes were going to go up. We're saying we're not raising taxes. Yes, we are, because they said so. Either you're going to go with what the people have already said, or you're going to not perform what they have already said is necessary to do, which would have been simpler because, yes, we're arguing about something that must happen.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“But that's debt that's already got to be paid. Where does the money come from?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I just think for the record we the language didn't start out right and it created some theater and division drama all the things that Beaumont is known for but now that we're here I think we need to we've got to do this there's work that must be done but we didn't start out on a good foot with the language. What does that look like going forward? I don't know. Can this be tabled? Is that an option?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I made a motion based off what I thought would be appropriate and right, which was the proposed budget, because we have a city manager and staff that made a recommendation based off the debt that voters approved and the bonds and the certificates of obligation that we have. And this is why I proposed that we go with what had been proposed and it didn't pass. So with that being said, in an effort of compromise, I'd be happy to support one of my colleagues that can come up to the numbers that cover our debts i don't want to hear any growling stomachs because people are eating next door they're…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER I HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO DISCUSS? SOMETHING ABOUT SPENDING MONEY?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I'd like to echo Councilman Crenshaw, the lady with pancreas cancer, pancreatic cancer. I know we voted on it and it's on the demolition list, but if we can help. that's a big deal i have the sidewalk for the gentleman with the sidewalks caved in it i've also been getting several calls about these water bills that are astronomical missing numbers or different new equipment that's being read improperly after people have gone out and hired plumbers There's a church that recently reached out to me. I've sent a few emails out, but I want to address this openly on the mic that I'm concerned.…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. You kind of answered it, but I just want to be clear. The current concrete truck is inoperable. It cannot be repaired.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“My question was if we bought it new versus purchasing the used one, the time frame on turnaround, right? Because if you need it now and it's going to take you three bids and so on and so forth, and I guess go and inspect the truck and make sure it's the time. Does the time frame going to be affected by you having to go and get a used truck?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, that was my question about the reserve units versus active units. So, The reserve units are only used in emergency situations. That's what I'm trying to verify.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“SO IF SOMEBODY COULD SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN TWICE THE STATE AVERAGE throughout our city currently, are they consolidated to certain areas of town or is this all over the city? What type of properties are we talking about? Can we give locations or places that we know of that fit into this category? I need a little more information.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. And so that brings me to my next question and kind of talking to Councilman Turner's point. People are calling me concerned that these are going to be projects, okay? I don't know if I need to break that down or if everybody understand what projects mean, but this is not a place where, now that I'm hearing a place of grace or abiding grace, these are not projects. These are apartment homes for people with a median income, which is in line with what our average city income, not necessarily a place for low income unless you consider current wages for city employees low income. I mean,…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“And so my next question is, can anybody tell me how long this property has been vacant or, uh, you know, been doing nothing?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, so there's been no activity, no motion to buy, no motion to develop, nothing in the last 10 years at this location? Not to my knowledge. Okay, that brings me to my next question. Will the property builders be the property managers?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Now, can you speak to you said something about dedicated parking? I don't really see that on this rendering. But is there dedicated parking for these two hundred and?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. And so based off, so I know these are just potential renderings or whatever, but are we talking about a property that will potentially look close to these renderings? Because we get things and, you know, it's like we don't want apartment style homes or we want cottage style homes or we want townhouse style homes or whatever. I guess we're pretty early in the”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“It was me. It was you. I can wait. I think y'all discussed it, but I was concerned. Did you have a price per door for these two? Because I'm concerned about it, but I'm concerned about these numbers.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I mean, basically, like... per square foot. I guess maybe I'm not looking at it.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026