Remarks by Latasha Palmer
12 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, City Manager, for bringing this forward. I know you said you wanted to get back to us with your proposals, because that was something you promised, so thank you for doing that, and thank you for answering questions. You mentioned multiple times about the conversation we had in January around what we would like this money to be put towards. We didn't allocate the funds then, but we did talk about what we our hopes and dreams for this tax and what we would want it to go towards. A lot of council members, as you mentioned, talked about alternative response and kind…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So I'm looking forward to that conversation Couple questions on the I guess a question on the grant match I'm curious as to does the grant have to be supported by this tax as far as the matching dollars, or could it be?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I'm curious about, you know, the plan for attrition to help cover these costs in three years. And I'd be curious why we maybe couldn't do that sooner. to cover that 25% grant match.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, fantastic. Are we in the bargaining process with police unions right now?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And then is it normal that staffing would be bargained in that process?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I know we talked about coming to the table with the Crystal Judson Center and trying to figure out funds there. I would love the same time and attention to these positions as well when we're talking about the efficacy and why we would go with these positions over YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THE ADDING STAFF TO THE HILL TEAM, HOPE TEAM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO I GUESS THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, HAS STAFF COMPARED, LIKE, THE LONG-TERM PUBLIC SAFETY AND FINANCIAL RETURNS OF ADDING POLICE POSITIONS WITH THE INVESTMENTS THAT COULD REDUCE FUTURE DEMAND ON POLICING, LIKE THE COURTS AND…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, I guess I'm hoping that there's more weighing the options and weighing and understanding and using the data to come back and say like, hey, this is why two cops allocated for the whole public school system. This is what it would help. This is what LONG-TERM WOULD BE THE BENEFIT OF THAT AND HAVING THE DATA BACK THAT UP WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS WOULD BE FANTASTIC. I KNOW TPD AND THE CITY, WE'RE ALL THE CITY, RIGHT, BUT WE ALL HAVE A SHARED GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT DOLLARS ARE BEING USED IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE TOWARDS SAFETY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S MEANT FOR SAFETY. And…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thanks. I'm just a fan of, I guess, balance, right? And I think we have I'm curious as to what a lot of the general fund dollars are. I'm looking forward to having this conversation alongside the creator conversation because I have a lot of questions there. If there's 40% or so of our general fund dollars that are already going to TPD, I'm curious what that's paying for and why there's a need for this extra chunk. And so there's lots of questions, and I look forward to digging into that. Thank you. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Chief. I want to say I look forward to participating if possible and however I can. I think that this could be a real tool to make sure that we're connected and understand each other. I am hoping, my hope for this is that I think people buy in and feel like it's theirs when there's some ownership there. And so I do hope that there's maybe time in like maybe some of the first meetings to kind of co-create some of the agendas and maybe bring up questions that we have. And if that happens, then I think this is great. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Diaz, for all of the work. I will admit I haven't dug into your book report yet, but I appreciate that it's here. I do appreciate that you have presented some possible policy proposals, so that makes it A little bit easier to interpret the information. Question. It sounds like you reached out to a couple other municipalities about their programs. I'm not sure if I saw a summary in here about that. And I'd be curious to just hear kind of their pros and cons and what they've learned.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you very much for bringing this forward councillor Palmer Thank You councillor Hines for bringing this forward. I feel like you get to bring a lot of the fun stuff That's light hearted and you know, it's very helpful for I think we need a mix of these things in order you know, we see a lot of HEAVIER THINGS AND MAYBE NOT SO FUN THINGS AND SO THIS IS FANTASTIC. I LOVE THAT WE WOULD BE COMPENSATING THE ARTISTS AS WELL FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND OUR USE OF THEIR HARD WORK. I TOO WAS AT AWC AND CAME AWAY WITH FLAG ENVY SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Per Rule 4.B of the Council Rules of Procedure, I request to remove resolution numbers 41980 and 41981 from the consent agenda to be considered separately under the resolution section of the regular agenda.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026