Remarks by Lawrence Spradley
52 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“I think we need to assess the value of that. And I have an idea for the free parking. So you go downtown and you scan the sign to say, hey, I'm gonna park here, and you put in your information. If there was some kind of a notification on that system that says, would you like to park for free? And then it gives you a direction to go somewhere for free, maybe, right? Because right now there is no, I mean, I know where to park for free, but if someone's just visiting, they probably don't know where to park for free. Just a thought. I don't know if we can do that.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And then lastly would be the ADA parking. I know we're, is this gonna be encompassed in this as also?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“But there are cities that do. But there are cities that do. There are cities that do and there are cities in between. Right. He already mentioned that there are cities that's already been through this process. And I've been to cities where tour bus is parked right outside a venue. Awesome.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I just have one question. I think we might all be thinking the same thing. Why is this not aligned with city council districts?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Might be interesting to look at what these costs would be if it was aligned with city council districts. I don't know, just a thought.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“There's actually nothing that aligns with City Council District. Police, fire, nothing. Anyway, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I was wondering if you could just explain what reoccurring costs are.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So COLA is cost of living adjustment, right? And so that's generally across the board. I was in the military 27 years. Everybody got the same COLA, whether you're a general or private first class. There wasn't extra money for me because I was a private, right? It didn't happen. And that was a statement that you made. But essentially, if you're reducing the COLA for a higher pay, essentially what you're doing is lowering their salary, right? Their salary is designed with COLA to keep up with inflation, right? We didn't make inflation, federal government made inflation. And so this is not even…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“If you push the need to another fiscal year, would the cost of that also increase with inflation?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“What would be the consequence of not funding it at all? Just push it to fiscal year 28?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm gonna join my colleagues and thank y'all very much. You asked some pretty good questions. But you know, the city is the city. It's not a corporation. It's not the federal government. And the budget comes from within up to these three city managers here. And so when it gets to our level, it has already been, nickel and dimed out almost as much as possible, right? This is my fifth budget and you're right. The first one is it is 100% taking water from a fire hose is very complex, very complicated. And not only do I suggest that we start earlier, I suggest all y'all spend hours with these…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, let's see. Mayor, I have a motion to approve the consent agenda minus item E. I'll second.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Go ahead. So help refresh my memory. When we approved this the last meeting, I thought that we agreed to do the intersection on Divine Way and Fayette Drive and also the Ranch States Boulevard on the opposite side so we could only park in the middle. Is that correct?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“This is doing the same thing. It's bleeding. I don't know. We're all gonna have to share one. We can pass it around like a virus.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“But the other part was also doing traffic calming as quickly as possible?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Okay, so nothing's changed other than that?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“that's all that's all we need okay consensus from you thank you very much guys thank you i would i would like to add mr schmott correct me if i'm wrong but we already have the absolute ability to stop any zoning request as soon as it comes to city council by a majority vote right whether it's a data center or dog park doesn't matter Right, so we have that ability as well, is that correct?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“For this specific thing within 60 days or so? Yeah.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“What is the thought process of, like, San Marcos had complete...”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Well, when we're going through this, you might wanna put that bullet on something so we know where that falls as well.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Can I ask a question, Mayor French? Yeah, go ahead. When did they ask for the postponement?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“When did they ask for the postponements?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Friday afternoon in an email. And they don't have a single representative that can show up tonight, I guess?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“So the 18 Police Department vehicles, does that include the extra that we are anticipating”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“That's a good question. Do you mind talking to the bond, what is it, the AAA standard for the city and how that affects the rate that you were given from these eight different capital funding banks?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026