Remarks by Lisa Borowsky
191 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 8
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“Thank you. All right, that concludes non-agendized public comments. Oh yes, I'm sorry, Councilwoman Whitehead, I'm sorry.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Next, we have, well, we don't have any citizen petitions, right? Okay. Moving right along, Mayor and Council item number 20, and this is my item, and I'm asking for my colleagues' support, at least to obtain a majority, to put this item on the agenda on October 20th, 2026. a meeting which I've had a preview of the agenda and it appears can accommodate that. And this is to agendize a future item related to flock technology. And I'm requesting that we direct the city manager to agendize a flock conversation and open discussion which would include a presentation discussion and…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“No, I think time is of the essence. I think we've sat on this for too long already, honestly. And I don't think that's a fair timeline, really. I think three weeks, this is October. Actually, it's a full month to prepare. And I know that our chief of police is prepared to have this discussion because he issued an August 27, 2026 comprehensive memo So this isn't something that's sudden. This is something that we've been working on for quite some time.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well, I'm a little tired of waiting on some of these issues, like the water conversation that I've been asking for for three or four months. I'm candidly really frustrated, and I don't know why we are sandbagging some of these. No offense, Councilman Clausman, because I think you're coming from a very good place.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, I wasn't done, but there's no question that this is a sufficient amount of time a month in advance. So I hear what you're saying. If you choose not to support it, that's your choice. So I hope that we will put this on the agenda. There is no time like the present to do this. It's been dragging on and not through any fault of the council or the Scottsdale Police Department. But I do think it's time. So I'm going to make a motion to direct the city manager or responsible charter officer to agendize this item to the October 20th, 2026”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, okay Let me take the public comment that will resume the council comments. So I have Jeff Muckerman Eric Fowler and Lottie Kimball, so please Jeff will you come up and talk to us about this? Oh Are you a resident of Scottsdale Jeff he's not even here right is here Eric Fowler. Oh”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. And can we keep the applause silent, please? Thanks. Lottie Kimball.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Appreciate you coming. And I know there's a couple of comments here, so I'll hold mine. Councilwoman Dabaskis, were you back on the board? Who was that? OK, Vice Mayor McKellen.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So there's, There's a motion on the table, so hold that thought. Okay. We've got to flesh out what the motion is and what's going on with it.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I thought there was a motion to amend, so she didn't say it was an alternative motion. That's what she referred to it as. Anyway, while we're figuring this out, I just want to also add that this isn't about a belief that the Scottsdale PD isn't, to Lottie's point, that the Scottsdale PD isn't using this properly or isn't advancing the goals of public safety. through this technology. It's a conversation that we wanna share with the public, okay? We wanna have everyone understand what's going on. Again, I asked to have this agendized back in, I talked to the city attorney about having this…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So I'm going to just respond to that because it's directed at what I said. And first, there was never any discussion that I would agree to that. So I apologize if there was a miscommunication. to you. I regret to hear that. So the second thing is there's an alternate motion for October 6th and given, you know, the length that you're speculating on October 20th seems to be a wise idea now. So that makes even more sense and, you know, certainly I've already made the case for why we would be prepared. The work's been done. It's at our fingertips. It's a matter of sharing this with the general…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I should have pointed out that Yvonne Cahill is here to speak. I'm sorry. There was an omission. The first speaker was not here, so you're still on cue to speak. Do you want to go ahead and say something, Councilwoman Whitehead, right now?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Do you want to wait until she's done? Or do you want to talk now? Okay. Councilman?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, now we have Councilman Graham.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'd like to see it as an agenda item that would include, you know, a presentation equivalent to a work study and then direction.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So My council, my mayor's item asks to have an agenda is to provide direction. I don't think there's any point in doing this twice, which is what you're talking about. I think we should have a full discussion and be prepared to give direction. So everyone spoke a number of times.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'm just really not following that because ordinances can be changed by any council in the future, so I'm not really following that. Nonetheless, I do think that we should stick to, uh, having a full discussion and be prepared to give direction. We don't have to give direction. I mean, that's just what the agenda item can allow for.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Councilman Quasman, I appreciate where you're coming from. It's not agendized for that, so we're not going to do that. And there's a motion on the floor. I kind of see where this is going. Councilwoman Littlefield, do you want to say something?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Councilman Littlefield? Something like, you know, what we like. Okay, let's move on. There's an amended motion, which I forget what it was. No, you want to rephrase that?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, let's take a vote on that. Councilwoman Littlefield? Okay. That motion passes 6-0. Okay, moving right along. Next we have work study sessions. Work study sessions, creation of a large water user ordinance, which is an item that I brought forward as a mayor and council item. And tonight, we're going to have that discussion as a work study. And Tyra Ryden-Diaz is here to talk to us about that, the interim director of the Water Department. And I think we have Aaron Perot, potentially, and Ken Burke. So go right ahead. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Do we want to hear from the other two speakers first?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Next, we have Raul Zubia. Excuse me. Do we have a copy of that slideshow you just did? Maybe you can send it or give it to the clerk and he can disseminate it. Thank you so much. Hi, Patty. Welcome. Let's talk after. Sorry.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, that concludes comments, public comment on this item. Councilwoman Whitehead.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. I am going to ask a couple questions before you go again. Councilwoman Whitehead, Councilwoman, excuse me. Tyra, what are you recommending? So I see it's slide number 11, right? Those are the recommendations based on other city ordinances.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026