Remarks by Lonnie Wimberly
21 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“I just want to remind the administrator her and I are still friends.”
Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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“But I do have an opening statement. All right, proceed forward, sir. First, I'd like to express that... I appreciate the work that's going to develop this briefing you're about to do. However, from an operational and government standpoint, I do not believe this briefing provide the commissioner with a complete picture of how this department will function. For example, I still don't have a clear understanding of the department administrative operations. Where's the department physical location? What is the chain of command from the director to the field supervisor? How does the department…”
Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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“And I won't be long, Mr. Mayor, until tomorrow. But anyway, I'm still a little puzzled. I'm not asking about this in the video. I'm asking about the process. I think my long history of operational readiness say to me that what I'm looking at right now is not ready. And I understand you say there's more information to come, and I appreciate that. But when we roll something out here to the public, based on you saying that department heads, right now, $100,000 plus individuals, need to have somebody come to their department and help them determine what is the proper organization structure they…”
Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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“I'm gonna address the administrator. All right, continue. I'm still, I've listened to all of this and I still don't have a good feeling. I want you to be successful. I want Augusta to be successful. I want the citizens to have a successful outcome with this new department. I am not against it, okay? What I am against is how I see it coming forward. what I was thinking that we will be doing is trying to set a budget and then determine what it is, how we gonna get that to make that work. And the budget should drive how many people we gonna have, how much equipment we gonna have, and then see if…”
Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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“What work was being done on the building?”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay. The gentleman talks about traffic. Do we get with? Yes, sir. Chairman, if that really was an impact, or are we just going on belief?”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“So traffic was not considering inbound traffic. It was just the outbound traffic. Am I correct?”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Well, you should have been listening then.”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I wanna make sure we got good standards on code enforcement and our codes, building codes. Because I just received a call yesterday from a family that somehow another enforcer showed up at their property. and was telling them they need a permit. And that permit was to, because they was putting, had someone to put a screen, screen Y on the back porch. You need a permit for that.”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay it also depends on the cost and the reason I brought that up is you just said that they were making additions but you're not painting a picture for me as to what that were.”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I'm aware of that. Yes, sir. But my question was really, is your inspectors, since the folks have been preparing this building for quite some time, and here we are in the ninth hour, and we're telling them, oh, by the way, it's no good. You didn't do these things. Well, nowhere along the line, because they came before your board. They presented the package to be evaluated before the peer, before the board. And now we're just getting the bad talk.”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And I'm going to say to my colleague from the 2nd, if you just got a round of applause. But I think when I finish, I'm going to get a standing ovation. There's nothing in the works that says that we gotta be prepared for data centers at any given point in time. So there's plenty of time and plenty of opportunity for us to just sit back, relax, and get it right. So I'm gonna make a substitute motion. You didn't do a substitute, you just made a recommendation. I'm going to make a substitute motion that we extend the opportunity for planning to get the ordinance correct or…”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Ms. Mayor. I'm still a little concerned. We seem to be trying to rush a document and rush a study I've listened to the news. I've heard of those counties that put moratorium on data centers, but I never heard an argument in that by we might get sued. They don't talk about that. They talk about what they don't want. They talk about what they don't want. They talk about what they want. They want still a pristine looking community that they have. They want the cow pastures and all that. Good. That's what they want. But they're not saying if we put this moratorium on, we're going to…”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. For the director. This document I'm looking at here, this is only asking about the extension of the moratorium.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“It has nothing to do with the ordinance that's going to come before us at the next meeting.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Oh, this is just a moratorium on building centers.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, data centers. Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. Now I'm one, I have enough understanding of data centers. but I do not believe we're gonna get a good ordinance in six pages. So if we were gonna extend our time to make sure we get it right, my statement would be not less than 60 days, okay? Thank you.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I was just, for the director. You're the one who made the recommendation for the timeframe that we're on right now, so you can make a recommendation for the 60 days?”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you. Senator, is it on now? Yes, sir. Hi. Yes, sir. I'll start over here. I've been affiliated with Augusta quite some time, actually more than 30 years. And I've been a part of the government also for more than 20 years of being totally involved. I have not seen funding at a level to take care of the issues that we're discussing now. I do not, a matter of fact, I had a conversation with the administrator last week in reference to what this maintenance team is gonna be doing. And to my colleague from three I hope you're not disappointed, but it's not gonna do the…”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026