Remarks by Lyda Steadman
145 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“Okay. Yeah. That's what I thought. I just wanted to clarify. I've been looking over this and, you know, I wasn't there when y'all approved this, but I'm kind of looking at it like Paul said, from a kind of cash flow look to see, you know, how... how our money, you know, where are we getting the money to manage all these projects? I did look at the balance sheets as of June, and the total, and leaving the small splost and taking out this shared streets project, we've got about $13 million in projects, and the funds after the $1.42 million total about $6.5 million. Let's see. So in the capital,…”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Well, I've got more of a statement. I don't care. Okay. Well, I know last time I said that I thought this was a project that BDA should pick up. I mean, it is connected to the ABLA development that's going on. I don't know, you know, Patrick has said that it's Hurley City, and I have to accept that. But I think it's something the DDA could have paid for. I think it's something, a question we should have asked. I know David said it the last meeting. He didn't think it was a good use of their money. But we do have a lot of projects on our plate, and we do need to consider how our funds are…”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“You edited this one, the GMA one a bit. Sorry, I'm sorry.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“I see what's what, because the track shows has underlines.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“I'm fine with version two. But I would, I would like to add a couple of things that so one thing is that I was there was a whereas the BMC recognizes that the responsibility of public officials are best fulfilled when elected officials and city staff respect one another, you could sit and manager there instead of city staff. Respect one another's roles and work collaboratively in carrying out the city's business. And then the second one, I think, you know, there should be an ending that there's, you know, there's the ability to address the situation, you know, like in the electronics, you…”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Yeah, but we, you know, it's written as a template for cities to use to modify it to suit their specific needs. It doesn't mean it's the only way it can be done.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Well, you don't know that they adopted it. We certainly have the ability to do this resolution any way we choose to do, as long as it's within legal you know, stuff, and it's written properly and all that. All I was asking for is a respect for our different policies, contracts, and applicable law.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Right here. Where is the BMC recognizes the responsibility of our best fulfilled and elected officials and staff recognize one another's roles and work collaboratively.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“I just wanted to put it back in the document too.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“No, it's not. I did send y'all something like that email, but apparently it didn't get incorporated into this.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“So I'm asking that this underline in the third one about recognizes that the public, if that could be incorporated into number two, number one, And then number two, if we can have something at the end that just says we have the authority to address the conduct through, you know, the principles, I mean, through the avenues we already have.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“John, it's just something at the end to say that we'll address it is all. That's all it is, is something to say.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“You have options. It's not being specific. Y'all are very specific in the electronics that we're talking about.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Stephen, what do you think about the second one? Here, I'll give you what it says, the second one. You already know what it says before you.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“It's up there at the top, the second paragraph.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“But we haven't seen this yet. Well, you saw a version of it.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“to something that he believes is a better way to state it?”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“I'm just asked for two small statements to be included in it.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Well, I'm not even asking for that at this point.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“That's my... I think we are forgetting that we didn't do this for the purpose of being a city of civility. We did this because of an incident that happened that was very unfortunate for our city. And that is why we were doing this. This was presented to us as an option of how to address it. So I think this thing about conforming, you know, is not the priority here. I think it's basically making a statement back to our residents that, you know, we aren't going to let something like this happen again. You know, that we respect, you know, each other, that we're going to act a way and that, you…”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“Well, will y'all at least consider putting in that first one I recommended? Which is in here already. It recognizes... No, that one's fine.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“And I'm just asking... Which one is that?”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“What I'm asking to do is down here on the first page, the second from the bottom, that the BMC recognizes that the responsibilities of public officials are best fulfilled when elected officials and the city manager respect one another's roles and work collaboratively in carrying out the city's business. I think it is important to respect each other's roles, and I don't see why there's a problem with that end.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“It's fine now. It's in here. It's what I'm asking for is in here. So I'm fine. I missed that.”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026
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“This is the version that Stephen said was the second version I'm fine with. The only thing, because he clarified that this, one of my points was already in here and I missed it. The only thing we're talking about at this point different from the second version that you've approved and agreed to is the ending one about, you know, about what I want. Okay. You still have it?”
Board of Mayor & Commissioners · Aug 12, 2026