Remarks by Marcos Villanueva
188 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 8
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“Yes. Thank you for that support. Item 12, reports. Mayor's report.”
City Commission · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Commissioner's report. Any commissioners wishing to report? Commissioner's stuff? I do.”
City Commission · Aug 3, 2026
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“Great. Any other commissioners wishing to speak on anything? All right. So I want to congratulate you, Mr. Mayor. I remember many years ago being a very young kid and seeing those two uh hurricanes in 99 and then the no-name storm in 2000 um i had never been a part of anything like that as an employee and i i know that it shaped me in public service i've seen many municipalities try to emulate what we've done when it comes to disaster but i think we've perfected it Just my personal opinion. And right, wrong, or indifferent for all the administrators that have come through Sweetwater. You…”
City Commission · Aug 3, 2026
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“Yeah. I want to again congratulate you, Mr. Mayor, for Scott. I can't believe I'm going to say this out loud. Scott Mendelsberg, our finance director. We've had plenty of bouts out here. Scott, you're doing a kick-ass job, man. Keep doing what you're doing. uh if i got something bad to say to somebody i'm gonna say it if i got something good i'm gonna say it i i could care less about people's opinions it's just how god created me and how i am so keep up the good work to you and your staff thank you um i want to congratulate our parks a director who's not here and our park staff they've really…”
City Commission · Aug 3, 2026
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“Yeah, I thank you for bringing that to our city. We've been begging for that for years, unfortunately. the last administration we didn't have the best of uh relationships uh and look we have moved the city forward leaps and bounds and a lot of things but we do have some deficiencies because we're asking our police department to work in conditions that they've outgrown our police our police station or this building was building what 1972 um and they've outgrown that office back when we were 22 full-time police officers and now last i checked i think we're uh 85 full-time, is that accurate?…”
City Commission · Aug 3, 2026
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“All right. If you could give the commissioners a little private what the hell you're talking about. Email. Sure. Instead of speaking in tongues. I'd appreciate it. Sure. Police report. Attached. Building and zoning report. Attached. Code enforcement division report. Attached. Public works. Attached. Finance is gone. Attached. Community and elderly service report. Attached. Parks and Recreation. Attached. Unfinished business. New business. Good of the order. Motion to adjourn.”
City Commission · Aug 3, 2026
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“Did they send you this? What's that? Did they send you this? Okay.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Mr. Chair. Can we pray, please? Absolutely.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Anybody like to say a prayer? Okay, let's bow our heads. In Jesus' name I pray. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you again for granting us the gift of life, the gift of health, the gift of freedom, and the gift of service. As we serve the residents of the city of Sweetwater as elected officials, please continue to grant the wisdom needed to make the necessary decisions for the betterment of our city, to our commissioners, to our mayor, and our city staff. Please continue to bless our firefighters, our police officers, and the greatest military in the world. Please continue to bless our city staff…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Now, we normally don't say the Pledge of Allegiance, but I think we should.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you for that. Mr. Mayor, you have the floor.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“I have a question. I was informed that the first reading was not legally sufficient, is that accurate?”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Okay, and then after first reading, statutorily, past precedents, we would have 10 days before second reading. But because of all the notices, what is the statute reading? What is your legal opinion on when we can have second reading?”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Does it have to go back to the planning zoning board?”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Good. I don't have any other questions. Anybody have any questions?”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“To my colleagues in the commission, would we like to go ahead and dialogue or would we like to listen to the administration's offer? I would recommend listening to the administration's offer, but I'll do whatever you guys ask.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“So everybody's in agreement with having the administration. All right, Mr. Mayor, the floor.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Any other commissioners wishing to speak? Mr. Vice President.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“If you don't mind, let me recognize Commissioner Yanyu first. Go ahead. Yes. You can just stand at the podium. Thank you.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“I want to set a presence commissioners always first. Absolutely. Go ahead. Yes.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“all right so i'm gonna i'm gonna say a few things um i always like to give my colleagues in the commission an opportunity to have a healthy dialogue before i say anything i tend to bogart the microphone so first i said for the beginning that i didn't care about a park um now we have a free park And I think that's a victory for the city. So, kick ass job. Anytime the city of Seawater gets something for free, at the end of the day, it's only gonna benefit our residents. You did say something where there are restrictions to the park having to do with special events and whatnot. So I'm not in…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Give me traffic impact and concurrency totals, please.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026