Remarks by Mark Evers
11 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 25:56
“Thanks, Jason. I'm not in favor of having my taxes raised, especially if I'm the one raising them, but the one last year, the tenth of one cent, as you said, I've lived for a long time, public safety, roads, traffic, that's the two main things, and both of these are going forward, and I can't... That's why I'm in favor of both of these. Another thing, too, and I can't... I don't know if you can give me a number, but my assumption is that We know who the big sales tax people are in the city, and my guess is that some of the rights are probably paying 25%. I have nothing where I got that…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. I agree with the Deputy Mayor. It's an old park, and we're putting it into a park, so that's the way it should be. Just really quick, Jason. So it's $20 million to Loyalty and $2 million to Bennett?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 36:38
“That means that we're going to have like five and a half or so on Bennett.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 37:07
“The 5.8, that's roughly almost halfway there. Enough for a good start, right?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 48:45
“Just quick anecdotal evidence. I was watching Seahawks yesterday on Park Street, and my friend was complaining about kids ripping around on e-bikes. And then I said, oh, we just passed something, you know. And he goes, it's weird. I've noticed last week that it's been... I haven't seen any kids on them, so maybe it's working already. I don't know. And obviously e-bikes is very big because I don't really watch it very much, but the whole episode of South Park last week was about e-bikes, and Cartman got an e-bike, so you know that was trouble. But I think that the e-bikes, anecdotally, the new…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I did not have a question until Deputy Mayor asked his question. So $35 million of the 218 is grants? Is that just assumptions? Or is it not grants we have in hand right now, right?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So $35 million already, and who knows? That's not counting what we get in the next two years, right?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. What percentage of employees at Sumner are part of a union or bargaining units? Ballpark. That's a tough one to put you on the spot, the B team. Slightly over half. So half? Yeah. Okay. Out of 140? Okay. And then sales tax had 3% growth for the next two years. So I'm sure, I mean, I'm always concerned because of working with Dave Enslow for eight years, but I didn't mean to bring up your father-in-law. Anyway, sales tax on construction. So has there been, I guess, with the new apartments going in, but we have some more coming. So is that, I'm sure... Knowing Cassandra a little bit,…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I'm just happy to see that that is in there, to pay off that debt, because somebody messaged me today, a person that may or may not have been on the council before, but talking about, he was talking about in May, we have some... have some extra maybe money now, and I hope that maybe some debt gets paid off. So this person, he or she, will be happy to hear that. So thank you for that. That's good. I like that.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thanks, Jason. I'm trying to wrap my head around 11 new I'm just having trouble right now, but I have two months to wrap my head around it some more, I guess, and I'm not saying they're not needed, but that's just about a 10% increase, I think, and I guess the good news, this is my napkin math, 11 new employees, you're looking probably a little bit over a million dollars or something, but your saving is $450 on interest payments, so as you're going to be, without seeing the whole budget, other cuts in revenue and different things, but I'll get there, hopefully. That just seems like a lot.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026