Remarks by Mark Jerrell
291 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 12
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“No, thank you, and I want to echo what some of our colleagues said and all of us feel by saying thank you for your work, your commitment. I mean, you've been an amazing representative for this board, and I'm appreciative of our colleagues lifting that up. I do want to go over a couple of things. And so not only to Commissioner Altman, but to all of you all as colleagues, I want this community to know how hard you all work Any event that's in this community, there is a county commissioner that's going to show up or county staff is going to be present, bar none. And I will tell you that the…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well, good evening, everyone. It's great to see you. Smiling faces. I want to call the meeting to order, and we're going to start with introductions first.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“At this time, what I'm going to do is turn to our vice chair to lead us in the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. And when we get to the Pledge of Allegiance, we're going to ask all of you all to stand.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Altman. We'll move forward with the agenda. At the start of every meeting, we make sure that we lift up our county mission, our vision, and our board budget priorities. These are the items that guide our decisions and our discussion, and we think it's important for you all to know. Our mission is to serve Mecklenburg County residents by helping improve their lives and community. Our vision is Mecklenburg County will be a community of pride and choice for people to live, learn, work and recreate. Our FY26-27 board budget priorities are as follows. Economic development,…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Gabe Esparza, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Administration.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. And now we'll move to the next part of the agenda, which is the arts and culture moment. And I'm going to invite Charlotte's creative down. Yes. Yes. So we'll receive a presentation from Charlotte is Creative. I think all of us know Matt, but for those in the television land, it's Matt Olin and team. You guys are welcome to go up there.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Hold up. Before you go, let me do this. I want to turn to Commissioner Rodriguez-McDowell. The arts and culture moment was spawned by her idea, and I want to give her an opportunity to provide any comments if she'd like.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, next up on the agenda is public appearance. Madam Clerk, we still don't have any speakers, correct? That is correct. All right, so we will move to appointments. All right, and we're gonna start with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee. Appointments are needed on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee to fill six terms. This has come back to us, so we will be voting. There are quite a few candidates here, so we're just gonna go down the list. First up is Laura Bailey.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, no, no, no, no. No, because this is what came back.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Oh, and I'm on my chair's notes. I'm sorry. So we need to go to women's advisory first? Is that what we're doing? Yes.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, give me one. Let me go into the...”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, my chair's notes has community relations first. I wasn't on the iPad. I'm getting on the iPad now, so I'll do the women's advisory board. Thank you, Elaine.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“No. Let me hear from the clerk. Go ahead.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Refresh your iPads. Everybody refresh your iPads.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. Let's go through the CRC again. We are going to vote.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Let's start with, uh, Laura Bailey. One, two, three, four, five, six or seven. No. Okay. Yash, but Nagar, there's total six opportunities, right? Okay. Keep your hands up, please. Madam clerk, you got this.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. So both of those are appointed.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Lee Kenight. Jessica Edwards. Got one, Madam Clerk. Robert Edwards. Kim Lamb. Got one, two, three, four. Okay. Jennifer Louise Jean. We got two. Rory Pegram, District Four. Ryan Reed. Kira Robinson. Omar Saxton. Get to Constance Wallace. Okay. Aditya Upadhyay.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“One, two, four. Constance Wallace. That's unanimous, Madam Clerk. Jamie Wildgoose. Two, three, four. Oh, that's five. And then Cindy Young.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“She got five. So Madam Clerk, by my tally that we have appointed Laura Bailey, Yash Bhatnagar, Constance Wallace, Jamie Walgus, and Cindy Young, so that means there's one other slot that's open, so we'll go back through. Is that what you've got?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. So I'm going to start with Ingrid Nunez.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. We've got one more to seat. So we're going to go down the list. Ingrid Nunez, I see one. Saritha Butler. Lee Knipe. Jessica Edwards. Robert Edwards. Kim Lam.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. So that would be our sixth one, Madam Clerk.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. Moving on. Thank you. Next up, what I've got is JCPC, Madam Clerk.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026