Remarks by Matt Cole
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City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Now, if we also compare that, real quick on the legal, because it's a 60% increase, and you touched on this before, and I'm trying to remember what you said, but that was about certifications. That's not necessarily going to compensation. It's all about...”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“get the job done and what it's going to cost.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Up to that $100,000, yes. Okay, thank you. So for 26, our pavement preservation was still $600,000. So what did our PCI numbers drop? Did they drop in the last year because of that?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Oh, okay, so the widening brought us back up because that was an improvement to an existing road? Correct. Through another, yes, okay. So really like looking at it at $600,000 this last year, and then increasing it by 40% next year, the loss is negligible, like that difference is negligible just because of the TIA project? Correct. Okay. With the sidewalks allocating $100,000 up from $20,000, do we feel like that's adequate? Is that going to get us to what we need to do? I mean, I would like to discuss that probably more just kind of compared to some options, but I want to make sure that…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“How are we going to budget the one time that as I went into, that'll come to you in October. Okay. Not a part of the 26 budget. or not part of the 2027 operating budget?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“So to clarify, does the revenue we receive from HB 2015, does that replace some of the general fund revenue we've gone to fund public safety in the past? Or is it adding on to it?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Just the increases that we would not have bought for that sales tax?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Real quick. So we're funding public safety at existing levels, and then the public safety sales tax revenue that we receive is going to fund those additional positions, the increases. Correct.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“And have to to that. We have to use it on those positions. Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay. I was hesitant to do this, but I want to kind of poke at it a little bit right now. Can we talk a little bit more about legal? Because it's a significant increase, and I want to better understand that. I know you've mentioned it before, but can you speak to what the specific increases are and what those are going towards?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I think that's... Was it not consolidated in 2026 at all?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'm always, yeah, more is better. Yeah, that'd be great. Okay, thanks.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“We were just talking about there's the one time and then there's the ongoing.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“We'll try to look at that number right now. It almost feels like it's not even worth looking at that number.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“So I know you touched on this earlier, and I was just hoping to go a little bit deeper on it. So last year, we asked every department to make, I think, was it a 5% cut, right? And this year, we didn't have to do that. But I remember, for example, last year, public safety, we cut out some of the optional overtime and some of the optional trainings that had to happen. So going forward this year, Are we adding some of that optional stuff back in for training and overtime, or are we leaving that out and maintaining the service level we did last year?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“There was mandatory training and then optional training.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Great, okay, thank you. Okay, if there's no other questions or comments, we'll conclude this study session and council will resume on September 10th at a regular scheduled council meeting. Thank you, everybody.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Oh, yeah, there it is. OK, cool. All right, we got that changed. Thank you very much. Looks like some of you guys are here for a certain purpose or another tonight. We are, we're here tonight to conduct some business, but before we do that, we're gonna take a few moments and recognize somebody who is, I think, very important and very dear to all of us as we celebrate Chief Kathy Doriot. As she... Well get your clappers and your Kleenex ready because there's a lot more where that's gonna come from. But we're gonna take a few moments and do that and the first thing we'd like to do is just call…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you, everybody. No words from members of the Guild at all? We're just, okay. Well, don't go too far, Chief, because you probably need to be just closer here, because there's a lot coming your way. We took the time, members of council, we got together and we thought we can't just leave you empty-handed as well and you're gonna probably leave with an armful tonight. But on behalf of all of council, we'll invite you to come up. We have a presentation of just a gift for you that we got for you. Everyone knows that Chief is a big fan of Disney. You can, yes. Open it. Yes. Yes, go ahead. Read…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“You come back with more swag than you need, right? Yeah, you bet. Thank you. Thank you again. At this time, I'd like members of council, I'd like to invite you all to say a few words if you'd like, give you the floor. So I don't know if there's anybody who's itching to go first. Okay, Councilor Burke, we'll let you go first.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right. Thank you, counselors. At this time, I'd like to invite Chief Doria to come up and say a few words. I know you don't like to do this, but we're going to make you your last official councilman.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah. Well, thank you, Chief. Thank you. And thank you all for coming today. Whoever decided I should speak right after that last call owes me an apology because I don't know if I can make it through this. But I've been asked to bring this little ceremony to a close. This is just a segment, just a sliver of looking into Kathy's career. And it's a remarkable one, to say the least. I want you to picture for a moment. It's 1989. When Kathy joined Ridgefield Police Department, this was a town of about 1,300 people. 1,300 people, let that sink in for a second. When she started here, and tonight we…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026