Remarks by Michelle Barto
8 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 50:28
“Thank you. So just to go back a little bit, the reason that we're here is the judge has asked us to submit our voter information to the county. However, the county said they're not able to conduct this consolidated election. AT THAT POINT, SINCE WE AS A CITY HAVEN'T CONDUCTED AN ELECTION IN 40 PLUS YEARS, WE WENT OUT TO CONSULTANTS, AND THE CONSULTANTS, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND JESSICA, THANK YOU, WHO WAS ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. IS THAT RIGHT?”
City Council · Sep 11, 2026
- Play at 51:24
“Yeah, so we're doing the best that we can, and it's kind of, it's a new process for, it sounds like, Jessica or, you know, everybody, because it's not been done before in this timeframe. So that's concerning, but we are attempting to provide that election. Did the county indicate that if, for whatever reason, they could handle this if it were moved to the next available date prior to November 28th, but did they ever indicate that if it were a feasible other election that they could work with us on that? Did we ask that?”
City Council · Sep 11, 2026
- Play at 52:14
“Right, for our process, but also for their process. Thank you, that's why we're doing this. And then one very, couple of really quick questions for Jessica. Do you know, kind of other than, I know that we're kind of having to work, we're working around our charter requirements, we're working around some election code issues, which I've heard mentioned, My specific question is how we handle training for poll workers at all of, especially since so many of them are volunteers, if they're asked questions and we, you know, even if we are able to have a table, do we have any kind of plan to educate…”
City Council · Sep 11, 2026
- Play at 53:18
“Oh, I just meant the people working at the normal county election poll workers.”
City Council · Sep 11, 2026
- Play at 53:52
“Right, so I guess that's just my concern is that we, because it is such a short time frame, we're going to be kind of at the mercy of the published materials and there's a chance that some volunteer poll workers might not know the answers to those questions for voters. And I think on the one hand we should do what we can to mitigate that, but that's a concern to me that I don't know how we work around.”
City Council · Sep 11, 2026
- Play at 27:00
“Since I happen to attend the church where Monsignor Cook is the pastor, I'll pinch hit for him, but probably not as well. Dear Lord, we are here today because we care so much about the city and Thank you for all the volunteers who work so hard to build this place. Thank you for all the residents who care so much to put their time and talents into making the city a beautiful place to live. Thank you for our staff and council members who give so many hours and minutes of their day in thought to making this a wonderful, beautiful place. It is truly a beautiful place that you've given us. We ask…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:23:50
“I'm excited to go to that too on Thursday. But I did want to say thanks again to our public works and to our police, to our fire, to our lifeguards. I was down there this weekend and what a technically challenging weekend you guys all had. Everything felt very safe and watching the sand kind of wash away was a little heartbreaking. We just had our water quality tides committee meeting and talking about sand. On the one hand, I guess it's good that we didn't go spend $30 million to replace that sand that would then wash away, but hopefully we can figure out some ways to bring our beaches back.…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:30:13
“I have a conflict related to item 13 related to my membership at the Balboa Bay Club. Councilmember Grant?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026