Remarks by Nadia L. Anderson
103 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“Absolutely. And a city attorney that we know that we cannot fulfill right now is a blank check. Thank you for that support, commissioners. That wasn't support. Well, it sounds like support to me. That's a blank check. If we're saying that we have a city attorney that we know we cannot fulfill because we haven't properly budgeted for it, that's a blank check.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 36:45
“No, you were actually more concerned removing from Metro plan.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But of the 314... This includes the risk management position. That includes the risk management position.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“What I'm saying is that we know that we does not have enough money in the budget to create a whole entire legal department. So why would we staff for one position when we know we can't fulfill that position?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, that makes sense if you don't have another outside attorney, but we have outsourced it. We still should not have it in the budget.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 38:34
“Well, no, we'll be doing more than that. We'll be creating a whole entire department, I mean, a legal department. So I guess my question is, so we're not taking anything out of this budget? Do we just sitting here just going through? Well, we just started. But I'm just trying to say that we're not taking anything out. So are we removing things out of the budget or we're not removing things out of the budget? So I can understand what we're doing here. Is this like a listening session? Are we removing things out of the budget? Mayor, I'm just wondering.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“No, concerns can come at any given time. And I have a concern that we have something in the budget right now that we have not properly budgeted for. That's half budgeting. Why would we budget for one position when it's just a entire department? So I just don't, I'm making a recommendation that we remove this out the budget because it's just half budgeting. That's just my recommendation.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I had approved it last year. We're in a different year. Things changed. The needs have changed. We're going to get better. I promise you that. But the needs have changed of the city, and I'm able to express at any given time where I feel like in this budget there needs to be a change because we approved it last year. We are trying to be more efficient this year. I agree. To say what happened last year, I don't think we should keep talking about last year's budget. What I approved, we're working on a new budget this year.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I make the recommendation that we... where we have $75,000 for city hall second floor renovations that we remove that from the budget and add back in $100,000 for the nonprofits. Because a lot of nonprofits actually depend on that money and have it already budgeted for scholarships and things and senior citizens and stuff. So I think we can delay $75,000 or we can make it the same exact. We'll put $75,000 into that fund and go ahead and take off the city hall second floor renovations.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Renovations, yes. Because that's not a direct impact on the community, the renovations for the second floor, but that $75,000 is direct impact. For the non-profits. For the non-profits, yes.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I don't think, I mean, I walked up there, I mean, a lot, and I don't think these conditions are that third world country living. It's just not. That's not how I would describe it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“come to work every single day complaining about the walls and the paint and the flooring.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 54:51
“I do not think every single day the staff come there complaining. I just don't think that's realistic. I think that's a mischaracterization of county. What happens? But I feel that the community does want the grant program. And removing that grant program would affect a lot of the communities that we serve in the nonprofit agencies that we serve. I mean, that's something they was proud of. There's a direct impact of that. And I'm 100% against removing that nonprofit grant. but if the council feel that the needs of, you know, of marble floors and new carpet and new paint is more important than…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 55:32
“And I'll do a live video so I can show the community that there's not paint chipping They're not sitting on floors. That's not what's happening up there. And I'll definitely, when I leave here, I'll go and do a recording of that, because that is not what's going on there at all. That's fine. And of course, I do not want staff, and if staff is never complaining to me about feeling like they're walking into a third world country when they go up into the second floor. No one's ever referenced the third world country. Well, the sand and paint is chipping off the wall. That's just not what's…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 56:28
“No, it hasn't been decades and decades, but that is your personal opinion. And if the whole entire council agree that it's more important to renovate the second floor to provide more luxury than to serve the community, then I 100% disagree with that.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 56:58
“And to be clear to the community, please, the mayor has decided to remove our discretionary funds. I didn't decide that. Who took out the budget?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 57:10
“But you took it out the budget. We didn't take it out the budget. This is your budget. This is the mayor's budget. You presented us this budget, so you removed it. So the mayor has removed it. Our discretionary funds, the commissioners can no longer support your organization. So all the ones that we have been supporting for years, we can no longer do that because the mayor has moved out the budget, his budget. Our request is put back in the budget. So you can put that on line item as well. Then I'm requesting that it be put back on the budget as well. The commissioners discretionary funds…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Right now I'm taking a position that because of the budget cuts and stuff, I'm not even entertaining the idea of addressing our salaries right now. Because I understand the needs of the community. I'd rather take whatever increase in my salary and put it back into the fund for the nonprofits. That's my position on it. So I won't be taking an increase in the salary right now.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“and then we can take that $210,000 as well for the office furniture replacement. That's in the budget as well. I wanna remove that line item out of the budget as well. I just think right now that's just not critical, it's a critical need right now. It's a nice want. I mean, I work in city government, I worked in the federal government, and I worked in the county. And some of our furniture was 20 and 30 years old, but it was a service industry and it was about the community. And I think our staff would want a pay increase instead of a new chair that they can't take home and enjoy.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm pretty sure they would want that. They want to continue to get a pay increase. Or they would want us to be able to create a new position to help carry the load.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“75,000 city hall floor renovation, $210,000 for office furniture replacements. So I definitely think we can find some money there to contribute to the nonprofits.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I do. So the $75,000 for printing of the city newsletter, what does that service look like? There's another $75,000 that we can put into the budget for the nonprofits.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But it's out of the public information, so we move that to that budget?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:09:43
“Is this for utilities or is it not for utilities? The newsletter is 72. The 72,000?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's transferred from utilities over to this? Yes.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026