Remarks by Nick Richardson
106 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 5
- Play at 1:42:16
“Yes, it does. I'm worried about the other direction. This is why I'm leading this this way. What happens in the instance that something is pursued or investigated or whatever else, and it's determined that whatever is being sold, that there's an issue, right, or there's a mistake in the course of enforcement and investigation, Is there any sort of recourse that the entity can take to recover those costs from the city for legal fees or what have you?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:42:57
“Okay, so in the instance, they could waive the violation potentially, but whatever cost they expended to pursue that appeal, they're not going to recover that.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:43:35
“Okay. And then, thank you. That's all I had on that specific line of questioning. For the authors, I'm... I appreciate Section 9, TAC 3809. It's on page 14 if you have your copy. I think that in part of it, we're not quite strict enough, and I'd like to see it potentially be stricter. And in another portion of it, we are too strict, and I think it doesn't necessarily need to be that strict. And I don't know if any authors are following, but here's what I'm talking about. Section 3809 on page 14 talks about the sale and transfer of the permit and or the business. So if you join me on page 14,…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:47:47
“Okay, and I have reasonable suspicion that it is because I've seen this used in different industries as well as far as excise taxes go. Next point I have is if there's any interest in limiting this to actually who we're targeting, to the shops that, call it what it is. We need the tobacco retail license because we as a city don't have any licensure that we can remove from a bad act or breaking rules. It's important. And those who vend alcohol, whether it's a bar or it's a liquor store, they operate on the same thing with ABC. I know because we get all their ABC licenses and applications in my…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:54:13
“Yeah, when they were forced to bridge the gap between the private business owner, pass the city, pass the county, all the way up to the state, totally. If we're going to institute this as a city, which I think is responsible, I wouldn't mind kind of reinforcing that communication, right? Call this our own little Owens Mountain Parkway tower, reinforcing that communication to the business owner to make sure they have the up-to-date gouge on what they can and can't sell. That would be it. That's the entirety of my amendments. If those are found as substantive, I would be interested in coming…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 2:14:19
“Council Member Harris, I don't want to cut you off or correct you, but the last item, I read that differently, and I don't know if that factors in at all. I read it not as a reinstitution or an upping of the fine for every inspection, but as that being fine, what they were worried about is, hey, inspector comes on Monday, there's a violation, inspector comes the following Monday, Instead of that being the single upping of the fine, if you will, them instituting every single day in between those days as an increase in the fine. Every day, not every inspection. That was a distinction made when…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026