Remarks by Patrick Harper
116 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 5
- Play at 2:36:16
“74. And then you take 775 divided 1400, which is anybody? 53%. And then you multiply the base fee times 53% and what do we get?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 2:37:57
“Yeah, but that's small $750. The calculations only triggered if it's over $750. OK. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 2:38:20
“I just want to say I appreciate Omar and Chief Nick for bringing this forward I didn't mean to sound difficult but I didn't quite understand it the first time through so I apologize for the question but now I understand it so I'd like to move the item I'll second Mayor may I read title Yes please”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 2:54:26
“Yeah. Can I say that the come back up. So do we have a question. So with respect to Kratom calls for service, I guess, do we have a lot of calls for service?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 2:55:26
“Yes, yes. And then a question for the attorney. So what, I guess, what authority do we have to regulate sale of products in general? I mean, can we say, you know, you can't sell, I don't know, candy bars is, you know, it's.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 2:56:10
“OK. All right. I guess my feeling on this is that although it's kind of trendy to adopt these kind of ordinances, with the fact that there seems to be no issue with it right now, I would not be in support of this ordinance.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 3:37:06
“You have a question. So just curious, the Pacific Sound Control, and then it says a CE pickup company. Is there any significance to that, or is that just part of their name?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 3:42:22
“yeah i have more of i have more of a comment i just want to complain uh that the you know the these restrooms should shouldn't shouldn't cost us 400 000 to redo two restrooms so i uh i respect that we've gone through the bid process and and done all that but um i i just feel like there's got to be a cheaper way to to um to do what we need to do there so i mean at this point i'm just venting so thank you”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 3:45:10
“As far as the scope of this project, two questions. Is there another way to complete the ADA requirements without redoing the entire restroom? And secondly, if we don't do this project, what happens then?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 3:46:50
“Okay. As far as the, I guess the Cost of the fixtures, the finishes, is that a significant cost to the equation?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 3:47:04
“And what's the big parts of the cost? Why is it so expensive?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:00:00
“Can I just interrupt for a sec? So this is, if we didn't have a biennial budget, we'd be just doing a regular budget meeting right now? Yep.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:00:27
“So because we have the two-year budget, this is kind of a shorter version of the annual budget? Okay, thanks.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:10:29
“OK, I think there's been a first. Second.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:23:40
“Thank you. Okay, on June 17th, I had a PCTA meeting, June 18th, OCTA Finance Committee, and then I went to the – that same day I went to the Employee Family Picnic, which was at the –”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:23:55
“Yeah, Heritage Park. Also, then later that day, I went to the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Committee meeting and then came back for Summerfest opening day. June 19th, Summerfest welcome ceremony. June 22nd, OCTA board meeting. And June 25th, attended the Boys and Girls Club Groundbreaking over at Miles Square Park. It was great to see them get their construction underway for the new expansion on their facility there. June 30th, we had a special meeting of the City Council, so I was here for that. July 2nd, we had the Independence Day barbecue at Heritage Park with the employees, so…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026