Remarks by Ralph Rodriguez
216 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 9
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“Council Member Guerrero, did you have a question?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, and I love all the comparisons that are here. I would like to see a little bit more of some of the local cities around us, like Live Oak, University City, Converse, because I know those, when it comes to businesses, those are some of the cities that we're also competing with. So I'd like to get a good look to see what they're doing.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, I appreciate all the work that the staff put into this because it's definitely a lot of work. Do you have another question? Yes, ma'am.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Go ahead. So I definitely don't want to rush because I definitely want you all to do good work and not feel like you were rushed just to be able to provide something. So do you feel that you could have something within 30 days?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Any other questions? Have none, thank you. Great, thanks. All right, item 16 and 17, we're gonna be going to closed session. Item 16, called in accordance with section 551-087 of the Texas Government Code deliberation regarding economic development negotiations. Closed meeting, the governmental body is not required to conduct an open meeting to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that a governmental body seeks to locate. stay or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, and I attended the chamber luncheon today. I also attended the San Antonio Metro Chamber Mayor's Breakfast. And I also attended the Child Advocacy Center over the weekend. This will conclude tonight's City Council meeting at 3 o'clock.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, if I can get everybody's attention, we'll go ahead and bring this budget retreat meeting into session at 5.15. And I apologize for the late start, trying to make sure that everybody got settled in before we got going. So at this time, I'd like to take the time to welcome everybody in joining us, those that may be online and those that are present with us here today. I'll go ahead and turn it over to our city manager, Steve Williams.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. So this time is set aside for any person who wishes to address city council. Each person should fill out the speaker register prior to the meeting. Presentation should be limited to no more than three minutes. All remarks should be addressed to the council as a body and not to any individual member thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the council may be requested to leave the meeting. All handouts and or USB devices must be submitted to the city secretary no later than noon on the Monday preceding the meeting. Handouts will…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And that's all we have for hearing of the residents. So we'll go ahead and move on to item number one, which is fiscal year 2026, 2027 operating budget and capital improvement program workshop. This time I'll turn it over to Steve Williams, our city manager.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I would agree with that. On some of the things that I've noticed is, one, we've had high turnover in public safety dispatchers as well as public works.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I feel that we need to take a look at everything as a whole.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I would like to go ahead and recess at 6.59, take a 10-minute recess. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, the time now is 7-11. We'll go ahead and resume the budget workshop.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Is there any way that we could like have a little bit more detailed of what streets are going to be repaired versus just having a kind of like a catch-all where it says annual span project street preservation and maintenance? Is there streets that we can already have outlined that we know that we're going to work on so that way our residents can kind of have an idea of what we're doing?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah. And thank you for that. And that's kind of more of what I'm looking for is like, what do we do in next fiscal year and lay those streets out? I'm not really worried about 27 and 28. I'm just looking, I'm just looking at the year that we're fixing to approve the budget for sure.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So first of all, I just want to thank you and your staff for all the hard work that y'all put into creating this budget workbook that we have. I think that'll allow us to take a deeper dive into the budget and to ask a little bit more detailed questions as we look through this at our next meeting. And I would like to schedule that one for the 25th. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, let's say we can't do 5.30, kind of buy some time for people to be able to get from work and get to the council meeting.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. I guess this time we'll go ahead and conclude the budget retreat meeting at 8.04. Thank you all. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Like I stated, it's 6 p.m. We're going to go ahead and bring this regular council meeting into session. And we're going to go ahead and start by the opening prayer and pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States and the state of Texas by Councilmember Guerrero. If I can get everybody to please stand.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilman, Councilmember Guerrero. Thank you. We're going to go ahead and our first item is discussion and action items. Appointment of Mayor Pro Tem, discussion and consideration and or action regarding the confirmation appointment or election of the Mayor Pro Tem. Presenting will be our City Secretary, Sheila Edmondson.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, are there any discussions? If there are no discussions, can I get someone to make a motion?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, I have a motion made by Council Member Robert Westbrook, seconded by Council Member Sarah Dietz. Can I get everybody to cast their votes? Does she want it? Would you like to accept the Mayor Pro Tem position?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Having four yays, no nays, motion passes. If you'll go ahead and step down, I'll be more than happy to give the oath of office. Okay, if you raise your right hand, repeat after me. I'm Michelle Watson.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“That I will faithfully execute the duties of.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“of the United States, and of this state, so help me God. Congratulations. Okay, we're gonna go ahead and move on to employee introductions. This time we have EMS, we have Linda Castle, we have EMS Assistant Chief Tyler Boecker, we'll introduce staff.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026