Remarks by Ralph Rodriguez
216 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 9
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“Thank you. Do we have anybody else wishing to speak on Ordinance 26-S-017? Having none, I'll go ahead and close the public hearing at 7.30. Any council members have any discussions on ordinance 26-S-017? We have Mayor Pro Tem Watson.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, any other questions? Having none, can I get a motion to accept ordinance 26-S-017? So moved. Second. Okay. I have a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Watson, seconded by Council Member Dietz. Can I get everybody to cast their votes, please? Can I get the votes published? Having four yays, no nays. Ordinance passes. Item eight is in your city council packets. No discussion to occur on item eight and nine. Moving on to request by mayor council members for updates or information from staff. Do I have any council members needing any updates from staff?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Then we have Council Member Guerrero. You have something you want staff to address?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I believe Mayor Pro Tem Watson is working on the council challenge ones. Okay. Okay. Okay. Council Member Dietz.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. We got our deputy city manager. Going to head that up, so. And then... I'd like for our staff, if they can, to reach out to CCMA. I know that they're working on that sewer line on Bobolin Springs Road. And I know that there's some citizens that are extremely upset about a lot of the work that's going on back there because there's heavy machinery that is idling and running throughout the night that makes it pretty irritating to them. And trying to see also what kind of dust control we can do to help them out with their property because I know that kind of plays pretty heavy on the AC…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. So that takes us back to item six, which is ordinance 26-B-018. No, or is that it? No, that was item seven, correct? Item six? Yeah. Okay, going back to ordinance 20 on item six, ordinance 26-B-018, consideration approval by the city council, the city of Shirts, Texas authorizing the issuance of city of Shirts, Texas combination tax and limited pledge revenue certificates of obligations, series 2026, providing for the payment of said certificates by the levy of an add Valorum tax upon all taxable property within the city and further securing said certificates by lien on pledge of…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Does somebody want to make a motion to reconsider Item 6, Ordinance 26-B-018?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So do we have anybody that wants to make a motion to reconsider?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, I have a motion made to reconsider ordinance 26-B-018, seconded by Council Member Dietz. Motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Watson. Can I get everybody to cast their votes? Okay, can I get the votes published? Okay, having three A's, one A. The motion doesn't pass, is that correct? Because we need four?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, so the item we won't reconsider and so this item, just note that item six, ordinance 26-B-018 will not pass because it's gonna take four votes with us only having four council members present, we need at least four votes for it to pass. So this will get pushed to the next council meeting, correct?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So just for clarity, if this doesn't pass tonight, does it cost the city of short taxpayers any money?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Council Member Westbrook, you have a question?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So- Thank you. based on the information that we've received, do we want to go ahead and make a motion to reconsider? He did, yes. He did? Do we have a second? Second. All right, so we do have a motion to reconsider item six, which is ordinance 26-B-018, and we have a second by Councilmember Westbrook. Can I get everybody to cast their votes? Can I get the votes published, please? Okay, having four yeas, no nays. Motion passes. Now going back to reconsider ordinance 26-B-018. Do I have a motion to approve ordinance 26-B-018? So move. Make a second.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, having a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Watson, seconded by Council Member Westbrook. Can I get everybody to cast their votes? Can I get the votes published, please? Okay, having four yeas, no nays. Ordinance passes.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, moving on to city and community events attended or to be attended. We'll start with Mayor Proctor Watson.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Fantastic. And I did also attend the 82nd Guam Conference liberation celebration that was held out at Pickerel Park. It was a fantastic turnout. It is the biggest Guam celebration that they do in the state of Texas. And being surrounded by all those people was very humbling and it was very awesome to be able to understand their culture and also to know that there are still survivors from World War II. It was amazing to be able to meet and greet them. Fantastic. So with all that said, this will end our regular council meeting at 747. Have a good night.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026