Remarks by Randy Schubring
149 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Is there a motion? Council Member Keene, go ahead.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Motion made by Council Member Keene. Is there a second? Seconded by Council Member Miller. Council Member Keene.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“A motion has been made by Council Member Palmer. Second.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Any further discussion on that? Seeing none, Clerk Caso, please call the roll on the amendment.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“We are back to the original motion. Any further discussion? Seeing none, Clerk Kasel, please call the roll.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. We have no council-initiated actions. Again, no ordinance first or second reading, nor any tabled items or other business. Is there a motion to adjourn? So moved. Motion made by Councilmember Miller, seconded by Councilmember Doering. All in favor say aye. Aye. We are adjourned. Good to see you, gentlemen and ladies.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“We are going to get started with our study session for August 24th, 2026. We have three agenda items. First is a discussion on our 2027 recommended supplemental operating budget. We've got an hour and a half slated for that. Then we will hear on Rochester public transportation, transit financial outlook, update and then we will have an update on economic mobility program. So with that, Administrator Zelms, budget.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“You can see that the property valuation growth, that there's 1.26% in new construction, so that- And Minister Zelms, can you go back to, just so I understand, with the credit card fee considerations, the current, budget that you're presenting has no change in it or does not include anything on?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“In the meantime, I have a question. So you mentioned that the anticipated long-range budget for 27 was 7 point? 7.4%. What was it for 2026 prior to that? 2026? In the long-range plan before that, it was much higher than the 5.95%.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And my point is, we've anticipated higher, and now for previous year and for the supplemental budget, we're coming in under.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Can you hold a minute? Council Member Miller.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Nicole, can you go back? I just have a question on the incremental FTEs, graphic design and digital communications. Is there any... synergy that RPU does with city communications? Is there work together or long-range planning to be a joint communications under one umbrella?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Um, we also have, uh, can you hold a minute? Mr parish, uh, council member Miller.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Can I just level set here? So we're in a supplemental budget discussion, and I see in front of me like one, two, five options, and I'm not clear on the granicus and kind of we're evaluating. I don't know when we're... sunsetting that I guess what I'm looking for is a recommendation from staff that says this is a Community engagement tool that we that we believe is fits with what the council members are talking about, the next step for our community engagement. And so I guess my question is, are we going to get a recommendation and will there be a recommendation that will then impact our…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I'll just add, when we started this discussion on increasing community engagement by all decision makers, including all eight of us that are at this table, and that was a part of the Better Public Meetings discussion back in February, and we said, We want to increase the visibility of all of us as council members because our constituents want to know who those decision makers are. And we've started that process with the passports that are great. That increases our visibility. We're not engaging everybody. really substantially with the constituents, but it's increasing. And there is increasing…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Council Member, I think you and I are in the same age group, so I don't know that it's age. Any more on this? So a good discussion to start. We'll see more on it.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Well, I'll start and this has nothing to do with the current mayor's initiatives. I have no questions that they're all valuable initiatives. and I know a lot of them are very important to our community. My question is more from a policy standpoint as far as so the mayor has a $36,000 budget line that actually the mayor can use at their discretion where the council, if we have an initiative, uh, and I know council member Miller had one at our last council meeting. Council member Palmer has had some in the past. We have to get approval on all of those. Uh, and so I guess my question is what is…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“you can you have access to them at every meeting that they show up on the finance report could you do that differently that would be i mean that's really so then i know that it has come up at this table on uh potential staffing for for council members, whether that's a halftime FTE or part of the current staff support that falls under the mayor's budget. Can you talk a little bit about that, options in that area?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Other thoughts? Council member Miller. Sure. And.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And I think, just to follow up on that, I think that given that we will have a new mayor in 2027, I think it's the time to have that discussion and to look at, you know, each one of these line items. I mean, travel and training. You know, there's 16 in the mayor category. budget and we don't know if the the next mayor is going to be as international and and a spokesperson as as our current mayor and um i also i i'm not finished mayor I will. And I do think the mayor's initiatives, I think bringing that into council consideration I think is important. I do think also when it comes to…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Further discussion? I think that's a great idea, Council Member Palmer, as far as we want to hear the mayor's thoughts on this. So we'll have further discussion.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026