Remarks by Richard Pearl
107 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Good. Any comments on it? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. 5-0. Thank you very much. You're welcome. 15C, adopt a resolution. approving the reclassification of the police department's public safety director position to police chief and adopt the revised police chief salary schedule presented by Veronica Rodriguez.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you, Veronica. Any questions from the council before we go to public comment and bring it back for comment? Okay. In that case, oh, do we have any cards?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Very good. Going back to my colleagues for comments. Anyone?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“I was just going to say, you know, we did this because it was necessary under the circumstances, and Matt did a fabulous job in maintaining the continuity and the morale and the professionalism of both departments. But this is the time to go back to where it's the proper venue for it, and so we're back there again.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“So I move approval. Okay, very good. Second?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Okay, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Nope. 5-0. Thank you very much. Okay, city manager report.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“that okay very good thank you okay uh council initiated business anything that my colleagues have um there's been as you are all aware quite a lot of talk about uh flock camera misuse and so on and so forth”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah, this is a topic that is evolving right now with the companies themselves making significant changes.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah. All my committees were adjourned for the month. So with that being case, we're adjourned.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“All right, good evening, everyone. Hope if you would start the meeting, your segment of it.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Pastor. Thank you very much. All right. Call the meeting to order. August 25th, 2026, City Council meeting. All right. Hope, call the roll, please.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Agenda modifications. We're going to move on the printed agenda, number 13, to just after number 9. Up. Items and disclosures. 9A. Anyone else have anything that they want to change? Okay. Staff, anyone changing? Okay. Very good. Presentations. All right. Recognition of Lincoln Youth Global Disc Golf Champions. Is anyone going to be presenting this, but is anyone going to be giving a talk on it?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Good. Thank you much, Holly, and thank you for that introduction. Okay, let me move this.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“There we go. Okay. Okay, so certificate of recognition presented by the City of Lincoln to Jack Bucher, if I'm pronouncing that correctly. Bucher, thank you. Thank you. William Bucher. And since the brothers Cody, okay.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Cody, first place. Yeah. Jack, second place. And William, second place also.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Excellent. And young men, if you would like to come up over here so we can all grab a picture with you.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Okay, thank you very much, Holly. Okay, so we're going to be moving up on number 13, which is information items and disclosures. Does anyone, any of my colleagues have anything to add or to disclose at this point?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I go along with that, Ben. I think it was like 10 years that we didn't have one. And this is the third time and they've been very, very successful. More so, I think, as much fun as the people have in being able to shop at night. They were also able to go out to the stores and all our stores are getting an uptick in sales, which is really good. And also the plaza, what they told us, they would start filling in on the plaza with with the information things for our community and that's being done. So it's cooking along very well. And they'll probably go till about mid November and then they'll…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Since I have to talk about wings and wheels, okay, I'll do that. Okay, so this Friday night and Saturday, Wings and Wheels, Lincoln's, I think this is about our 15th time we're doing this out at Lincoln Airport. Friday night, we'll have a Moonglow out there with hot air balloons. It's open to the public, $5 admission charge. There'll be food trucks out there and a band and just a lot of fun. But the Moonglow at dusk is really fabulous just to watch these five hot air balloons. They elevate and you can just see the lights shining through. It's fabulous. And Saturday, we just have a lot of…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Saturday, the entrance fee is $10 for adults. Under 18 is free. Best $10 you can spend. No fee for parking. family oriented. So we're gonna have a lot of fun. Thank you for that segue, Ben.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay, good. Anyone else for information items? Okay, very good. Okay. Public comments on non-agenda items within the subject matter of the jurisdiction of the council. All speakers' time will be limited to three minutes unless extended by the mayor. All comments or questions should be addressed to the mayor. And in most cases, the city council is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any items not appearing on the posted agenda, but may engage in brief discussion, provide direction to city staff, or schedule items for future meetings. So, Madam Clerk, what do we have?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Byron. It's nice to see you again.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Anyone else in the audience like to make a comment? Yes, sir.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Okay. Anyone else like to make a public comment at this point before we go out to zoom? Okay.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026