Remarks by Roberta Ayala
129 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“And so here, we'll present this to you, and we'll have the rest of council come up, and we'll take a picture with you.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Oh, yes. Apologies. Can we have a motion to approve the agenda tonight?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. Our second item is resolution conveying gratitude to the City Council's gratitude and appreciation to Kent Moorman on his retirement from the city. Who would like to introduce this item? And I believe we have Justin doing that tonight.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“It has been moved and seconded to approve the resolution. Are there any, anybody would like to discuss this? And first we have Council Member Martinez since he introduced the resolution.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Motion passed unanimously, Your Honor. Awesome. Thank you. At this time, I'd like to ask Kent and his family and Brett Henry to join me at the dais. Here we go. Thank you. I think I got my fingerprints on it. I'm sorry. It's so shiny.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Well, Kent, congratulations on your retirement. One thing I can say is that for the most part, I think we have some of the safest pretty you know nice streets in the city of thornton and i've lived here almost my whole life and it's just nice to know that somebody like you had been working on it for so long and i can't imagine what it's like to know as much as you do about how traffic engineering works and to hear over the 25 years all the residents that come and bring you this input that's probably you know everybody thinks they know how to do city workers jobs and i always think You guys…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Now I'll ask the council to come up so we can take a picture. Okay, next we have item 7C. It's a resolution declaring August 2026 as National Immunization Awareness Month in the City of Thornton, Colorado. John Alge is going to read that resolution for us.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“It hasn't been moved and seconded to approve the resolution. Are there any discussions? And Councilmember Elge, you have the option to go first since you introduced the...”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you. Yeah, I brought this resolution forward as a school teacher. Being in the classroom for the many months moving into August and the rest of the year, we have a lot of kids coming, a very communal type of environment, and Just want to make sure folks are remembering. It's a good time of the year to remember to get your immunizations when you need them and get other things taken care of as far as health care to move into the new school year. Clerk, can you please poll the council? Council, please cast your votes.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you. Item 8 is audience participation. This is a time for members of the community to speak on any item that is not on the agenda as a public hearing or is going to be on a public hearing in the future. Pursuant to City Council rules of order and procedures, speaking time is limited to three minutes per person with a one hour limit on the segment of the agenda. In-person speakers will be heard first, followed by remote speakers registered before the end of the in-person comment segment. Residents of the city, as indicated on the sign-up sheet, will be given preference in the order heard…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“The three minutes are up now. Was there anything else to wrap up?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Not right now. We have to move on with the agenda. We have to move on with the council, with the comments.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Was there anybody else in the audience who needed a chance to speak? Or didn't know they needed to sign up? Was there anybody online that...”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. I think there were a few council members that had comments, but we can save those to council comment time. Okay.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Can I ask that we get those in an email? We've, council member Algie and I have met with the resident for a very long time, so just want to make sure that we're moving along. okay it looks like um okay we're moving to council comments and we'll start with ward four tonight council member morris”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“There's been a motion on the floor, and it's been seconded. Can we please pull the council, or is there any other discussion?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yes, so should we continue? Because I have like a line of people that want to speak. Should I continue that? Sure, council can speak to the motion. Okay, so... Direct staff to do further study. Okay, great. Thank you. Council Member Acunto.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Now... Okay, this is where I get messed up. We have a bunch of motions on the floor now. So we had a motion on the floor to direct staff.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“There's been a motion on the floor to table the discussion or the first motion. Can we pull the council? Yes, if there's no discussion.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, let's discuss the second motion now.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So comments, not discussion. Council Member Martinez?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“You have a motion to table councilmember akunto is correct It is not debatable So you need to go ahead and take a vote on the motion We do a poll poll the council on the second motion, which is a motion to table the first motion correct Council please cast your votes Motion failed to receive a majority three to five your honor Is there any other discussion on the first motion And there does not have to be that that issue can be brought up totally optional to not discuss this further Can we please pull the council on the first motion which is a motion to put on a planning session agenda that…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Is there any other comment from councilmember Salazar for the evening? You have two minutes and 57 seconds Okay, thank you. Council Member Martinez.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“keep transfer transportation in your mind and don't forget to advocate for thornton whenever you get a chance thank you um there's a few announcements or reminders i have today the city is currently advertising for planning commission and board of adjustments for ward 2 and ward 3 deadline is july 31st Thornton Active Adult Board for Ward 2, the deadline is August 8th. Thornton Arts, Sciences, and Humanities Council Board of Directors for Ward 2, deadline is August 20th. Parks and Open Space Advisory Commission, Wards 1 and 3, deadline is August 21st. Building Code Advisory Board, Ward 1, the…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026