Remarks by Roland Silva
39 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I've got a couple quick questions. So was the city expecting to receive any, tax revenue, or is there any revenue that we budgeted for that we wouldn't be seeing as a result? There is not. OK. And the last one is, do we incur any obligations as a result of this annexation? No. All right. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So I know I don't have to say this, and you already know, but we want to ensure that whatever we say is consistent with what we're saying in our grants, right?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, that's good. I'm glad you guys have the opportunity to do that. I know it's a short window, but I appreciate it. This goes back to like 1950 when the first drought happened in Texas that was so severe that they said we're going to start a water plant for the state. And they've been doing it since then every so many years.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Smarter men than me are doing this together. I'll make a motion.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Does that look like the one that we reviewed last week. Yes.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So for some reason I have highlighted the”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, with a budget of 548, 439. And I don't remember being the only one talking about that. So I don't know if anybody else.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So Pam, do you have any idea what that cost would be? What we're looking at is the 3% that's added to. I'm thinking it's 3% of the total. It's probably. Reduce it by 3%. That would be what it is.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And no raise. Was option five. I think that's a raise. Option five only.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Time and position is a raise. And the bring to minimum is a raise. But I know you're saying no raise with a 3%. I'm just saying no raise. Yeah, across the board. Yeah. No, no, across the board, 3%. How much is 3% of how much are we talking about?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So... Right now, I need to go back and look at the overall cost for option four, starting in March. That was how much?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Man, my mind was working great a minute ago, and now I'm in number dyslexia. So is that somewhere in the neighborhood of 30, like... Less than 30K, right? Less than 30,000. 10% is 30, I'm thinking... 10% is 32, one third of that is 10 point change, four, 10 point somewhere around there.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And we were short how much? About $35,000. $35,000.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So I like the idea of bring to minimum. We want to bring staff up, get them at that level where we know we're matching at least 90% of our employees.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And then the time and position, I'm kind of, you know, like I was saying, I'm more of a merit guy. I believe in merit pay. But if this is a one-time thing, which I may have misunderstood before, I thought it was something that was going to continue to increment as they stayed in there. This is a one-time thing.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“right so so i'm i'm good with that like 90 and that's okay because we want staff that are actually out there doing a great job and they've been there a long time and we want to be we want them to be recognized and get the appropriate pay yes my concern is for those that aren't doing a bang up job But that's okay. We're right now trying to close that gap and create, recalibrate, I guess is the word. Okay, the buzzword is recalibrate. And build that staff up. And I like that. Looking at the rates, I mean, pay scale is good here in this compensation study. So I'm thinking 3% on top of that, that…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I get it. Anybody out there? No, that was what I understood.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“For the bring to minimum, right? That doesn't count for those with time and position, right? There are others.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I heard that there were 30-ish that were just needed to be brought to minimum.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“There's some that are going to get less than 3%? No.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, that that's that's good news, I think, too, too lovely. Right. And I would I would go with the six, six, six, seven, six, seven.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Was it. Oh, it is six, six, five, eight, seven, three. And you said you could still figure out how to get option four, but you'd be 30 K short.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, exactly, right? We coulda did this last week. That's what we were supposed to do last week. We shoulda did this last week. And I'm giving my position, right? So you guys have positions, bring them. Oh, we did. It's a good time to talk about it.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So option four. So that's no different from what I'm saying and from what Bo is saying can be done. So I don't think that's insanity, right? Because we're both going for the same option.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah I think that that's yeah and they're coming to me and they're coming from all directions right. So we have a federal 65 and up right. Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026