Remarks by Roland Silva
39 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“And I understand your position. And this is the right time, right? So I'm going to stop talking.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I agree. We definitely need to account for what's coming in, right?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“say everybody needs to jump on board with what Roland thinks, obviously. And you guys?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So that we're on the same page. We're not talking about not doing it, right? Because I think we're all talking about option four. So nobody's saying we're not going to do that.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And when you're saying that we got to pay our people, we're saying that we want to pay the people the same amount. So I'm not saying pay the people any different amount than from what you guys are saying. So I just want to put that level set out there just so that we all understand. I don't want less for our staff than what you want. you know, that waiting years and years is gonna cost you more. I think we did that already. The city's done that and here we are now where we're having to do this maintenance.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Right, and I think we all agree that we need to do it. I'm on board with that too. And we're all agreeing on the same options, so the same amount of raise or pay for the people. So I think on that level, we're on the ground. I think we may not, and I'll bring it up myself, is so we wind up with less additional revenue or.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Correct. So then. How many staff do we have positions do we have for staff that are not filled that are budgeted.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Zero end. Right. No, and that's the way it should be. So I think we're all good with that.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So let's say 6-7, are we going to be sitting here next year talking about having to— Increase taxes again because I know we just did it last year.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So five, ten years from now when 290 reaches us, are we getting some portion of that?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So it'll bring in people, but I'm talking about are we getting any portion of the revenue that's generated? Oh, no, no, no.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“You get to pay the toll. Hey, I do that today.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So the implication, and again, this is my naivete, right? So the implication of doing 68 on paper and then coming back and doing 67 on the actual tax.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“but they already got paid right this isn't about paying them it's about no it's about city business city business their recommendations and instituting those reclassifications to our systems”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026