Remarks by Ronald Frederick
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“It's always the watch pot never boils thing, isn't it? I have six o'clock, so I'll call the meeting to order. Clerk, please take the roll call.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Now is the time for public comments. Clerk, do we have anyone called in or emailed in?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Is there anyone in the audience that would like to make a comment? Okay, we'll move on. I'll entertain a motion for the approval of the agenda.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Do we have a second? Second. Do we have any discussion? Seeing none, I'll call for the vote. All those in favor, say aye. Opposed? Thank you. Well, tonight, the first thing on the agenda, 6.1, is our Pierce County Library Systems Update. And we have our guests here to give us that.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I don't see any other questions, so I'd like to thank you for the presentation. We appreciate it.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“When you get the whole budget presented, you can vote one way or another or make motions or what have you.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“The auction, I think, brought in around $25,000. It happens in the first of October, thereabouts. Anyway, that's the ballpark. Yeah, I don't know where that's accounted for.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah. But the tax rates probably should be standard across all those things instead of this, this, this, this.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah. And then we want to race it again? No, not the rates, just the tax. The tax on it.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“per square foot and Seattle, 39 cents. So I wouldn't feel bad going to 20 or 25 down here, really.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And we do have justification already because our expenses go up every year, just with everything from colas to expenses of goods and gasoline and diesel and all these things, they go up every year, but we're limited to 1% to raise the property tax. And that is slowly strangling cities. So we already have justification, I think.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. We'll move on to item, uh, 7.2 in the study session, and this is the discussion of e-bikes, and we'll start with Chief Moore is going to give us a presentation prior to discussion here. Short break?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“This is fairly brief, but you want a break? Five minutes? Okay, let's do... Five minutes, about 733. Let's make it 735.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“let's continue the meeting with item 7.2 discussion of e-bikes um and chief moore is here to start us on this so go ahead chief okay good evening uh mayor deputy mayor council uh”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, but the discussion can be, do you want the regular bikes on the trails or not?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“What's our, what's our current helmet law. I'm sorry. What's our current helmet law. I'm sorry, I still didn't. Oh, helmet law. Helmet law, yeah, for all kids have to have helmets or adults have to have helmets too?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“But there is no helmet requirement for e-bikes or scooters.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Any other questions? There you go. I guess not. Okay. Well, thank you, Chief. I appreciate that. You're welcome.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. We're getting close here. Item 8.1 is appointing a member to the Planning Commission. John Chilcott.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“was it's an important piece of uh you know what we need to do in city so i'm very happy and excited for it okay in that case i'll call for the vote all those in favor say aye oppose thank you we'll inform mr chilcott if uh he can get to work John, John, John. Yeah. Okay. Uh, mayor's reporter comments. I don't have anything further. Any comments from the council members?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Any other comments? Okay, city administrator.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I have six o'clock on my watch, so I'm going to call a meeting to order. Clerk, please take the roll call.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Do we have a motion to excuse Council Member Gassick?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. So moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Hearing none, I'll call for the vote. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Thank you. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026