Remarks by Ronald Frederick
101 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“Any other comments? Okay. I'll call for the vote on that request to amend that agenda item. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Oppose?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Well, now we can entertain a motion to approve the agenda as amended.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Second. It's been seconded. Any further discussion?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Any other discussion? Okay. I'll call for the vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Oppose? Okay. The approval of the agenda as amended is passed. We'll move on to the next agenda item, which is 6.1, which is volunteer liability training. Director Kearney, do you want to introduce your guests here to talk about this?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Go ahead and leave your mic. Go ahead and leave it on.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“i think one one thing that would help i think some cities have is a volunteer coordinator that tracks all this stuff uh and that's something we just should discuss for the future we have uh you know we have a police volunteers one time and parks and rec or other things we don't have a central type of process with a volunteer coordinator”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Next, we have item 6.2, which is our fire utility fee. And Chief Gilley is going to be on the seat now and give us a presentation.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“They're all dispatched out of Tacoma, correct?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Is that what we have that last day? I'll ask Libby and Mike. How many do we have planned on that?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Well, most insurances do pay if people have insurance.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Chief. Mayor, should we take a quick break here? We've got one more. Yes, we do. One more topic, but 10 minutes. Yeah, let's break. Yeah. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah. okay i think is this on am i on you hear me yeah is it i'm not is this on yeah well i think everybody's back so we can uh get started here i want to remind everybody we had a very short meeting last time this is the payback okay our next uh Our next item is about street sidewalk funding. And I guess Gus is gonna start us off here and we have some other folks who'll chip in. So go ahead, Gus.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“On this spreadsheet, you see a greater one inch or three inch or whatever.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Gus, before we've talked about the possibility on those particular areas of taking the sidewalks out all together and putting some gravel in or some such thing.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Some people feel like that and other people want to make a claim, so.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“And one add-on to that is that – if we did have a reliable every year, $20 on the car tabs or whatever it is, it raises what a hundred thousand a year, right? Right. But for every 50,000, you can, you can borrow a million. So with, with a hundred thousand that you could, you could have a million dollars because you'd be able to service the debt with the car tab fee.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“And that's councilmatic, so we don't have to go anywhere to get the money.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“And a previous me, we covered all those projects.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“It's been moved and seconded. Discussion? Call for the vote. Call.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay. Opposed?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, and that's easily done to waive the fee. You know, we could also take the fee out altogether.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“It has to be fixed to code and they have to”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. We've got more information to gather and we'll have more discussions on this. But right now, I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. So moved. Second?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Any discussion? I'll call for the vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Very good. Next is the mayor's comments. I don't have any more. We have any council comments tonight? I know it's been long, but you want to go first? Okay.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Any other comments, questions? I don't see any other business. I think we're before 1030, so it's time to adjourn. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026