Remarks by Roxanne Stephens
310 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 13
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“for being here. Let me just check in with Merab. Do we know if Council Member Morales is participating by Zoom or is she not? Did we verify that?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. So let's go ahead and get started. Then let's go ahead and start with a Pledge of Allegiance. Council Member Pichet, can you lead us?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Did we get an answer from Council Member Morales?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“She is on, I think. Hello? She's on right now. It's just we're not able to see her. Are you able to get her image on the screen so we can see her?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“But I don't even see the cell that has her name on it.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“I think you're on mute. Can you unmute and then just let us know that you're present?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Yeah, we can't we can't hear anybody. So I think it's on our end the audio issues.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you all for your patience as we just resolved some of the tech issues. Hopefully we'll get it resolved really quick. We want to make sure that Council Member Morales can participate.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Wait, hold on. Can you hear me now? Oh, okay. I think we can. I think we can.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“So let's go ahead and finish the roll call with Council Member Morales and then President.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, and then Mayor Stephens is here too. Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you all as we just deal with some of these little tech issues. Appreciate your patience. We're going to move on to our first item. Are we doing any report on the closed session session? Is there any, is there?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. So we're going to go right into council business and we're going to start with 5.1, a resolution declaring a state of financial emergency, establishing financial recovery and stabilization priorities and directing immediate action to protect the city solvency and continuity of essential municipal services. So, City Manager, you have the floor.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, thank you for that report. Yeah, that's like really tough for all of us to hear. I'm sure that it's really tough for the public to hear as well. So we will have to proceed responsibly and then make this really tough decision. Let me check with my fellow council members to see if there's any questions. Any questions, Vice Mayor? Councilman, appreciate any questions.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, I'm going to ask the chambers to just listen quietly. I appreciate the comments, but we will have an opportunity for public comment in a little bit. But I'm just going to ask that we just keep the comments in the chambers. Thank you.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you, Councilmember Pichet. Councilmember Morales, let me check in with you. Do you have any questions?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, so let's go into public comment. So here's what we're gonna do because I'm gonna anticipate that we're gonna have a lot of public speakers and I appreciate that. However, I will need to reduce the three minutes to two minutes so that we're not here until midnight. So I am gonna just give you a warning that we're gonna reduce the time to two minutes. per speaker, so you can adjust what you're going to say, and then we're going to begin public comment on this item. And so when your name's called, please come to the podium and say your name and where you're from for the record, and then go…”
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
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“Thank you. Thank you for the comment. Next, do we have any other speakers?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, so I'm going to bring it back to the council for any other final comments or questions. Go ahead, Council Member Ritchie.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Well, there's never been a utility is what she said.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“I think we're three years behind now. We were seven when we first came in and now we're, is that right? Are we at three audits behind or is it four?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Because I want to make sure that our city manager and our finance director understand what it is they ask. In terms of what are you asking them to do? So all the accounting documents are public. Those are public. So what is it that you're asking them to do?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you, Council Member Pichet. I'm going to check with Vice Mayor. Do you have any questions or comments? Go ahead.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026