Remarks by Sam Ruth
80 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“Absolutely. I think it's important that we do that.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Any comments on this? The only thing that I, with the bathrooms, should that be, should that come out of the rec fund?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“CRA only goes to Oak, but even from two-thirds of the CRA is without sidewalks, so... I mean, just pick a road in the CRA and you'll find something. Very few have sidewalks.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“If we want to have a discussion about something, it leaves us more time, and we don't get... I'm good either way.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Do we have any fear that that may increase more than that?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Do we have monitoring mechanisms that we can kind of, I mean?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I just want to make sure we've got a trending mechanism to keep an eye on that. 19% is pretty sizable.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Impact. That transfer from general funds is 23%?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And you see us decreasing another 31,000? No, 31 million?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We need to prioritize our needs, not our wants. We can't just write blank checks.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We had all this discussion when we were trying to set our millage rate.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“The only thing that I want to suggest is if we're going to make these ads, because we've got a balanced budget. what I'd like to say is if we're going to make an ad, we need to suggest what we're going to cut. So, I mean, we've got to remember, we work really hard to get to where we're at.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, we can wish on one hand and one on the other, but at the end of the day, if you're going to make an ad, give us an idea of where you're going to go cut so as we can also look in that area and, you know, I hate to belabor it, but I don't envy your job.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Which is why I'm emphasizing this now, because we're already below our projected where we need to be.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Of which for other contractual services.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's on page three. In the 2027, apparently we took 639,500. So it's.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We need to keep the conversation to the topic we were talking about was commissioners.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'd like to take that $75,000 and hire a fireman or a policeman, too.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We've moved off commissioners. Are we somewhere else? I don't see none of the stuff we're talking about. There's a line item. Oh, you're right.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Bouncing back. We're going backwards. We're not going forward. I guess facilities is going to take the hit.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I want to thank you for working with them on that. That was a good catch.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Ideals like that's going to help us get through this tough time.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Can I add something to that? Absolutely. I would suggest to the other commissioners, both applicants, the police chief and the fire chief, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes that everybody... I encourage you to reach out to them because the information they're sharing is, it's mind boggling to know that there's some low hanging fruit out there that we can take advantage of. Both police and fire.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Impact fees and other creative methods that we can do, but strategically locating our whole strategic plan for the city as a whole. Because like I said, we've kind of expanded A lot more than our coverage can maintain right now, and there's some creative ideals that are being had behind the scenes, and I encourage you all to catch up on it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“The ideals that I'm hearing that are coming from the creative minds that we've got a fire chief and a police chief that are, they understand the problem at hand, and they're very active behind the scenes making sure that we adapt to it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026