Remarks by Sanquetta Cowan-Williams
111 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Okay, I appreciate that. So, Mayor Babbitt, I have a question. So can, I know we have a motion on the floor. So then can we, are we going to approve, I guess I have a question and a motion. Are we going to approve this prior to us approving this? Because I guess I'm kind of a little bit confused still. So are we going to move forward with voting on this or are we going, I guess we can vote it up or vote it down and then come back and to have them to come do a presentation so we can get a better understanding of exactly what it is that the program is going to provide and make sure that we're…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I have one last question, Mayor Babb. So looking at the contract on page 53, this is a concern of mine. It says the initial term was 31 to 227, 229, 28. So my question is, do we have a contract now so okay so it was from two so did it expire 229 or do we have a page um page 53 through the mayor In the box or in the...”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And so we're going to renew it for two years up to... I guess 2030 to 2030.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I have a question. So is this saying that in our budget for the new year, we need to put money in for code enforcement? Because in case, because I don't ever remember us having to do this, in case the CPTG grant is not available. So we're saying now we've got to go back in our budget and put code enforcement. And if so, is it for the $45,486?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Right, they don't have the money that we, Pay the salary. That's what I'm asking. That's what it's saying, right?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And so we have to go, that's what I'm saying, that's my question. So we need to go back and put this in our budget.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“If they don't get the funding and we have a code enforcer, my question is, then it's saying that that needs to come out of our budget at some point. That's the question that I'm asking.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I just have one correction on page 122 where it says to see the interim manager. It should be manager. So just make sure we should put a strike to that.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And I know I can't do the 9th, because I have a doctor's appointment at 4.30.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I just want to say good evening to everyone thank everyone for coming out those that are listening the residents that are listening just again want to say thank you all for continuing to work with us being patient with us as we continue to work together Seems like it's slow, but we're coming together. We're bringing our city together. I also want to send out condolences to everyone who has lost loved ones because we've had a couple of, you know, a few deaths. Pastor McIntosh, who's the pastor of Harvest ANME, she lost her mom. I want to send my condolences. to her and her family as well as…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“thank you thank you commissioner I just have maybe I can ask one question just to make sure that we could keep in mind remember annually all our kids that made fives this is around the time that we normally have the gathering for you know the celebration for them so if we can kind of like keep that in mind I'll talk with the manager and I'll start gathering all the information kind of like to speed up the process to make sure that we don't forget that this year as well because we said we want to make that an annual event when we did when we started it so I'll start getting all of the…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And is that the Fulton-Henderson endowment item?”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“It says 466, so it's not 900,000 anymore.”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“I have another question. Sidewalk improvements, I see we have zero dollars there for the next three years. So we're not looking at trying to get any grants or anything to improve any other sidewalks, the ones that's really bad, at least if we can just put in for one sidewalk.”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“I want to speak on that as well. I think that we voted it down because one of the questions was, we have the backup inside the communities and they were not going to go inside the community because they was having this problem right over here. Right behind us and they were having it in that development and they said they will not be going in developments They will only deal with the canals making sure the canals are on stop But they will not go inside of the communities and that's what we were having the issues that inside the communities and so that's where we were at with that because they…”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“I have one more question. Did we put anything in here for the maintenance of the football field? Anything as far as? Making sure that it's maintained funding for the football field.”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“Yeah, I want to add that in there because we've got to definitely make sure we get the maintenance of the football field, you know, at least some kind of maintenance since we've had that grass put down to make sure that we're keeping up with what we're getting.”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“And one last thing, I didn't notice that on here. I know we've been talking about the signs throughout the city. I didn't see anything in there for... signs throughout the city we've been saying I see the signage for the marquee but I know it has been brought up several times by commissioners that we need signage people coming in they can't find different addresses and I didn't see anything for that and I think that is vital and it's you know for safety and people can find where they're going as well so I didn't see anything in here for that either And that definitely needs to be a part of…”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“So will it be looked at before we approve the budget? Will that be put in there before we approve the budget? Are you saying you're going to go back and look at it?”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“And I have one question where it says the public work building where we have that equipment storage, I see we have zero funds there, and the garage is torn up, and that building looks horrible. But I see we don't have any money in there to do anything to this building. And I think... Something definitely needs to go there and we can't have that building to continue to look like that You know, we're not allocating in 342 60s Main Street We don't have any funding for that and I think that you know, we're wanting our city to look better and we want it to be appealing when um someone comes…”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“I just have one more question, which has been a near and dear heart to my heart that I don't see on here. We have limited lighting throughout the city, even up here when we leave from up here and it's night. At some point, even if it's not in this budget, at some point, maybe we can get some grants that we can try to get some LED lighting or some type of lighting throughout the city. You know, it's a safety issue. And we know when it's dark or the lights go out, I mean, when we don't have lights, it is very dark at night, even driving through town. So if we can get some type of lighting, I…”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“So do you know what page it is so we can count it in here? Right.”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“I have one question. We haven't gone into discussing the budget yet, have we? Yes. Okay, so where we're at here on Fox and Recreation, I see we are adopting, last year it was $35,000, and we're going up an additional $1,000 this year.”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026
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“you know things of that nature bathroom repairs those type of things yes and that's why I was asking about the turf that includes it in there because at some point if we keep using the field and we're not doing any maintenance to the field at some point we don't want it to tear totally up And then we're looking at now we need to spend money. We spent a lot of money on that field.”
City Commission · Jul 17, 2026