Remarks by Sean Mill
41 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 1:26:24
“Thank you, Mayor. You know, I'm all about reducing unnecessary bureaucracy, but I'm not willing to do so at the expense of competition, transparency, or council oversight. I think that's what this is asking us to do here today. I do have some questions I have for you. Thank you. My first question is, why is staff recommending a $220,000 formal procurement threshold when the peer agency average cited in the report is only $116,923? The goal was to have it align with CUPCA. So there are some”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Now let's talk about the informal procurements. What exactly do you mean by three bids if possible? And who decides when three bids are not possible? And are you planning to justify that publicly?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:28:39
“So who decides, well, one, like... Oh, an exception.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:29:03
“So help me understand, because I'm not... Sure. Help me understand, again, who makes the decision that three bids are not possible?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:29:41
“Will every informal procurement between $50,000 and $220,000 be publicly posted or will the vendors be solicited privately?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:30:29
“Is there a local requirement? Do we give local businesses, you know, Let's say all things are equal, or are we giving preference to our Riverside-based businesses?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:31:43
“and shop locally as well and be reaching out to the vendors that are here in our community. So we're putting money into the pocket so that it gets put back into our community. So I'm always so disheartened when I see we're hiring vendors that are out of state, in fact, some that are on the other side of the country, I'd love to see us try to keep as much money as possible here in Riverside because it goes to people who live in our community and it puts money right back into our community. Just two more questions for you. Why are delegated contracts only reported annually? And will staff…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:32:54
“And my final question would be, since y'all are acknowledging in the report that the estimated 996 redirected staff hours will not produce actual budget savings, what measurable taxpayer benefits must be achieved before the council renews these changes after 12 months?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:33:35
“Yeah, I mean, you're acknowledging that what you're trying to do is to streamline the process, eliminate the bureaucracy. You know, it's going to save 996 staff hours, it's going to cut down on items before the council. What's what's the real benefit to the community?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:34:21
“Thank you. I agree with, again, as I stated previously, I'm all for reducing unnecessary bureaucracy. I think our residents deserve a government that's efficient, but I also think they deserve and I think they demand a government that's accountable. I think what we're doing here is we're taking away I actually don't like when I see, oh, we're going to reduce the number of items that come before council to a lower number. I'm not really in favor of that. I worked hard to get into this position. I don't care how long. I know people want to get out of here sometimes. We can be here all night. I…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:50:30
“Sure, councilor. Is there a reason why that piece can't wait until, I mean, is there something pending that we need to do today? I mean, we can't bring the whole thing back. I'm not real big on slicing things up. And I'm really not big on unelected bureaucrats making decisions. But if you can tell me if there's a reason why we need to.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:04:27
“Thank you, Mayor. And, you know, Michelle, I'm just, after sitting here and saying, oh, Michelle's always there, and then when we go, and then, you know, we gave you all these, you know, gave you your flowers, and then, but no, thank you, thank you. You know, as a member of the Homeless and Housing Committee, we've been chomping at the bit for this project for for quite some time. I know Councilmember Robillard's seen it and our colleague Councilmember Cervantes. We've been seeing this for two plus years. Every meeting at the end of the Housing and Homeless Committee meeting, that slide would…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:23:12
“I think going back to my questions earlier, we talked about potentially, because if Section 2 is passed, I had some questions about coming back more often than quarterly as opposed to yearly. Yes. So if we vote on number four today.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:23:41
“Because it depends. I'm fine with it staying at 12 months if we don't make big changes. But if we're making changes that are proposed in Section 2, that's when I would like it to come back to us more often. So that's why, for me, in order to say, yeah, I'm good with number four, I have to see what happens with number two.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 38:44
“they'll still we'll still have a planning commission meeting where you come out and discuss about the actual development and then they'll then it will eventually come to the city council so today this is just entering into a purchase agreement so that the developer can actually start doing anything on the lot just yeah so there'll be multiple community meetings before then and there will also be a planning commission meeting and a council meeting as well so then we would agree yes ma'am thank you so that's stay tuned thank you all right i have matthew snyder followed by annabelle looks like…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:05:17
“Thank you. And in deference to you guys, I'm not going to take my time. So there was a lot of comments made about it's hot outside. Well, there are 18 cooling centers around the city of Riverside. I could name all 18, but in a matter of time, I won't name all 18. But just know that the folks that are out on the streets, when our outreach teams go and speak with them, they tell them, hey, we can take you to the cooling center. Everyone is offered that opportunity. I spent nine hours out with our PSET team. We offered everybody we came in contact with, it's hot today, you should go to the…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026