Remarks by Shirah Dedman
74 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“There we go. Just because it sounds like a lot of people were saying we're making this assumption. So if we could get clarity as to I guess who will own and pay for this park would be good for the public to hear. I guess Director Bond if you can answer that.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, I was like, I didn't say anything. So I made the motion, that means I get to speak on it, right?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Great, fine. Okay, so mayor. I support making sure that Port Orchard has a safe and reliable and adequate water supply for our current residents and for future growth. I recognize that this water system plan addresses important infrastructure needs, and I appreciate the work that has gone into developing it. However, I have a concern about approving the plan as currently presented, specifically regarding to future plans for fluoridation and the proposed investment in fluoridation infrastructure. My concern is not simply whether fluoride has dental benefits. I believe that it is a question…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“That's right. Noted. Trying to understand that process, thank you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Oh, yeah. Sorry, this is a little bit late, because I realized I should mention it. I was looking at, talk about graphics. I was looking at the website. The stormwater park, I wasn't seeing it on the larger... map so you know how it says like it has a like even the givens play field improvements it has that on the um on that map but i wasn't seeing the stormwater park um”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And just as another statement about that, sorry, now that I'm on that. I know I think maybe this is something we have to talk about land use we haven't met like all of our committees haven't met I mean I guess we met but there are so many parks right now so we have like the Gibbons we're talking about stormwater and I guess the community center is going to be like under the parks purview that having people understand how many projects are under like parks would probably be a good idea. And I'm not kind of seeing that on the website. Like that's not that's not obvious to me that there's like…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“is that we see places like Tacoma who have adopted this extra tax and the money isn't going where it was supposed to where people who voted to have this tax put in place for public safety and that money isn't getting used for what the people thought it was going to be. So that's another concern from my perspective of seeing this tax.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Oh, I was, well, this is my question. You were stating that we currently pay for Kitsap County Prosecution Services.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Through a contract. I'm not sure how the county and the city negotiate, but is that like a point of negotiation where if the money that they take from this public safety tax could offset that uh bill so any um like funding instead of us that coming out of our pocket then using that uh tax money worthy conversations to happen but yeah so yeah councilman mitchell go ahead”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So I guess I should have asked more questions. Thank you. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:59:13
“Here, let me see if I can, well, I don't have my computer. But it's a city, it was a city, you know, thing. Give me a second.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Let me see the wording. It has to do with, you know how the mayor says all the time? I think your mic is on. Oh, oops.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“My comments were as much about him as that presentation. Right, right. My comments were as to the presentation. Same here. I agree with you.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“We specify that sometimes you can use longer time.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“No, no, I wasn't. He said something to you, so I was just listening.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“Sorry. Mayor Pro Tem, I am recusing myself from the next two agenda items due to a conflict of interest. I have filed a formal grievance with the State Bar against City Attorney Archer regarding the legal guidance provided on the matter of the position by vacancy and associated Open Public Meetings Act violations To protect the integrity of this proceeding and reserve my legal rights, I will not discuss, deliberate, or vote on appointing a candidate to the position by vacancy. To do so would create an irreconcilable conflict as the pending request for disciplinary review directly challenges…”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“Um, I guess, uh, city attorney archivist here and she speaks from what I was reading, um, in the law. Um, I would only be have to have a problem recusing myself being that I do have a conflict of interest. Um, if there was a quorum issue, but there is not a quorum issue because there are still five council members here.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“Unless I thought I had something to do with a form or something like that.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“With the vacancy and fill in the vacancy, that's what I recuse myself on. And then the only thing left after that would be adjournment. So that's why I was. And then that's, I was just going to go ahead and leave because when you're voting.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“in terms of both of those, I've stated, I've, you know, if there's a conflict.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“Yes, I've stated the reasons for my recusal. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“YES. I THOUGHT WE WERE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS IT. THAT'S WHY I HAVE MY HAND UP.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“sorry consent consent agenda item g approval of minutes june 16 2026 work study session okay you have a chance to vote yay or nay and so is your vote nay to approve the agenda i hear no um sorry i need a table so oh okay so i have to wait for somebody else to second the motion table yes And so nobody's seconding the motion to table the minutes.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yes, I know that we haven't been able to meet for the last couple of times, but there was questions around the inner tie, especially. OK, so one of the questions was whether that I had was around the design. And so. We were going to study a little bit more about what the impact of fluoridation was because McCormick Woods isn't currently fluoridated under the current system. But it was unclear whether or not it would become fluoridated under the inner tie. So we were going to study that more to understand that. and then understand the cost of the fluoridation. And so kind of having a better…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Sorry, just to clarify. So would the design already include the equipment necessary to fluoridate?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026