Remarks by Stephen M. Morris
98 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“Any other questions? All right, thank you. Thank you. Okay, next up, item two. Eric Pratt has that one for the airport. Welcome.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We love these projects that you don't ask for any money for. Any other questions? All right, I think you have the next one as well.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“It doesn't appear to be. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Next up, item four, and I think Jessica is going to talk to us about some financing contracts.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Questions for Jessica? All right, I think we're good. Thank you. Okay, next up is item five, and I think Rick from engineering is going to talk about that one.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, any other questions? Thank you. All right, next up, item number six, and I think Valerie's going to handle that one.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Any questions for Valerie on this one? All right, thank you. Next up, item seven. I think Jackie's gonna handle that one.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Okay, next is item eight, consider making an appointment to fill the at-large vacancy on public art commission. That, when we filled our other committee vacancies a month or so ago, we did not have applications for this position. Since that time, we've had two applications to come in. Our small subcommittee group from city council met and discussed the applicants and made a decision to appoint Carl Strominger to the at-large vacancy on the Public Art Commission. So that'll come before us on Thursday night. Anybody have any questions on that? If not, next up is the…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Very good. Good job. Yeah. Exactly. Thank you for mentioning that. Okay. Anything else? All right. We have got... Following this meeting, we have project updates, a pretty long list that you all have before you. So we are going to take a 45 minute recess for dinner and then meet back in here for those project updates at about five minutes until six o'clock. 5.55, so we stand in recess, thank you. Started to round that up.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I would like to call to order the August 13th, 2026 Concord City Council meeting. Welcome everyone. If you would please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of silence.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, council members, you have copies of the minutes from July 7th, July 9th, and July 21st. Do I hear of any corrections or a motion to approve? Motion to approve, Mayor. I'll second that, Mayor. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Aye. That motion passes and we move next to presentations. We are honored to have a very special guest with us tonight and that is Roman Butzloff and we have a video that we're gonna show before we do a presentation.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“How are you? Good. Well, we all know that Concord is a wonderful place to live. for a lot of different reasons. And this is yet another one. And because of Roman's actions, let's step over here so the photographer can see us. People all over the United States and all over the world know about that. And if you'll just Google his name, that video will come up and I think 25 others. Yeah, so you have really put Concord on the map. And the only thing that wasn't 100% positive about that video was we need to tell him how to pronounce Concord. Yes, yeah. But we have a proclamation for you, and I…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Great, well, we want to thank you for bringing such a positive light on the city of Concord. And I'll give you this and hopefully you can hang that in your room. And in addition to that, Councilwoman Clay, I think came to visit you and she was talking about your bicycle. So she purchased a gift for you on behalf of city council that we want you to take And it is, as a matter of fact, I'll pull it out and show it to you since you got your hands full. A bell for your bicycle that lights up. Yeah. You're welcome. I hope you will enjoy that. Thank you very much. And we appreciate you being here…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“I'm gonna repeat a little bit of what they just said, but for over 13 years of service to the city of Concord, Michelle Hunt retired August 1st, 2026 from her position at Rider Transit as the senior customer service representative. In 2007, Michelle and her family relocated from Washington, D.C., where she had a 20-year career with the federal government, including 10 years with the Drug Enforcement Administration. That may be where she learned some patience. in that area, but after moving to Concord, she pursued her passion for creativity by starting a home staging and interior design…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Congratulations. Life part two begins. Right. Yeah. That would be wonderful. Yeah, please ask your family members to come up and join you.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Wonderful. And LJ can get a picture for us. How are you? Okay. Great. Congratulations.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“And our next item, our recognition of the finance department, we did on Tuesday. So we will now move to departmental reports. And Jay Rowe has a report on our parks and recreation bond update. Welcome, sir.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Questions for Jay. Alright, thank you very much. Thank you. Okay, next up on the agenda is public comment, persons requesting to be heard. So I'll read our rules on that. This portion of our meeting is our time to recognize persons requesting to be heard and provides an opportunity for anyone wishing to address the city council to do so. Each person will receive three minutes to address the council. There'll be a countdown clock on the screen. This is a time of listening for the council. The subject will be noted, and if it requires action or a request, the city manager will note as such and…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, our next speaker is Zach Allman.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, our next speaker is Keisha Sandage. Welcome.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay, our next speaker is Charles Patel.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you. And that concludes all persons that have signed up for public comment tonight. So we now will move into our public hearings. First up, number one is conduct a public hearing to consider adopting a resolution authorizing the negotiation of an installment financing contract. Jessica talked with us about this on Tuesday. Does anybody have any additional questions on that before we open the public hearing? Okay, that being said, I will open the public hearing on this item. We do not have anyone that has signed up to speak, so if there's anybody that failed to have an opportunity and…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay, we have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? hearing none all in favor please say aye all opposed no that motion passes unanimously and we move to item two this is to conduct a public hearing to consider adopting an ordinance amending various articles article one through four six through 14 of the Concord Development Ordinance to address board and commission structure and duties, address signs in the Center City Zoning District, and further provide clarity, increase user efficiency, and comply with the North Carolina General Statutes. And Autumn talked with us about this on…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Great. All right. Thank you. And Kevin, if you want to address that specifically, there is some wording in here about electronic signs, but I think that only applies to public art facilities, you know the wording certainly better than I.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Right, and I asked that question on Tuesday night, thinking specifically about your situation, and the answer that I received was that the library and the Arts Council were the only two institutions that qualified, is that correct?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“And so nowhere else in the Central Business District is that?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026