Remarks by Sylvia Campos
48 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“He is the chairman, and I don't know at what point does he share that information. You'd have to ask him.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Right, but I think at one point there was a statement made that the qualifications had been changed or had, yeah, I guess had been changed.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, so we want to make sure that we hire someone that has actual municipality experience.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. And I agree with Councilman Paxson about that it's not on you. You are waiting for direction from our committee chair. And even though the vacancy has, I don't know, four months, five months, six months. It's three months. Three months, all right, three months. So... you know, I don't think there's been the urgency that we have needed for this department and now we're at like zero, you know, before we were, you know, maybe on stage three and now we're like in stage one and it happened so quickly. So again, what is it that, I mean, obviously our chairman, has his reasons for not…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“But any any higher and firing would need to come from either the appointed city auditor or the appointed interim city auditor So we as a council can hire an interim outside auditor right now if we get used to yes Okay Good to know Thank you Councilman Hernandez, okay”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, well, I'm glad that we're talking about our employees and what this budget means to them as well. I had asked Peter about the disparity between the highest paid in that department, the director versus the lowest paid, and what the difference was, and are we meeting their needs? I mean, we have, for example, you know, the animal care services director that is, their proposed salary would be like, what, 200 plus? Yeah. And then you have an employee that is earning like 13 bucks an hour. The disparity doesn't make sense. So I am glad that that is being fixed. I don't know how…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Every other year you go with. Like we go with the 100, the 200.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So I'm grateful for that. And again, I just want to emphasize that we are talking about, what, $5.25 a year to move on this budget. I'm just confounded. I know that We've been working on this budget for months. It's not like it just came out of nowhere. I mean, we had the meetings. We had, you know, city community input. We, you know, so we tried to fix what we could. And then to do this at the last second, the last minute, I just, I don't agree. So hopefully my... My fellow city council members will all come to the table and, you know, let's just get this budget paid for or or approved…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I make the motion to reconsider item number four.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Well, I'm glad that... The city is listening to its residents. I can tell that by the issues that were brought up that we are trying to meet that or come up with a good plan. I'm not sure if I still, I mean, the parks eliminating the, how many times? I mean, we already, especially when it rains. I mean, we're, I believe we're still expecting more rain. I believe in September and October is when it.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, so what happens when, because we already had people complaining when it was raining.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“And if we cut down a crew, what do we do then?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“It's either fees or taxes, and apparently the taxes, we just are flat.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay. I mean, I'm glad that we are getting at least some options trying to figure out how, but I'm like you. I think the community enrichment fee might be That's the one that would give us the most, the 1.2. And that other option, number one, the Corpus Christi Housing and Finance Corporation, that's 600,000. Anyway, but that will give us something to think about. What about, is that gonna hurt? I know the... I've been excited about the glass program, the Crush, whatever happened with that program. I hope that's still in the works.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Just so that, because people want to do their part, and I believe we can still, I think, make some money, right?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“And how much is that, the proposed glass crusher that you were –”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“That's what I thought you said, like less than $200,000.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“And that's what I thought, too. I thought that we were moving in that direction. So we just need more space.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay. And so as long as we're not going to forget it, and we're still looking at maybe $200,000 for the cost of that.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“For the equipment. But that's not the issue. It's the space.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right. Well, thank you. Thank you for the update.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you. I just want to still ask a little bit more about the recycling, only because what is the most products that you get that is being recycled that is either... I'm assuming it's plastic, but I could be wrong. I don't know.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I mean, because you do make money from your cardboard and your aluminum, and there is, I think, a mixed success with glass. The only thing that I have an issue with is, of course, the plastics that we just see everywhere, and I would say, yeah, that's trash. I mean, I don't think we're we're able to recycle that. So I feel like if we could just not include plastic in the recycling, because we're not recycling it. It's a false, you know, sense of that you're doing something, but in fact, you're not. So I'm just making, I'm just trying to make sure that we, there is a valid reason for…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026