Remarks by Tamika E. Stewart
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“yes thank you so i um i agree with the sentiment that the mayor is sharing right now because i too hear the same things from people when they talk about properties from the city and i'm hearing this and i know that the planning department and everyone is doing their best but i don't think that that reaches to the public and we need to figure out a way to make this process this whole process more transparent in terms of the bids. I have had people talk about, you know, anytime they go to buy a property or look for a property is gone or that no one calls them back when they are inquiring about…”
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“Okay. Do we have any communication about the management company? Because I've gotten complaints from people here about this particular management. Do we have any kind of understanding of how that plays into properties that we currently own?”
“We have some very angry owners here in this development and want to take a look at it. Absolutely. Thank you.”
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“just wanted to check Jason mr. Morris are we waiting to do that have the legislative priority list should we wait last we checked there were votes outstanding I'll check again tomorrow okay so if it was complete I will email the list to the council so I'll wait okay anyone else mother ready”
“okay um i think this is a good opportunity because this is a part of one of the legislative priorities that we spoke about and hopefully the fact that we're having this conversation can show us where that goes on our priority list but this is a perfect time to do an audit of all of the agreements and uh that we have with partners in the city in term in this respect i think we have a list of who are all of the organizations that we're working with we can then identify if all of the proper documentation is in place all of the proper um permitting is a phase in place the insurance is in place…”
“Thank you. Not much to say. I always appreciate people coming out to share and voice their concerns. I want everybody Please pay attention to this budget season. If you have a friend or a neighbor or whoever you know that lives in this city, pay attention to the money. We can talk about a whole lot of things, but if the money is not right, none of those things are possible and none of those things happen or you really have to prioritize them. pay attention to the money we are going to we just finished this first round of budget the budget session now we have the information the first proposed…”
“When are we expected to get an update on the process and where we are with applicants and stuff?”
“Yes, thank you. You answered who has access to the footage. I just have two questions. In terms of storage, how long is it kept?”
“I just wanted to see how long we store it for. And also, is there like a digital signature for people who access the cameras?”
“Yes, I think maybe I'm confused, but when we talk about this specific office space that I saw, it is accessible to the public. Correct. The public has access to it, so it's not a private office for someone. It's not like your office or the chief's office off to the side where the public doesn't have access, am I correct?”
“Right, so youth can go in there, anyone that comes in the center can actually walk in that space?”
“then the camera should be there. If someone is attacked, if someone is hurt, it's not in somebody's private office. Now, if it was off to the side and no one is supposed to go back there, it's personnel only, then that's different for somebody's private office. But if the public has access to it, then it's public space. It's a common area.”
“Yes, I'm just curious, Chief. In order to enforce the curfew, what happens?”
“Okay. I didn't know if there was an additional component, like if somebody called and said, hey, there's a curfew and we have kids outside or something.”
“Yes, thank you, Chad. I heard your presentation as I was coming in, so you answered a couple of my questions. Just a couple. One, who helps you manage these 16 departments administratively? administratively I have to admin staff to admin staff and they help with like doing budget costs expenses all of that yeah they do process POS and all that fun yeah fun stuff in terms of managing the budget like tracking overtime all of that stuff is that something that those admin staff do too yeah we have we have books that kind of translate on a day-to-day base a little bit a little bit old-school but…”
“Okay, who creates the rate? You create the rate for reimbursement, like how much they reimburse you for?”
“It's contractual, okay. track actual expenses and things like but then it's contract you know what they yeah I'd love to see that those contracts that's great the other thing is you have on budget line for the DPW the streets and but and bridges okay you have you're asking in 2025 it was 19k that was spent we're asking for 15 um again for next year but to date we've only gotten to six grand is there a reason why we're still going up to 16 or what usually creates that disparity in terms of the numbers so in streets and bridges can be any number of things uh for emergencies”
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“So just because it doesn't say anything there doesn't mean there's no work going to be done at 123. Correct.”
“Is there any conversation about this particular building and the maintenance of it like if we can do things differently is it worth it to continue to spend money and put money into this building.”
“councilmember Stewart yes thank you you kind of touched on what I wanted to ask first I'll say you guys have been showing out all of the departments working together like seeing the crews out during the blitz and just doing the everyday day-to-day work it is absolutely extraordinary to see all of the crews and the staff working together and you show it out this summer and you show it every year so i just wanted to share with you so you can share with your staff one of the legislative priorities that i'm recommending is that we have an official day of recognition for our staff for city staff…”
“And I ask because a lot of our homeowners believe that they are now being responsible for these curb issues that the street levels being raised are responsible for. So that's something that we needed to talk about. So I just wanted to bring it to your attention.”