Remarks by Tamir Bell
31 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“The timing it depends on the timing if the vote has already been tallied it's improper to go back and change your vote I”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. I'll be brief. I'm not feeling that well tonight. But I will be making a motion as I sent correspondence to each of you. Over the last few weeks, we've had much discussion about supporting small businesses through this Spaces to Places program. And just want to say thank you to city staff for all of the back and forth on what we could do to adjust and take what us as city council members have shared over the last few weeks and not just say no and just wipe this completely away but to come back and reduce the amount just to launch a pilot program rather than a two-year program i'd…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Writing down a few notes here. Trying to get my words together. I think when you look at supporting small businesses, it's necessary in order to redevelop and strengthen our community. I get the comments about the funding. We just voted to reduce that amount. I think now I'm hearing the viability of the program, it being a pilot now for one year. I say we let staff do what they do best every single day. I mean, I'm not a full-time alderman. which I was, so I can continue to help city staff implement the programs that we pass at city council into my ward and throughout our community. But I…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:51:56
“Thank you. And just talking about the qualifying zones, it was mentioned in some of the discussion today. I just want to come out publicly. I think I've said it before on this same topic in debate over the last few weeks. The majority of my ward does not qualify for this program. But I know that this program is important for our whole community. But then taking a step further and expanding the zone for our businesses and bringing together the businesses within the 13th Ward, that's what I'm doing, so that eventually we can qualify for this program. And so I'd be voting for this. And should…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:55:45
“Thank you, Mayor. I have a different perspective on the previous comments. Just want to highlight a few different programs or initiatives that actually support our entrepreneurs in small businesses, one being Think Big, RLDC, SBDC, Business First through the city of Rockford. I mean, the partners within this program that will be participating. Also, for the River District specific, Go Rockford has been helping grow that from a marketing perspective, which has brought in more customers in the downtown area and activating that space more through events and more. But, yeah, I'll stop right there.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. Can Director Sanders present on the next following city council meeting on this? Should we have any questions after reading this one pager, he can add those all up and maybe give a quick presentation in a week or two.”
City Council · Aug 31, 2026