Remarks by Ted Bui
204 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 9
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“This is, like I say, we're in a brand new charters, right, territory. I mean, why put restrictions, you know, on business people? That's the way I look at it. It's not because we don't put any, you know, restriction on business. It means that everyone on this council has got a point of person that lives outside the city. We pick someone that we think that will represent the city well. and do a good job, volunteerism. I think that's the bottom line. At the end of the day, there are the advisory committee to the council, what program the community wants, what the business wants, what the…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Well, that's your choice. Mr. Mayor? Will you appoint anybody?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'm going to have to disagree with that. It's because it's not going to be a good representation of each city council. I want a certain individual that I know well, that they're well connected in the community, and that will be my choice. And now, like Vice Mayor Harper said, we don't have a really policy. This is a new charter. And yeah, 2028, there's going to be new council. So you can make policy at that time. But on this round, I'm going to stick with my appointment I made last time. And I do have an alternate. When I saw the agenda that we have a second, I already have a second person in…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor? Yes. May I make a quick comment before the audience leave? I just want to thank you, the business that came out and here on this topic. Someone has been here since 6 o'clock. because when I share them the situations in the city, actually to be quite honest with you, quite a few of them were upset that the thought was to exclude them out from the process. So they were quite upset about that, so that's why some of them have showed up and some of them, You know, business owners are very hardworking people. Some of them have another job after their own business, so they couldn't be…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. I'll move over to Councilman Bui. Yes. On September 3rd, I attend the OC Park meeting. September 9, OC Sand meeting. On September 11, Lobster Fest. And then on September 16, PCTA board meeting. And then at the end, later on, I attend the PD batch pinning ceremony. That was amazing. And I'm Really proud of our finest officers that we have here in family, including the chief. The way how they prepared this year, it was very well done. I really enjoyed that painting ceremony and see new officer coming on board. So congratulations to all of them. And of course, those who got promoted…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yes, Mayor. I would like to add a comment. I would like to invite Council Member Grandes to... Council Member Grandes, I'm looking at you. Hello? Okay. I was wishing you'd pay attention. I would like to invite Council Member Grandes to join me for next year breaking the Guinness World Record. As you saw the event, it was not supposed to be political, and I agree with you 100% that some people took advantage of that. And we are not happy with that. So I would love to invite you to join next year with me, with others who are on the board, to break the Guinness World Record in 2027. If they…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. And that does not also, does it also include the traffic, you know, for the officer has to go to court if, you know, the defendant, you know, decide to fight the ticket? Does that include that in that statistic or no?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Great. You mentioned earlier identifying the five full-time employees, whether it's a need or a want. So here you have identified five of them. I totally understand the need for the lieutenant, the two dispatchers, and the court liaison. But in your own assessment, because I'm hearing that we do have someone that handles the property and evidence technicians. And I could see the court liaison, how beneficial that would release a lot of the officer of their time, you know, prepare the documents with court and all that. I could see the needs of that. But the property liaison, do you think…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. The only reason why I point that out, because I do agree with my colleague here, is bring the lateral, five of them, up to speed, so the department needs money. And if we can use it temporarily, use that and focus on the money and try to get those lateral coming over, because we may have to increase the bonus.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“to verify with absolutely yes yeah there's no there's no doubt uh i mean uh you know a safe community you know first responders you know do a great job you know and you're part of that first responders so we need you know the law enforcement as well as fire department to have a great community yeah and and of course we're mindful on on the expenses uh but we're also confident with economic development and some of the ideas coming up”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm sorry, I didn't know you were waiting for me.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Before I ask questions, City Manager, can you clarify, so 3,500, that's 3,500, and that's 3,500 for who?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Perfect. That's why I wanted the clarification. So from the city standpoint, it's $10,000 for staff, whoever is going. And the other request is coming from the state of the city for the advisory committee. Okay. I just want to clarify. What's the ask?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'll just go back to our last meeting. And I believe Council Member Kim Constantine definitely wants to go to Japan trip. And then at that point, I think there was a discussion whether I or Council Member Guinness was going to be the second person to go. Now, to answer to your question is, me personally, I think that one should be sufficient to go to the trip because my reason is, Once again, we go here, hopefully we'll strike a deal with whichever city in Japan that we'll be working with. We don't know. So to me, that's an unknown factor. Therefore, if it's an unknown factor, I think only…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So, one or two, you know, either way will work, but giving the, you know, the expense on the second round, and we don't have assurance that we could, you know, which city we're gonna sign with. So I'm more lean toward one person. to be really fiscally responsible of the general funds and the fund from the state of the city. If it doesn't materialize, that means we've got to do it again. We've got to travel again. So if you don't have a concrete deal, just like anyone on the business world, if you don't have a business deal, you don't travel that far and spend that much money until you know…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, that's great. Just for clarifications, so she is the daughter of the mayor, and does she hold any position in the city? And since coming back, has the mayor himself or staff have emailed you in the progress of that discussion?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Agree. So in other words, we go there, just like you said, courtships, to figure out which city would be best fit for our city. And in their token, they're going to find out if we're best fit for them as well. So to me, it's not a sure thing. So I think having only one council member should be sufficient with the city managers along with all the advisory committee. I think that's more sufficient. I don't really think we need to bring the entire team just to find out which city is going to work for us and which city is going to work for them. And if you all recall last year, I always remember…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So I think electing one person is sufficient. I understand that Council Member Constantine mentioned that I want to go, but my humble opinion is I think we should appoint Glenn Grandis, and here's where I'm going with this. Not say she's not going to get elected. But what happens if she doesn't get elected? Would you send someone who's not going to be here next year to give any input? And I have concern. Glenn Grandis has done a tremendous good job doing reporting in any community he belongs to. So I think he'll come back with a great report. As an alternate, then, you know, let's put Kim…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I just want to respond real quick on what you just said. I never say that you gave a bad reporting. I'm just saying that if Council Member Garandis ought to go, he will come back with a great report. So there's really no need for a second person. That was my point.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I want to make sure I understand that. What do you mean by refundable if she gets elected? Because the election doesn't happen until...”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Are we able to get the refund? I don't know.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I think that's a good compromise, and that is spending the city money wisely. Yeah, I'm okay with that.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Basically, the city attorney is saying that when you have an event that is, we call it private, which is closed, you can control.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I want clarity to what city manager just said because I don't want to go down the wrong path and then later on we have to backtrack. Basically you're saying that the city can control Where they will allow or not. That's what you just said a closed event. That's right. The key was it has to be a closed event You gotta make sure that you're it's a clue that not an open event You cannot make a policy an open event because you're gonna hit on the First Amendment right on sponsorships to Free no, it's open to public. I that's not the question if it's not the sponsorship You know, it depends who…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026