Remarks by Ted Bui
204 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 9
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“Councilman Bui? I think you responded. It's not just for Vietnamese. You replied right there with other identified demographic. That means anybody else.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I agree with the mayors that it is important to form this committee as part of the master plan as you stated earlier that you want everyone participation in the master plan as they are going to be part of the community.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, you mentioned that five committee and then five members and then two staff members. What is the purpose of involving two staff members?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, on your part, I totally agree. It's very important that your department needs to be involved. I'm just trying to figure out how the police department, you know, comes in and play. Because the only reason I only say that with, you know, with a grain of salt is because to the minority group, when they see the police, like, I'm not getting involved with that. Why is there police involved here? They might get scared.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“If that was hindering or impacting our ability to operate as a committee, I think we could look at a different- Just keep understanding also the cultural perspective from particularly the Vietnamese American. When there's a police involved, they will shy away. No, I'm not getting involved. There's a police, I'm not sure what they're there for. So they might get scared. So I just wanted to show from that perspective. But I understand that the component of the police department have involved, actually in my opinion, I think it's great. Yeah. But also try to understand from that perspective when…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So for those who do not know Cheryl, Marla McGee, she's not a good cook. She's a great cook. And then if you want to try her food, please join the Roto Club because she makes breakfast every morning and every event. She's there. One, two, three. One, two, three.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I don't think Council Member Granis is not the only one who's unhappy. I'm unhappy as well. Not only that you bring us the level of trust, but your professionalism is there. And really appreciate your professionalism here on the dais as well in closed sessions. You provide us very valuable data. and those data is very important for us to make decisions, whether it's for the city, how we manage city business, but for all the personnel that works for this great city. Without your data, it's hard for us to make decisions without those reliable data. So once again, we surely will miss you, and we…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Actually, before the City Attorney respond to that, thank you, Council Member Granis, for the report. But I do recall at the last meeting you did say that you were going to bring back the information as to the date when we need to exit without any penalty. As Council Member Constance said earlier, you made all the report, but you left that out. Do you have a report for that? I'm just wondering.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“How critical is it for the city interim operations if we don't approve this?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“How critical of the city operation if we don't approve this staffing?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. Well, I like the idea that you brought this back. The contract doesn't end until June of 2027. Yes. Which is a lot more than three months.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“This is an indication that I hope to see many other vendors bring before us ahead of time like this. This is great. It gives us plenty of time to have questions or discuss further if we need to. But other than that, we sure don't want anything that slows down the progress of the city.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And you said this is not due until June next year?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Wow, and a second one in a row before three months. I wanted to give you a certificate.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Actually, I do, Chief. You say it's a voluntary program, right? And you say it's not a guarantee either. So why have it?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. Any other questions? No, go ahead. I move. Thank you. Councilman Brandes?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“My question for Director Rob Rizzo. Are you happy with this report?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Great. Well, like you said, the community wants more community events. And hopefully, Fallon Valley will be known as a city of sportmanship, like I said before. The reason for that is it will bring tourism, competitions, that will bring in people dining in, spending money into the city, pulling gas before they're driving back home.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“There needs to be somewhere to be charged, right? You have a charging station, charge them before you go home. So that will hopefully generate some revenue for the city.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Oh, one last thing I would like to add is, like you say, community event, Rob, something to think about, a lot of parking, right? Because you can have multiple events, but if you don't have enough parking, that's going to be an issue. So something to think about.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I want to add something, a little challenge for you, Rob. Okay. And we'll be here to support you as well. As you know where the line withdraws, where number three is, the whole entire line where the great middle and the amphitheater. Currently there's the fence from the county, right? I know where you're going. Oh, you know where I'm going with this, right? If you want to start communication with them, if they take out that fence, so a resident, if they go to Amphitheater, they can access through there. If not right now, they will have to go all the way around, right? And, you know, it makes…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Actually, what I've said is maximize the resource that we have and look at what we don't have. And that's something that we have, so we should maximize it.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Just one of the questions for the city attorney. I understand that this question was a closed session matter, how we made the determinations. the city manager has done a tremendous good job overall but none not all of us do agree that she should receive all the requests that she wants for as part of evaluations in the future are we able to say who vote yes and who vote no for on the the On the request on the salary?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. I just want to know, just for clarification, that's all.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, I've been seeing green all night long.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026