Remarks by Timothy J. Durkee
12 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“We have no motion that's been proposed or seconded in the proper order. To speak to a motion that doesn't exist in front of us is out of order.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Your Honor. Just a couple of things. and respond to some comments. This is not a tax. It doesn't fit nearly the definition of a tax. A tax is an enforced contribution to provide for the support of government. Money doesn't go to the government. Basically, the state statute sets ground rules. That's all it is. It sets the rules, the playing field for the hotels, not for us. The hotels don't pay the 2%. We don't send the police to arrest them. That's a civil matter between the hotels. I guess the best example would be an HOA. HOAs are set in by state statute, local statute. People…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“I just have a follow-up question for the fire chief.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I just have a follow-up question for the fire chief that Alderman Bell raised. What is our current staffing west of, I'm sorry, east of Alpine? What's our current staffing levels as exists now?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So we have two fire apparatuses and one ambulance east of Alpine, covering all of that side of Rockford? Correct. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Are there any other questions or comments?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Briefly on number seven, one of the reasons I'm opposed to it is that it does things, as I read their proposal, that basically can be done in District 205. So I view the program, while maybe worthy, it's redundant.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Your Honor. I also wanted to dovetail on some very good comments from my fellow aldermen. I'm troubled by this contract. I think it's way too long. And I think if Davis Park is going to come online, I think a fair amount of time, maybe two years, to see what they can do, if they can accomplish that. And I think the contract is incomplete. There's got to be some reasonable expectation or goal that they have to achieve in programming Davis Park. I think the contract's incomplete. And it's also too long. The other is, do we ever have a contract with anybody that's percent-based?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. Who do we contract with on a percent basis?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Anybody? Because I don't recall. So I'm wondering historically why this is a percent-based contract. It's not a finite number. So that troubles me.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. But there has to be, in my opinion, there has to be some kind of ceiling. And the other element of this that's another moving part in the contract is Go Rockford is now contracting with the hotels regionally to promote activities that fill the hotel rooms. Every time we get a quarterly report, the quarterly report alludes to Go Rockford's activities to promote filling hotel rooms. So they're getting paid twice now for the same thing. So I don't understand why the increase. They're going to get funding, additional funding probably, to fill the hotel rooms, which offsets their ability to…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026