Remarks by Todd Lyle
47 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Yes. All right. May I ask a few questions? Can I finish? Sure, go ahead.”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I've got a question or 2. Let me jump this one we had earlier, I think. Randy director Edwards you had talked to us about the North Church Street Park lot you got some experience with these lights as kind of in your lane. Do you have a recommendation on these 3 options from your foxhole.”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yes. So on the spot, my apologies. Do you have a recommendation of those three options?”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Are you aware of any impediments stopping a neighborhood that's not incorporated, so to speak, or not associated with it putting together and collecting funds to choose to pay for those lights? For example, Coventry or Mallard. Is there any reason that they could not get together and associate, collect dues, and pay their own lights?”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Maybe David or Kevin. David, what are your thoughts on that?”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“That's all the question I have thank you, ma'am.”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I mean, also the neighborhood that comes in today has to meet our standards. Yeah, I don't put in sidewalks. They got to put in lights, right? They're not going to pass through Jessica's office without having streetlights, right?”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I think they said that nothing meets the standards because it's a 1986 ordinance. Correct.”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Madam Mayor, I think that some of these lines of questioning is further proving the complexity of this, but also further proving maybe what Councilman Karnes said, which is you got to go all in or you got to stay all out and i'm i'm clearly in favor of staying all out i don't think that's an expense that taxpayers should pay for for some but i do think that all these complexities and we can have a really long discussion but each and every time we bring up the onesies and twosies and each is an oars we are further proving that it it kind of needs to be an all or none type scenario to avoid uh…”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Which would be further evidence why we want to hold off on making different standards until we've made a decision on which route we want to go.”
Town Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Any other discussion is just briefly, madam mayor. I'd like to point out that hopefully we'll have something more global regarding the whole streetlight issue. But as I mentioned last month, I would not be in favor of retroactively doing that. So I'd be happy to continue doing this forward for now. But hopefully the plan would be that the taxpayers don't pay for the streetlights of neighborhoods.”
Town Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. So as far as the background goes, we just voted to update that cross-connection control program. So in part of that, we're going to have to do revisions to the code for the town ordinances necessary to make sure that it's consistent with that newly adopted program. We have proposed amendments to remove some obsolete language, eliminate references to agencies that are no longer in existence, and to update the procedural requirements so that they are consistent with and align with the revised program that we just mentioned. So this will specifically revise sections…”
Town Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes, Madam Mayor, I'm also going to recuse myself. I have represented the applicant several times.”
Town Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“hold on if i may just speak to that briefly i think that i've heard a few times that you're looking for a rule to preclude you from doing something and i think as one of the attorneys sitting up here i want to say that there's a good faith and fair dealing requirement there's a good faith standard there's a negligent standard like That kind of supersedes any and all of this, or it fills in the gaps. So to say there must be a statute or ordinance that prevents me from getting certain information, I'm going to tell you, we would talk about limited government. We'd fall over with the amount of…”
Town Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I would be in favor of us not paying for streetlights of neighborhoods. I think they can pay for their own streetlights.”
Town Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yeah, I was not aware until this recently that we were paying for any of those, and I feel like that's a due that is... Easily collectible and more rightly collectible by the members of that neighborhood. So just like any new neighborhood that's got amenities, they can collect a few extra dollars to pay for their streetlights and not the taxpayers who choose not to live in a neighborhood with streetlights. I feel like it's more appropriately borne by those who would benefit from it and not from everyone. Is it not a developmental standard though? I don't believe it is.”
Town Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Right, but that's not a requirement that we pay for. Just like we require a developer to put sidewalks in a neighborhood, we're not going to offer to pay for them. We're just going to make that a requirement. Correct. So we can require streetlights, but that doesn't mean we have to pay for it. It's a decision the developer makes. And just like a pool, if you don't want to pay for a neighborhood pool, you don't buy a house in a neighborhood with a pool. Or if you don't mind paying for one, you buy one that has a pool. You don't mind that cost. But I just don't think the taxpayers who don't…”
Town Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Madam Mayor, this is asking for reimbursement, right? Correct. Yeah, I'm not in favor of retroactively imputing some penalty on some neighborhood. Any recommendation that I would have to shift that cost to the homeowners would be some date in the future, give them due process rights, and then let it carry forward. So I don't know that we need to punt this one because this is a back pay issue, right?”
Town Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“My advice would be, again, based on habit and custom, that we should carry that forward until we put them on notice that we're not going to do that. I understand. That's my point. I understand. Thank you. If we're going to make a sweeping decision to update a 20 plus year old ordinance based on changing the the electronic means, LEDs versus incandescent or solar. All these changes should be some line in the sand going forward. My advice would be that we don't punt on this. Is this Pilgrim Point? This is Pilgrim Point. Yes, this is Settler's Point and Pilgrim Point. That's the two…”
Town Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yeah, so I would be in favor of not telling them, surprise, you're not getting reimbursed after the fact. I think that should be a going forward issue. So they can make an informed decision on whatever decision we make.”
Town Council · Aug 17, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Town Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. The attached resolution authorizes the submission of a community development block grant application and approves the accompanying intergovernmental cooperative agreement with Lexington County. Approval will continue. the town's participation in these programs as well as the emergency solutions grant programs so madam mayor i would make a motion to approve the attached resolution and the intergovernmental cooperative agreement with lexington county council member lyle makes the motion do i hear a second second councilman michael seconds do i hear having are there any…”
Town Council · Aug 3, 2026