Remarks by Tom Thompson
219 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 9
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“I think we'll have lots of questions. It's Mason, correct?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay. This is a, I mean, it's a very significant decision for us. I mean, it's, it's $15 and then there's a commercial part of it, but it's, it's $180 a year. And trust me, if, if you provided, um, or sent me an email and public comment, whatever it was, trust me, I've got them. I read them all, worked them over the weekend. Um, There are things that we look at in this situation. So we look at $15, and the residential part is what I am, so there will be some things on the commercial side, too, that I wonder how you do the calculation. But I want to start with Shane. What have we spent on, you…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“So including the construction of new streets, we spent $20 million every other year.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“So that includes new construction too, correct?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“$22 million. Martin Luther King, Chadburn.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“There's a cost to the services people expect us to provide. And the number one thing, I'd say the number two thing, everybody's public safety is number one. Number two is infrastructure and streets. And I hear more complaints about our streets than anything else that comes across email is, please fix our streets. So we sit down as a municipality and we try to figure out a way to get us past that headwind or benchmark or bump in the road, whatever that is. We discussed this for many years. This is, you know, street and bridge, and when do we bring this thing forward? Is it a time for it? And…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“So once you hit a 65-year-old claim, I mean 65 years of age, and you've got that on your deed, from that point on, you are no new revenue for the city of San Angelo.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I emailed with several people this weekend and didn't understand that their city taxes, once they hit 65, are locked in at that dollar amount.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I get that, and we've all had that same question, but municipal government rules, if that becomes into a tax litigation legal process, answer that one, Brandon. That almost is something that you, any type of question regarded, if anybody was going to sue and we were going to discuss that, would almost have to be in an executive session.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“And it was a good question. We've had that one.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“We're asking you a question that we should answer.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Get the mic on. Any additional questions that weren't asked? So Patrick, as we look at this, as we wrap up this one, I want to thank the people from Kimberly Horne for coming here and discussing and give us a little bit of the framework of how they picked it. This brings into the map participation by all. Correct. You know, not only do we have residential, you know, participation, we've got commercial participation. We even have it as expected from city. So, you know, Tom Green County, city of San Angeles, city actually pays in this. Goodfellow, Shannon, ASU, churches, this thing is everybody…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Go with that. Phillip, you got a couple words you want to throw in?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“How much are you still short this 10 1⁄2? How much are you still short for this one year? How much did Tina bring in?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“So at this point, I'll open it. Does the dais have any more questions for Patrick?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Tina, I've got a question. If we were, and this has come up several times, I was waiting to hear the end of it. If we were to pursue this in a tax increase, what percentage would we have to increase our rate to recoup this?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Right, and if we increase that as a tax, that would instantly let a lot of the people that we are going to participate escape, correct? So like all the nonprofits, the people that don't pay taxes, that do have a water meter and use infrastructure, would not be able or wouldn't be in on the taxes, correct? That's correct. Right, so with that, I just want to say, None of us want to be here. We've kicked this can down the road a while. If there was a fair and equitable way to get everybody, I mean, if you had a toll tag, there's things that would help us recuperate our funds. But at this point,…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you very much. All right, with that, if there's no more questions from the dais, as always on an item like this, I will be the first one to make the motion to approve the adoption of the ordinance infrastructure. I'll make a first on that.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I have a second from Harry Thomas. So they have to have this to roll into the budget to assume that the numbers are going to show as they counted on this as an approval. So you'll actually get two, is that correct, Brandon?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, we're going to, but I think Patrick was going, if you wanted to hear the next present, the budget presentation.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Does it depend, is it dependent upon the approval of this?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“And so if this doesn't go through, that budget presentation is?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“All right, so let's go to public comment on the right-of-way fee.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 9, 2026