Remarks by Tonia Lediju
149 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
- Play at 2:59:50
“So my first question to IT, does the police department not have a subset of IT staff that runs all their MDCs, all of that equipment that actually is lodged in the police department?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. So can we go back to the page that has all the indirect costs and all those things there? And just to the architect, you know, we talk about, I think on another site, we talk about cost savings as it relates to downgrading, you know, different building materials, but the reality is how much cost saving is that really? And when we talk about that, that cost savings, is it really worth it when we think about the longevity and the quality of the building? And I'm asking this question because I do development and I am very picky about product because it is important how we build…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“So what's the purpose of having a three-story building versus a two-story building?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
- Play at 3:03:23
“So when you talk about a sweet spot between a two-story and third-story building, from a cost perspective, what does that look like? Like, what's the delta?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
- Play at 3:04:09
“Yeah, but if you're only building, just as an example, you know, I'm not asking you to put three buildings on, three smaller buildings on the lot. If we're only building, quote, unquote, one building, does it really need to be three stories? What's the third story for, theoretically?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
- Play at 3:04:37
“So when we talk about the building size, even a three-story, we have a police force, theoretically, that's no more than 100 FTEs, and at any given time, You're running three shifts where I don't know how many X, Y, Z police officers are coming in and out of the building. And you have how many, I don't know who's here from the police department. You have a staff, a stagnant staff that comes to that building and literally sits eight hours a day when I'm talking about administrative staff is to the police department. How many staff is that? This is not a large force. And a good portion of that…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
- Play at 3:06:48
“But the question is, we're not, but my real question is. What's he talking about? I'm building, I'm not building for what we think is optimal. It is, you know, the chief of police is not here, but the city manager is here. And fundamentally, the real question is for our police chief and our city manager, it's like when you think about this building and yes, it's in motion and we have to make some decisions and when you come back, what does that really look like for what we envision our police force to be and how much space do we really need based on what we can also afford that's reasonable…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
- Play at 56:28
“Thank you. So I'd like to remove F.G. F, G, H, I, J, K. Any other council members wishing to pull any items?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:27:41
“Thank you. So what I'd like to know is, as we undertake this work, how will we define fiscal sustainability? And I know it's a tool. It allows us to do modeling. And what objective measures will tell council what we have achieved from a structural budget perspective because that's this whole modeling is going to help us move from that direction and not that we simply balanced in annual budget because we know that every year we have to turn in quote-unquote balanced budgets right and oftentimes if you think about the you looked at the RFP you've responded and I know that you've done background…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. And so then, again, once all this work is completed, then what does our governance framework look like should be put in place so that our major budget and policy decisions are consistently running together and we are evaluating against that long range financial planning and that council is able to see how they're making decisions, the strengths of their decisions, the weaknesses of their decisions, right? And those models have to be built.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“But when we talk about institutional... knowledge it is in my thought process when we are building this tool we really should see that institutional knowledge in that tool as we're doing it over time where you can see it and councils are educated and explained it should be sitting in there regardless of who's sitting there who's sitting in this position or any position in the city right because it is a tool that should be carrying us forward that we're relying on we're investing in this tool to help us do that so we should expect to be able to see that kind of framework in the tool yes yes uh…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:35:04
“So my final question is, when we talk about transparency and accountability from a public perspective, being able to have such a tool, I would expect as well that we should be able to build some type of product where we could actually do data modeling or pull the data and that the public could be able to see what's going on through this tool in some way. And so I would hope as we are going down this road and we're investing that there's an inverse to this product where we have it on the website where our public could really be able to pull data and also see how we're performing and where…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:41:24
“So if I'm not mistaken, did Measure P committee, our commission, DID THEY ACTUALLY SUPPORT THIS BEING FUNDED BY MEASURE P OR WAS IT SUGGESTED THAT IT BE FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“SO WHEN WE INITIALLY, THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT, RIGHT? when we built this contract when we went out for these services not to say that they're not needed or not valuable that's not my question that's not what i'm questioning it is did we not think about how these this cost was going to be funded beyond the fact that we're depending on measure p uh... we did uh... this is year three of this current five-year contract previous to this contract we had”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And so why do we believe it should be funded out of Measure P?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:44:25
“AND SO AT WHAT POINT DOES, AND THIS IS TO THE CHIEF, AT WHAT POINT DOES THIS REALLY MOVE AWAY FROM RELYING ON MEASURE P AND BECOMES A PART OF YOUR REGULAR OPERATIONAL BUDGET?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So what I'll say, I'm not arguing the point of whether IT'S NEEDED, WHETHER IT'S VALUABLE. I'M NOT MAKING THAT POINT AND NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT VALUABLE. IT'S CLEARLY AN OPERATION COST AND IT'S AN ONGOING OPERATION COST. THAT'S THE POINT THAT I'M REALLY MAKING. AND TO THE CITY MANAGER, AT WHAT POINT DOES THIS GET At what point does this line item, almost a half a million dollars, that is an ongoing operational cost, essential cost, get absorbed in the police department's budget, not Measure P?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:47:56
“So I'm arguing even to the point that it can't be paid out of Measure P based on the language of Measure P. And what I'm really saying is, is the essential operating cost that shouldn't have to theoretically be in Measure P. If we didn't have Measure P, the special tax that we happen to be very fortunate that constituents have agreed to pay. it is an ongoing operational cost whether measure p was here or not and so just in a greater bigger picture as we keep moving along right is how are we looking at all of these things and i know i'm always questioning the budget and the money and i have a…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:59:44
“CITY ATTORNEY CAN TELL ME SO BUT IF WE JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WE HAVE AN ASK OF $875,000 SITTING BEFORE US TODAY OUT OF MEASURE P FOR TWO FUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONAL PROCESSES. And again, I find that really troubling. And so again, it is to the city manager as we move forward, how do we do operations out of a department's budget when they're operations? AND THAT IS SOMETHING AS WE GO FORWARD I'M REALLY PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO. AND THEN YOU CAN ASK ME TO MAKE SOME CHOICES BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT CHOICES ARE YOU ALL MAKING AS DEPARTMENT HEADS PUTTING YOUR BUDGETS TOGETHER, TALKING TO THE…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“THANK YOU. SO I DEFINITELY, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, AGREE WITH OUR ONLINE SPEAKER. WE CANNOT, WE MUST HAVE BODY CAMS. AND IT'S NOT AN OPTION. AND IF WE TRULY I KNOW OUR BUDGET IS TIGHT AND I'LL JUST GO BACK TO MY STATEMENT. NEXT YEAR I EXPECT OPERATIONAL COSTS TO BE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGETS. NOT A MEASURE P COST. AND I'M NOT WILLING TO FOREGO our police department walking around without their body cams. And they don't have an option. Therefore, we don't have an option. It must happen. But again, these are operational costs and we have to work hard at making sure that we are really diligent…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 4:48:26
“So my statement remains the same. Again, this is an operational cost. And yes, it brings value. But again, as we continue to move forward in our next budget season, we need to move forward with intentionality.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. So I know this is the first step, and what I really want to know, or at least when you come back, is to be able to answer the questions around what's going to be our established standard for the SLA for calls, inquiries to be returned? What is the target and time frame for reducing the existing backlog? and a timeline for restoring consistent public-facing access. And have we established those measures? And if not, when we bring this back in October at our next meeting, I'd like for that information to be brought back and I'd like for it to be put in the staff report. So that's my…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 4:55:03
“So when we put out our RFP, I'm assuming you've started that work. You're talking to the contractor. What work are we asking them to do specifically?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 4:55:48
“So what about the kiosks that are in the lobby?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 4:56:26
“Do we have the ability, since they are not, they're obsolete, they actually don't do, they're not full service, meaning you're only communicating with the housing specialist versus being able to upload your documents, do your recertification, or upload documents that are being asked of you. Since those kiosks are not up-to-date kiosks, is there any way where they can be reprogrammed? If not, then what's keeping us from removing them out of our lobby?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026