Remarks by Vanice S. Williams
36 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I call to order the city council meeting of October 6th, 2026. Clerk, please call the roll. Morris? Here.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Please stand for the invocation by Pastor Carl Jackson from Precious Blood Church, the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag, and the singing of the National Anthem by Charisse Easterly, a City of Toledo employee.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. And Cherise will be singing at my wedding for free whenever I find a husband because that is my cousin.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“All right, well, if you would come in so you can take a picture with us, that'd be great. recognizing the next clerk please begin with the resolution in attendance for recognizing domestic violence awareness month will rebecca facey chief prosecutor please come forward council president williams and all members of council present resolution 410-26”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you so much if you guys would come on in and take a picture with us.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I now turn the meeting over to Councilwoman Morris.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Seeing no objections, so ordered by the new title.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“All right. All right. So the motion, move to amend. Any objections? So ordered. Clerk, can you read the new title?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“uh colleagues this next ordinance that uh clerk will read is for uh the gas station or north detroit i actually want to support me and not voting for this based on our decision-making criteria in 1111.0706 item c through f if you would please support me in not voting for this thank you”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Council President Williams, first call. Thank you so much. I want to just say thank you to my colleagues for helping me vote down that gas station on Detroit. We have so much going on on Detroit, and we don't. need more mess if it was a reputable company I would I would definitely advocate for small businesses for sure we just need good actors and not paying your taxes means that you're not a good actor Another thing is there is a pending project that is in the works for the Fullerton school site. Wooda Cooper is a company out of Columbus, Ohio. They have opened up to take us to another…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. So this the healthy stew and I'm all for the healthy one and I healthy store and corner store initiative because we were involved and we had several committee meetings about that. I'm glad that we're looking to expand it and keep it going for at least a little bit longer. How much is the other two programs? Do we have a breakdown of the other two programs? Director Campbell?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“So if I recall, we in the ARPA dollars, we had the $150,000 designated for the grocery store, right?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“And where do we want to put the other one?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“So I'm a little standoffish on this because I know we were, I am the one that fought for that 150,000 corner store. Yes. I fought for that $150,000 with my colleagues. I argued about the seawall, and I argued about medical debt, which I still want to know where the receipts at of who served out of District 4, 3, and 1, who got served out of that, but I can't get that. Not bashing you, I just didn't want medical debt anyway. I am concerned and I would like to see and I would fill out the referral for that project because I fought for a grocery store. We've had situations now where some parts…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“PRESIDENT WILLIAMS. JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON THE QUESTION, THE CIFT ACTUALLY It was funded federally, so that came, that was all through the news and everything, so that's how we knew it went dead, and a couple questions later, we knew why it went dead. The Trump administration decided not to fund those type of projects across the board, so that's why this SIFT actually went down in flames because of that. It was a federal mandate that they, I don't know, I guess it was DEI, I don't know.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Make sure we get them in a timely fashion, please.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Chair. I just want to make sure that my colleagues know if you weren't at the zoning and planning meeting uh... we did address the gas station uh... the owner has on this gas station for over a decade and he picks and chooses when he wants to pay his taxes uh... he uh... really didn't take in consideration how much in disrepair this property was in anyway. To put it lightly, it would definitely go against the safety of the neighborhood and it doesn't add anything to the neighborhood. I know I fought for sheets, which they don't listen to me anyway, but I know I fought for…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Just in case you guys didn't know, on Friday the 2nd, there will be a Breaking the Violence Summit at Toledo Hospital, talking about youth violence, relationship violence. So if anybody wants to attend, I'll be going there. It's at Toledo Hospital right there on ProMedica Parkway. It's Breaking the Violence Summit. It starts at 9 a.m. and it ends at 3. They'll be doing different things. And thank you, Councilman Hobbs, for doing this.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“I call to order the Toledo City Council meeting of September 22nd, 2026. Clerk, please call the roll.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Clerk, please begin with the resolutions in attendance recognizing Susie Coates and Kids and Hannah Socks on their 20th anniversary. The representatives from Susie Coates and Hannah Socks, could they please come up to the podium?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“We have a couple more comments, just a second. Council Member Gattis.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Well, if you will, come on in and take a picture with Toledo City Council.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026