Remarks by Wendy Jacobs
115 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“Okay, the percent of increase. Okay. You got it. Percent of increase. Okay, got it.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Okay, and then Keith, the comment you made about what a levy limit would look like, If we continue to have very little natural growth, then that's when a levy limit would actually be most difficult.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Keith, I'm so glad that you are serving on this statewide commission. That is fantastic.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Even better. So I know that you have a wealth of knowledge to share with colleagues at the state level. So that makes me feel so much better that you are both there. This whole issue was raised because the impact of rising property taxes is a real thing. It is a real thing that is impacting people in our community. And the reasons for why it is happening are very complex. We know because we've done the work in Durham. that we know it's coming from things like less intergovernmental revenue, less state and federal money coming into our counties, less funding for schools because of other…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you, Commissioner Burton. And as a follow-up to what you said, I know at our next work session we are going to be getting an economic update, and I would like to request some of the numbers that have been proposed are something like a two percent levy or a three percent levy and i think it's important for our board to know but also for the community to know that what kind of impact that would actually have on durham county's budget um and what we would how that would impact impact our revenues and our ability to fund the current services that we provide so if that could be included…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“thank you um and then also i wanted to share that on october 7th commissioner valentine and i along with sheriff burkhead have been invited to participate in a panel at 6 p.m 6 p.m at the zafa temple at 2312 south austin avenue and i really look forward to the opportunity to have a conversation with the community. It's being also hosted by the NAACP, and it's going to be focused on conversations on homelessness, public safety, 911, and other county solutions. So I wanted to let people know about that. And then I was, always good things happening in our community. Saturday I was at the 30-year…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“I move for approval of all three sets of minutes.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“um and we look forward to continue to steward uh 50 more years ahead so thank you everyone thank you thank you very much any comments uh go ahead commissioner jacobs um yes jason thanks so much for being here i'm sorry i won't be able to be there i appreciate the way you are celebrating this anniversary with the whole community and um and just the important role that Duke Regional plays in our community, and also the partnership with Lincoln Community Health Center as well. So thank you so much. Vice Chair Long.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yes, I just wanted to thank all of the members of White Rock for being with us tonight and to say congratulations on this incredible milestone, 160 years being in this community, virtually being here along with the founding of the city of Durham. And you have been a part of Durham's history, as is mentioned, all the leaders in our community and institutions that are rooted in White Rock. And I want to say also, all of the institutions that are continuing to serve and have been leading the way, what comes to mind to me are things like the White Rock Child Development Center, which has always…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you so much for this proclamation. I just have a follow-up question. I know it's mentioned in the resolution about charging devices. How often are you seeing in Durham fires related to chargers and batteries and things like that?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. I think it's important that we As you're doing today, raise awareness about some of the fires that we're seeing today from the technology that we're using in our homes. So thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“So there are some really big items on this consent agenda that we haven't seen before because normally these things would be on our work session, but they've come up afterwards, so this is the first time that we're seeing them. And I just want to make sure that we gave... proper attention to them and maybe could have staff speak a little bit about them, too, because I think they're so significant. One is 26-0497 around our contract with the Development Finance Initiative. And the other, I know we have staff here, uh, to talk about the, um, uh, which item is it? Um, I item 26 dash 0 5 0 0,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“We can approve them and then have the conversation after. That's fine.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“Well, I'm really thrilled about this and I really appreciate the way our board is working together with the school board and Durham Public Schools staff working together with our county staff on this. collaboration, um, this is huge because all three of these properties are very important sites and very valuable as publicly controlled land. And it's really exciting to think about, um, the opportunities that may come from very thoughtfully and an informed way and a strategic way. leveraging them to meet public priorities and public goals. And I feel really fortunate that we have DFI to work…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yes, I want to thank all of you who are sitting here. We have early years out here as well. And anyone else that I'm missing other than early years?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. And you, Kate, thank you for your introduction to this. And Ileana, I just want to thank you and everyone because the letter is so detailed and also the back-up. Um, you know, the second document that goes into detail, um, it is really overwhelming and concerning to see what all of the impacts could be of this legislation. It is really like a dismantling of what Head Start has become over decades and decades of trying to make the program stronger and stronger and better and better. and just literally chopping the legs off of it and, um, going against so many of the purposes that it…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“uh that we're submitting to our representative fushi and senators bud and tillis and also to send this information um to the superintendent for the board of education because we really need to be ringing the alarm about this thank you commissioner burton yes thank you chair lee thank you all for”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yes, thank you so much. I'm really excited to have this moving forward. I know this is something that our board has talked about for a long time over the past few years that we've needed to have this type of a task force, and I know you all have been working on this for a while at Cooperative Extension, so I really appreciate it. I want to put into the mix a number of things. One is, you know, there was an excellent Indy article recently that really delved into all of the issues around access to childcare in Durham. So, you know, we don't have to start over from scratch. There were a lot of…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“I'm very excited about this process. I really applaud all of you for developing a very quick type timeline. And, um, I appreciate that timeline. I know you're going to stick to it. And, uh, I read through the application. I thought it was a really good application getting at what we're really trying to achieve. Um, and you know, this, was a conversation that came up around with the Durham Public Schools and when we had a joint meeting with the school board and the city council and Durham County government around what are we doing to keep our youth engaged and active as crime prevention,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“And do we have any specific goal in mind? For instance, with this half a million dollar investment, we're hoping to, at a minimum, impact how many youth? Has there been any discussion about that?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“you nailed it no suggestions yeah and i think that you know in terms of you know commissioner valentine's comment about that you know this is just one year i think if we're thinking more long term about our violence prevention plan for instance and you know we heard loud and clear from the community that they want a focus on youth violence prevention i mean this may be what we one of the things that we want to prioritize going forward being a part of our violence prevention plan and what we want to make a commitment to. So I think I kind of feel like this will be a learning experience this…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 28, 2026
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“Okay, great. Thank you so much. And I will be here participating for as long as I can. I'm actually at a conference in Toronto, Canada called Impact Transit Plus Community. And I'm learning so much from this incredible city where 50% of the residents are immigrants and refugees. 121 languages are spoken here. 400 people a day are moving to this city, which is the fastest growing city in North America. So I'm learning so much that I can't wait to bring back and share. with Durham County. I just wanted to add to the announcements that I hope people will take advantage of the exhibit that is at…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. I just want to make sure. I don't think I can look back, but we got a detailed budget for FY26.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“okay the next item we have a commissioner jacobs yeah i just have to say you know for the record that unfortunately i feel that we are kind of stuck in this process i agree with you perry these things take a long time and it's taken a long time to get here the problem for me though is that Um, I don't feel in this situation that we are following best practices. We're kind of stuck with what we're doing and it is a, it is an additional cost to have a separate backup center, the 3.7 million just for the space. And then there'll be the ongoing operating costs. And at a time when we have many…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“I just would love to hear a little bit more about this. This sounds amazing. And how many young people are participating as well.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026