Remarks by William "Bill" Collins
24 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 33:33
“I would say to you that, and I know Sammy can follow up, I had a question for the chief. At one point in time, our department was about 15 officers down, And it was due to the fact that our surrounding counties were paying a lot more money than we were for hiring them, et cetera. And this commission addressed that in a big way. And so we got our funds up. And that's not the problem anymore. We still are short on officers. We find ourselves short on officers again. I said to the chief, well, at that point in time, we had a two where we could come back up to standards and get our officers back,…”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 39:44
“But I can tell you, Commissioner Beaman, we left there feeling really good about from the chief and what we heard, and that was the fact that even though we downed officers, now the shift that goes by is lacking the necessary manpower that it needs to to work that area. They do the overtime and whatever it takes them is allow these officers and the management team to do exactly what they're supposed to do, and that's keeping you guys a nice environment to work, play, and raise your family.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 45:50
“Let's see here, here. Good report. Land Bank is asking for approval for a piece of land that's on Hardy Avenue. To be taken off the, I don't know how the city of Rome came about that land. We tried to research that, et cetera. But anyway, it's been a request to remove it and put it back to the land bank. So the land bank has a process for someone that's actually, the signs will go up that it can be bidded on and become property that will go back on the tax road. And I'm putting that in the form of a motion to see if that might could happen. I'll second.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 47:09
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City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 48:25
“But anyway, it's over near the Bray Stadium out in that area, coming all the way around on Loop 1. Would you like to comment, Meredith?”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 48:45
“Oh, thank you. That is my report, Mr. Mayor, and thank you.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 55:42
“Mayor, you had a... It's opening this morning. You want to tell us a little bit about what happened in the auditorium this morning?”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 55:53
“The auditorium this morning. Can you tell us a little bit about how that went? Rome City School.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 57:04
“you nurture them and you water them and you grow them and that's what he challenged the teachers in rome city schools to do and i thought that was that was really really good but i also added uh he asked it once it had been in the wrong system teaching for over 20 years and you would not have believed how many students there's a lot of great number and we also had a great number of teachers to come from outside our community to come to Rome to teach this year. I mean, a great number. It was well over 100. We miss you this morning, Sammy. But it was a great morning for Rome City School.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 7:03
“I, too, am a member, and I just want to say thank y'all for all that you do. And I get told a lot when I did go to the meetings, Bill, you cannot go back through that line a second time. The food is really good.”
City Commission · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 8:48
“Yes. I think in caucus it was talked about, the fact that we have had some complaints dealing with the noise over there. And I know that this here is a by-right situation, but if I could maybe ask, and only ask, to be allowed to ask that only if he could possibly extend his buffer zone or at least improve on it to help knock down the noise that gets to the, is that all right to put as part of the motion?”
City Commission · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 9:39
“Yes, just part of the language, that's all.”
City Commission · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 10:07
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City Commission · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 11:26
“I have to agree with Mr. Mayor. That's what he's saying. And yourself as well. Maybe we can get it accomplished that way. It's not a problem.”
City Commission · Jul 13, 2026
- Play at 3:03
“Just that our director also brought us up to date on the funds for the water treatment plant that's coming forward. Everything looked really good. With that, we had a nice meeting.”
City Commission · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 3:59
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City Commission · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 12:39
“Questions from my end. Similar situation came up went to the voters and was voted down and it was due in my opinion basically because of clarity i heard you explaining questions i got over the weekend was like tell me what makes you a homestead taxpayer That's my first question.”
City Commission · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 13:38
“As defined by the assessor's office. Right. Would you have to sign up for that?”
City Commission · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 13:51
“For the homestead? Yes. Yes. So you have to go down to the taxpayer's office and tell them that I own my own property. This is my primary residence. Can't be your property that you rent, et cetera. Is that correct?”
City Commission · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 14:09
“That's your primary. and you have to be a certain age to qualify for that.”
City Commission · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 14:17
“That's a property. That's right. And your primary resident. Make you eligible to go down and sign up for a homestead. That's correct. And that's open to anybody.”
City Commission · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 14:31
“All right. My next question that I heard a lot of is, We heard a lot of talk when we was building this new school, et cetera, and the importance of the e-splash tax. Could you clarify as to when did it come up and when does the next splash possibility come up? How many years are we out or how many months are we out?”
City Commission · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 15:52
“Well, it was more of the questions that were coming to me. I'm trying to express to the citizens because of the fact the opportunity we missed last time, I think the county wrote to him, we did not. And with them having to, I'm assuming their father is here, if we go ahead and do the resolution, that'll put us in.”
City Commission · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 16:47
“Mr. Mayor, what is our current tax on the dollar now? Is it seven, eight, nine, or what is it? Seven. Seven? Seven, that's right. That's all the questions I have.”
City Commission · Jun 15, 2026