Remarks by William Bowling
9 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
“Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you, Assistant City Manager. I'm still getting used to that, Jen. And also to Assessor Matthews and Treasurer Fletcher. First of all, I think I just want to commend all three of you for being able to distill very difficult and dense information into something that's palatable. That is not a skill that everyone has. And I think we really rely on our city employees and our county counterparts to make sure that that. is realistic and i've just been thinking a little bit about this number of five hundred thousand dollars and reminded that you know just at the…”
“anywho any other oh counselor bowling please thank you vice mayor that just um your your notice about uh special districts just reminded me that we're talking about 68 of taxes in albany county going to k-12 education 35 million dollars 2026. and um that it would also be helpful for us to you know at some point be in conversation with the trustees or um with some administrators at the district level because i mean i'm i'm assuming that there's a number of people in this room with children in k-12 public schools here in alamany county and you know that is that's a serious ramification that…”
“Thank you, Vice Mayor. Just a few updates. On Tuesday the 1st, we had Police Advisory Board Um, it was a, um, a long meeting that was mostly about, uh. Procedures resolutions and amendments to, uh, rules of procedure. Um, but all of that is really good. Um, also, um, uh, in our next. work session next month, we will be voting on and approving a special op ed about the fifth penny, its importance and how that affects public safety. So please be on the lookout for that. And then later that evening on the 1st, no, I'm sorry this the next day was intended to be our 1st Laramie youth council…”
“Not a move, but I just want the Public Works Director to let us know what kind of pickup we're getting because it's always a touch of truck and opportunity.”
“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Zach. I am sure that I asked this question during this presentation last year, but are you able to tell us what other cities are in the cohort that we're in?”
“thank you uh counselor bowling thank you mayor thank you director um aragon's facilities um owned by uw what sort of uh agreement do we have with the with the university understanding that that's something that you know that we list as part of our you know city facilities”
“Thank you, Mayor. And just again, thank you, Director Bork. And to reiterate, like everyone else, I'm a dog lover and owner, not currently, and use our dog parks. And I'm in full support of us exploring the idea of another wonderful recreation place for every dog in the city and their human companions. But I appreciate that we also need to approach this from the perspective of what are the realistic logistics that happen inside of that for the city, for the maintenance staff, et cetera. and i think i don't know that there's anyone up here that is not in full support of you know can the uh…”
“Is going to be thinking about that as he's convening with colleagues from around the country. You know, it can bring us back some more information. So thanks, we'll look forward to that update. Thanks, Mike.”
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