Remarks by Zaida Govan
17 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Yes, thank you, Madam President. And I also want to thank you all for coming out here, especially the Leave the Leaves. I was looking forward to that. But regarding the flock cameras, I had a conversation with a sergeant earlier and I did write an ordinance and just Councilor Hurst is going to be helping me with that. And I believe we're going to be hearing it on our October 19th meeting. So I would encourage you all to come back and hear the conversation that day. Because I agree that we have to find a happy medium between our privacy and public safety. Historically in this city, as we know…”
CITY COUNCIL · Oct 5, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
CITY COUNCIL · Oct 5, 2026
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“Councillor Govan. I'm sorry, Madam President. I forgot that the Finance Committee just met previous to this meeting, and Councillor Perez was there, and we discussed the financial orders that's on our agenda today. Thank you.”
CITY COUNCIL · Oct 5, 2026
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“Would have to look at my calendar book. I'll ask the staff to send it out again.”
CITY COUNCIL · Oct 5, 2026
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“No, we discussed these items in the Finance Committee, and I think these are, especially number seven, the one that's coming up next is the one with the BHN, which I think we all are aware of, and the training grant, of course. We want our officers to be more trained. Thank you, Madam President.”
CITY COUNCIL · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. As a social worker, I am aware of the crisis calls that are made and how they're made, so it's really helpful sometimes when you have a police officer present because of the risk that it could happen because there's potential for You know people going out of control So it's really helpful and to the question that counselor Perez asked about what happens when there's not a clinician available a lot of times That gives me pause because you know, you guys aren't trained to do the crisis assessment But I know that when that does happen you guys have an ambulance and a…”
CITY COUNCIL · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Vice President. We had a finance committee meeting on July 27th. President were myself, Council Perez, and Councilor Whitfield. We discussed the finance agenda items for the meeting that day, and we reviewed the May revenue and expenditure report. And there was no deliberation, not that much deliberation. Thank you, Mr. Vice President.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Vice President. I know we also had a finance committee earlier today where we reviewed these items. And Brian if I remember correctly this Money is to be used for around MGM Yeah, the funding the grant applications each have to show an impact from the casino Okay, and so the police is going to use it Around MGM just like the parking garage. I know Commissioner COLTON HARRIS USES THAT MONEY FOR GAMBLING IMPACT, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. WE'RE ACTUALLY USING SOME MONEY THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE ACTUALLY GAVE US FOR YOUTH GAMBLING PREVENTION, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL…”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Vice President. And I agree that we could table it and have another committee meeting to continue discussing the changes that are being proposed. So doing that, I think it's a good idea to do that motion to send it back to committee. Thank you, Mr. Vice President.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“So we can still have a committee meeting after this and see if we want to make any changes to the ordinance. Is that correct? Correct. It's just a procedural matter of what we're doing now. Well, if that's the case, then okay, because I think the reason that we wanted to have another meeting, correct me if I'm wrong, Councilor Click-Bruce, is that we wanted to hear from the food trucks and the neighbors to ensure that we got the ordinance right. Okay, thank you. I would agree with that. Thank you. Thank you. Councilor Perez?”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“I can't talk with it on. Thank you, Mr. Vice President. I want to thank Commissioner Carlton Harris for always having these innovative ideas and actions that you do. I really appreciate this. So from my understanding, there are seven department heads, so to speak, including the city council, plus 11 youth. Correct? That's correct. And out of the 11 youth, the city council president or their designee assigns those three youth. Correct? We'll have three. We'll have three of those 11. Okay. I think this is a great idea. I'm really glad that Chanel is leading it, it sounds like, which is awesome.…”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. I think this is a great concept and I don't often disagree with my state representative Ramos, but sometimes I do. And I agree with Councilor Hurst, we have to proceed with caution in light of the flat cameras that are out here. Today, actually, this would have been a great tool for me to have because I stopped at the red light and this white van just kept driving right through the red light. It turned red and they were back here and they kept going. I said, oh, I wish I had a camera to catch them. So I'm kind of conflicted here. We do need to proceed with…”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“I object for us to taking it out of unfinished business. We haven't had any meetings about this. I think we should have a committee meeting at least before we vote on this so that we could be better informed. So that's my objection.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Vice President. I'm confident that we can have a committee meeting between now and October 1st, or now and our next meeting. We have three meetings in September. We're meeting for the next three weeks straight, so I think if we have a committee meeting to discuss this and then bring it up maybe at our next meeting, I think that would make sense. Should I make a motion? Or do we don't need a motion?”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“Regular hearings that must be hearings because this is a regular Okay, that's even better. We have more time.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes, it is right Okay, so the 28th is the hearings meeting so we have I'm confident that we can have a committee meeting between now And then and put it on the agenda for that day Thank you.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“Do I need to make a motion? I make a motion that we have a committee meeting on this item before the 28th so that we could vote on it on the 28th.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026