“My big concern to make a dent in the 2026 because we can't come back with another double digit increase so then it's all right we got to have the tough conversation and do the work starting now now to contract our expenses and it's hard work we got to make tough decisions but we have to do that with the community um we just we have to do that work and I think that will take us almost a full year to have those conversations so that when we come into August of 2025 we have a really good idea of how um we can um adjust our expenses and service levels and what have you to have a projected Target um that is more reasonable”

“First of all I ask myself the question does the proposed use have a potential benefit to the public I'd say yeah it probably does uh but then I have to ask myself the question is there a potential adverse impact on the immediate neighborhood and if so does that potential adverse outweigh the potential benefit to the broader public there's only one way I can answer that question I say yes the potential adverse impact on the nearby neighborhood to me is more significant than the overall benefit to the public”