City Council Priority-Setting Work Session (2026-02-14)
Discussion Breakdown
Summary
City Council Priority-Setting Work Session (2026-02-14)
The council held a Brown Act–noticed work session focused on listening to council and community priorities for the Fiscal Year 2026–2027 budget. Staff explained that this session was intended to gather input and establish priorities, with additional comments to be received after March 10 and included in the information considered.
Public Comments & Testimony
- David (public speaker): Spoke in opposition to the city’s participation in the Flock Safety camera/AI surveillance program that the city is paying for. He stated concerns about the program’s real-world operation and oversight, including that the company analyzes vehicle characteristics (e.g., car density, color, occupancy, and tail lights). He also alleged the company has engaged in improper/illegal acts and stated that data was shared with ICE and Border Patrol, and referenced a related working group involving Oregon police.
Discussion Items
- FY 2026–2027 budget priorities process: The meeting was described as a listening and analysis session to compile information and set city priorities for the upcoming fiscal period, with a noted written-comment window extending beyond the meeting (comments received after March 10 to be included).
Key Outcomes
- No votes, formal decisions, or directives were captured in the provided transcript excerpt.
Meeting Transcript
This session is an opportunity to compare what they are doing, what is important for us in this moment, and what we think the city will be working and priority in the presentation fiscal 2026 2027. We'll present our consequence for those who don't know. This is part of our legal and part of the Brown Act. They're session simply to escuch. This is a session of work in which the Consejo analysis is all the information recopiled and establishing priorities for the fiscal.gov, or then for correctly electronics in communications.gov. The comments are received after the 10th March, and they will include in the information. At continuation, I want to present us to our conseco municipality. The señor Paul Nagengast, member of the conseco. The objective principle of this is escuching what is what we want to us and the community. Hi there, my name is David of Globe. It's good to see all of you again. It's been a long time. You can't hear me. How about now? Sorry, I'm getting over a cold, which you can probably hear. This isn't so much of a capital or future program, but a couple years ago. Um, I spoke or wrote about it at the time in opposition. I understand why it was compelling. Oh my gosh, Jessica. No, Jessica was the City Corp. Jennifer. Alden. Jennifer Alden. And if I recall correctly, the sheriff came as well to tell us all how safe and secure it was going to be. I'd like to go over the reality of what the company who runs the program that we are paying for so that you can be aware of the circumstances and also so that you can take action going forward. But what they are actually looking at using AI is dense in the car, the color of the car, how many people are in the car, but the tail lights. So if you're gonna do that, let me go get my steno pad so I can take some notes. Okay, it won't be that long, we can keep going when we were doing it. Right. That's fine. So Dr. Penrose, if you were to go from your lovely home, drive down Kelly. But the simple facts are Flock Safety is owned by Eric Thiel. Peter, who is the principal for Palantir? Palantir. Frankly, illegal acts with their cameras. I'm only gonna list a couple of them here. Flock I have tantas movidas illicitas con sus cameras, y solamente les voy a dar un pedacito, Flock has shared this data that you were told would be safe with uh ICE. And the border patrol. In Oregon, they created a working group between Oregon police. And that's basically it. How do we give us a h do we give us a h do we give us a h do we give us a hug No, no, no, no. We don't have that.