Ambar Marquis

Attendance

Recorded present at 71 and absent at 4 of 75 meetings with attendance shown, 2016-01-04 to 2026-11-05.

• Meetings present: 71
• Meetings absent: 4

Roll-call votes

Confirmed roll calls

Of 706 confirmed roll calls at meetings where this person is listed in the attendance, or where a vote is recorded for them: a vote is recorded for this person in 702; 4 were held at meetings where this person is recorded absent; 0 have no vote recorded for this person while recorded present. The bar shows confirmed roll calls only.

• Yes: 597
• No: 105
• Abstain: 0
• Other: 0
• Roll calls while recorded absent: 4
• No vote recorded: 0

Not confirmed roll calls*

Of 275 not confirmed roll calls at meetings where this person is listed in the attendance, or where a vote is recorded for them: a vote is recorded for this person in 256; 1 was held at meetings where this person is recorded absent; 18 have no vote recorded for this person while recorded present.

* They did not pass the automatic checks, so no vote from them is shown here. Each row in the history links to its page of the minutes. Confirmed and not confirmed roll calls are never added together.

Totals

• Recorded absent at 4 of 75 meetings with an extracted attendance section, 2016-01-04 to 2026-11-05.
• Roll call votes, 2016-01-04 to 2026-11-05: 597 Yes, 105 No, 0 Abstain, 0 Other confirmed; 256 votes in not confirmed* roll calls, see each page.
• 430 votes in this period have a name that could not be matched to an official and are not counted for any member.
• 204 meetings in this period have no extracted attendance section and are not counted.
• 4 meetings in this period have an attendance section that is under review and are not counted.

* Not confirmed: the automatic checks could not confirm it against the minutes. Each such row below says which check did not pass and links to the page. Confirmed and not confirmed votes are never added together.

Called on in meetings (transcript)

Where the automatic transcript of a meeting's video shows the chair calling on this person by title and surname, with the surname matched to that meeting's attendance list in the minutes (never to the voice). Each entry links to that moment in the city's video and quotes about 20 seconds of transcript text after the call-on, word for word. The transcript is made by speech-recognition software and may contain errors; the video is the record.

• 2026-01-08, regular session: 1:23:58 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Just to add a quick note, I know that there's a lot of frustration right now with the housing authority, but I think that's a little bit misplaced to put it on the contractor. You know, it's not their job to come before the council and tell us what the plan is. It's the housing authority. They went out and did all this

• 2026-02-05, regular session: 0:22:12 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Thank you, Mayor. And thank you for coming up tonight. Going first is always difficult because you just come in blind. I actually have four questions tonight and one potential follow-up. So to start, how do you make decisions when there is no perfect option? Just trade. Trade-offs. That is a phenomenal question. I think that the constituents of Ward 2, there, what they feel is best

• 2026-02-05, regular session: 0:48:52 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Thank you. I have the same questions as the previous candidates. So how do you feel about that? How do you make decisions when there are no perfect options, only tradeoffs? I ask for advice. I've got personal connections with the heads of the political science department as well as the military science department. They've given me the best advice I've ever had

• 2026-02-05, regular session: 1:14:54 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “councilman marquis you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  thank you mayor and thank you mr st louis i same four questions how do you make decisions when there is no perfect option only trade-offs i go down the list by what is best first, and then based on, you know, different people who I talk to

• 2026-02-05, regular session: 1:37:59 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “councilman Marquis you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Thank You mayor and thank you mr. Wright for being here tonight same for questions how do you make decisions when there is no perfect option only trade-offs I'm actually going to tend to look at the worst option but if I'm the one with the most downside to it and work my way up because if I could figure out what the worst option is that means

• 2026-02-05, regular session: 1:57:44 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Ms. Sheppard. Same questions. Nothing's changed. How do you make decisions when there is no perfect option, only tradeoffs? With everything. Weigh the pros and cons and make decisions that are hard. You have to decide. Okay. And then when you hear a new policy idea

• 2026-02-05, regular session: 2:19:40 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, AC. Same questions. How do you make decisions when there is no perfect option, only trade-offs? There's four things that I use. First one is always the consistent. My apologies, I do have a sort of a stutter

• 2026-02-05, regular session: 2:49:33 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Thank you, Mayor. Also, same questions as I've been asking before. How do you make decisions when there is no perfect option, only trade-offs? Really counting on our experts to give us the right information. And also relying on the team. Being part of Ward 2 and being a part of the council

• 2026-03-05, regular session: 1:03:40 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Thank you, Mayor. So, I guess let's go the opposite way because we spoke about the homes being either less or quality. What about if they're more expensive? Being an attorney, I'm sure you've seen changes in like socioeconomic with regards to neighborhoods. What does expensive communities do next to older communities

• 2026-03-05, regular session: 2:11:03 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Just real quick, I did speak with this developer, and he wants, it was a reminder that he's only building one house. The R2D does not allow for one single family, and the topography makes it that he can't build a duplex, so he just wants one house. That's all. Thank you. Any more comment or question regarding this ordinance

• 2026-03-05, regular session: 2:12:09 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Thank you, Mayor. I know some of this has already been said, but I did pull up the chart from our housing assessment that we have for the 2024 to 2029 timeframe. We have a gap of 1073 units between the price range of $601,000 that are rentals

• 2026-04-02, regular session: 0:53:32 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  Thank you, Mayor. And thank you for being here to answer our questions. You briefly actually touched upon it earlier where you did mention that you expect groundbreaking late summer. Do you have a more long-term timeline of what you expect or on average since you've done other hospitals? How long from groundbreaking until you open doors generally

• 2026-05-07, regular session: 1:47:20 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “councilman Marquis you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  thank you um under our three why change to our six like what can you develop in comparison I could put two separate properties as opposed to one okay I can't put a duplex because the current zoning needs ten thousand square foot and I only have six thousand square

• 2026-06-04, regular session: 1:51:24 in the video (opens in a new tab) (line in the transcript)

  Matched words: “Councilman Marquis, you're recognized”

  Transcript text after the chair called on Ambar Marquis:

  I think. Yes. I just have a quick question. Since my amendment was postponed until July, let's say this gets postponed indefinitely at the July regular session. What's going to happen with my amendment if there is no main ordinance to. Well, it's an orphan

History

Votes, attendance, and motions and seconds the minutes attribute to this person, one page per year.

• 2026 (160 rows)
• 2025 (192 rows)
• 2024 (176 rows)
• 2023 (177 rows)
• 2022 (285 rows)
• 2021 (43 rows)