Chris Mattis, a resident of Tuner Cricket Lane, thanked the Cortland City Council and city staff during public comment on agenda item 10, saying the community raised "over $3,600" after a recent incident he described as "my toy dropped." He singled out council members, the farm department and city workers for their support.

Mike McKinney, of 352 Old Oak, then asked, "Mister McClain, why did you vote no?" and argued the council should have acted earlier. McKinney said there was a roughly "5 a 15 day window" and asked why the matter could not have been brought forward sooner to avoid winter weather complications.

Mattis responded that moving the action earlier would have required the city to pay overtime to the Board of Elections because the early-voting period overlaps Christmas and New Year's holidays and scheduled days off for election staff, forcing employees to cancel vacations or be paid overtime. "The city would have been responsible paying overtime to the Board of Elections because Christmas and New Year's fall in there," he said.

No additional formal action or vote outcome on the underlying agenda item is recorded in the provided transcript segment. The remarks at the microphone were limited to public comments and a direct question about a council member's vote; the transcript does not record a response from the person identified as Mr. McClain.