Remarks by Alison Dennington
473 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 19
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“I do have a question really quick. Do you have a minimum, like a salary range for this written on it? If not, I would just say... The salary range? Yeah, I would just say if somebody would consider a friendly amendment to put a salary range in there and then have whatever you guys have in the budget for that be within that range, because then we'll cross all the T's and it'll be, because I think you, we also have, you have to have salary range with these positions. We can do that. But we could do an amendment. So. Okay. Commissioner Corey, would you like to perhaps with the benefit of the…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 26:59
“I second the amended motion. Okay, could we get a number then for that?”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“No, because if once we pass the budget, if we if we pass the it's in the budget, it's in the budget.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“If we pass the budget without a written description, we're technically in violation. So this if we pass this first and we just pass it with the with the salary range, then we're we're better off. We've already got it. Yeah. Yeah. It's in the budget.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“So there's a, okay, so we have a motion to approve the newly created written description, three pages, thank you, for the executive assistant office manager position with a salary range of 45 to 55,000. We have a motion and a second. Is there any public comment? Seeing none, any discussion, any questions? Nope, okay, all in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. I'll oppose nay and I'm just just because I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I thank you for Thank you for doing this though. I appreciate it because it Helps us. Okay, so now we can move to the budget Madam mayor, yep, I make a motion…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Next. Walk-on item. Got to get it in the records.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Next. Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. Okay, that carries for one. Roll call vote, please.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“We will adjourn after I get a motion and then we will start our next meeting.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Second. Motion. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? OK, that's 5-0. We are adjourned. We will come back in just a minute and do our regular meeting.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“We'll have a moment of silence. All right, I will read the civility pledge. The commission and the staff of the town of Elver Beach pledge to conduct all public discourse in a civil manner. The mayor and all members of the commission will treat one another with courtesy and respect and ask the public to do the same towards the commission, each other and towards staff. We will be respectful of one another even when we disagree. We will direct all comments toward the issues and avoid personal attacks. Okay, are there any meeting agenda additions, deletions, changes? Yes. There are two walk-ons.…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, so will that be during your report? Yes. no it's an agenda item oh it's okay oh and you just didn't have it in there yeah okay sorry i actually read that last week so um okay so the and these will both be added uh to the website um quickly yeah okay uh because we're not this ordinance it this is just for us to discuss and see the draft this is not actually like a first reading or anything correct so it can be a first reading the first reading does not have to be advertised oh it doesn't oh okay okay uh okay so this may or may not be but all right uh um and i don't see any other walk-ons…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, you would have to actually, you, You would have to amend the charter to...”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“But I do think that what you could do is if you want to make that a permanent rule about somebody being able to come back up to the podium, what you would do is propose that as an amendment of the resolution. But per meeting, you could make a motion for that meeting. I forget exactly what it's called, but essentially for that meeting, you're making a motion.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. So... can we get through the um can we get through the actual like until we get to public comment and before we start public comment would you would you be willing to make the motion then at that point because that's when that would well we don't have any proclamations so and we don't have any presentations well first we have to actually have a a vote on changing the um let's take these one at a time so i i agree with you are moving them around”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“So first, we have a motion to change the new business item 13 as discussed. And I don't have a problem with that. Is there a second?”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“It does require a vote to change the agenda. I apologize. I second. Because the agenda, it comes to us from the clerk, but when we go to change it, it requires a vote. Okay. I second. And after that, we will vote on the agenda as altered, because we have to have a vote on the agenda itself. uh okay so there's a motion in a second um to alter the agenda as stated by commissioner corey which is to move 13 a and b down to e and f and to move and to make 13 c d e and f to new a b c and d all in favor say aye aye aye all opposed okay that carries 5-0 uh are there any other and we had the two…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, I have a motion from Commissioner Corey to approve the agenda as amended. Second? Second. Second from Commissioner Butler. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? That carries 5-0. Okay, now we will get to, and we don't have any presentations. Correct. Okay. Uh, we do have, um, we do have proclamations to our announcements. Um, is there anything new on.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“upcoming events page and then we'll be adding those to the calendar so just stay tuned for that on the website uh thank you very much so that those are on page that is on page four but there there's uh there weren't anything there's not anything extra that's not on page four no no okay all right great uh okay so then now uh presentation by special guests we don't have any Now, Commissioner Quary, would be the time for you to make the public comment motion for this meeting.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“We need to take those separately because I believe that a unanimous vote to remove somebody is is not allowed because you have to have somebody that is that. I mean, like whether you like it or not, our charter says that the mayor is the commissioner is the chair of the meeting. And that's who the I mean, I don't think you can't make a motion to alter the charter.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 46:47
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Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, so we have a motion to, and is it to suspend all the rules or just to suspend that rule? Suspend that rule. Yeah, that's what I figured, but we have a motion from Commissioner Corey to suspend the public comment rule, which limits comments to one comment of three minutes, so that if anyone on the commission addresses the public member of the public then the member of the public can come back and speak a second time for two minutes did I characterize that correctly Commissioner Corey okay we have a motion second okay we have a motion in a second any discussion”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I think it should be across the board because otherwise you get into judgment calls. Well, yeah, speaker, content, person, and if you give it to one person but don't another, that's a First Amendment violation in a public forum.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026