Remarks by Alison Dennington
473 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 19
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“Okay, so original item C is A. Original A and B become E and F. So we are on 13C. Page 51.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“um so is this essentially it says approval of a contract for services but we don't have a contract in front of them so we can't approve a contract we don't have in front of us but is this something that you're wanting to basically say like that you because she hasn't had a contract before but you want to be able to go and have one and pay like the others and then perhaps come back next month with the actual contract that we would approve but like to yeah yeah yes so um because i would be i i i can't i'm i i can't get on board approving a contract what i have in front of us but i do um we have…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“When this comes back to us, could we also see if there are existing contracts for anyone else? Could we kind of get, because I've never seen any of these contracts since I've been here, but I would like to see like whatever the proposed contract is and then here's the other existing contracts so we can kind of compare them. And one of my things was I just would like to have in the contract for all of them that they,”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“does have those provisions in there okay good so i don't know that this is something that we need to vote on now i think it would just maybe come back although if you wanted you could ask like to know like get an idea are you going to be able to get the votes for it three i think you probably will but is that what you know”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“So we have a motion from Commissioner Corey, seconded by Commissioner Butler, to direct the town attorney and the manager to go ahead and get together a draft contract for the Flow and Be Strong course and bring that back to us next month for our review and approval, I suppose. Yes? Okay, is there any public comment?”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, see another comment. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed? Okay, that carries 5-0. So you'll come back to us with that card. And I would ask if it's, because it would be, if you could bring whatever contracts that are existing for the others, because that way we could look at them all.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. um and uh just i one thing i would want to know if you could get finance in between now and then to just reach out to our um or even have the town attorney our insurance to make sure if there's any issues about coverage if someone was injured in one of the courses um because that would be a question i'd have but like how that would be handled and whether you know whether the insurance requires that they carry something or at least provide you know something okay uh all right so we'll move on then to uh 13 original item d which is now 13 b uh public works director mr davis…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Just go to 5th Ave. Go to 5th Ave, exactly. I used to go there all the time, then I stopped walking the dog because then it would be like a three-hour walk. People would stop, you know, like, let me ask you about this, let me ask you about this.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“but plus tally just pulls me over yeah all right okay uh if anyone needs to take a break let me know but others will just blaze through all right we should do a proclamation for her You know, maybe when he gets it done, we could do a proclamation with it. Yeah, like dedicate it. Yeah. Great idea.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Love it. Would you, is that something that you could bring up with Tom and the family and see if they want to do like a little proclamation where we can dedicate the, because when he gets it done and have a little proclamation for that day? Yeah, I mean, we could just have a little, we could have a little proclamation where it's like her day that day because, you know, when it's done and it's going to get hung.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“So it'd be fun. Because then, you know, I mean, then they can get a little copy of the proclamation with it. So, yeah. You can get the whole, all of us will sponsor it. yeah yeah love it um cool okay uh if everyone's right are you ready mr jones yeah yeah okay all right we never adjourned or anything so yeah so we're good okay so we're gonna keep going through uh we're on um 13 um 13 c which was original item 13 e okay”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, what, I can't see the actual amount, but I can kind of add it up, but then I can't, it looks, yeah. I thought it was 10. Okay. Combined, okay, 10. Oh, that, I was just looking down here, that, okay.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, we have a motion and a second to approve a $10,000 expense reimbursement for the move for the manager. is that how i would mr knight because it is an expense reimbursement right yeah because it's not compensation it's expense and it's not considered part of compensation either because i know when it comes to like it's not compensation it's reimbursement it's a reimbursement it's already incurred got it okay um and it's okay good and it's not any kind of okay uh we have a motion and a second now uh i remember i mean i'm gonna vote for this because i at the time i was like these are…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I know. I mean, that's what, that's, yeah. Yes, I would.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Do you second the friendly amendment? I second the friendly amendment. Okay, so we have a friendly amendment. So it is to approve the reimbursement of expenses at the rate of $10,000 with the receipts, and that if the manager were to leave any time within 12 months from the date of hire, her original date of hire, then it would, 50% of this would be repaid. Is there any public comment?”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you, that was very nice. Thank you. And I think well said and correct. Thank you. And you really have worked. That's why I wrote it. I mean, you have worked hard. Yes. This has not been easy. Yeah.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“okay that's but i'm not i mean i'm not entertaining that i would have get i i would have i wanted to get i i thought we should give it at the time so i'm not amending my motion yeah but thank you but thank you for your contribution i mean i i think we should be giving her a raise anyway so is it my turn yeah yeah go ahead um i i agree with everything that anna said um”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I think it was a good idea. I'm glad we did that, you know?”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“do think it's a valid point deposits if it if it technically is a deposit under florida law you're required to get it back they're supposed to hold it but um but you did say you had other expenses so it may it may be that you don't necessarily include that one but if you have other expenses i do believe the way that it is worded even though is it is a reimbursement so i do believe you would have to provide expenses what you might want to do is just provide all the expenses that you have that you would claim and even if it exceeds the ten thousand dollars you're only going to get the ten…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, I think that's great. And the picture is basically like a sort of little mock-up of what it would look like. It is a mock-up. It's not exactly. I was like, I don't remember seeing that.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, yeah. No, but it's great. I mean, that's how. It's cool what they can do. Yeah. I think it's a great idea, I said. Okay. Would somebody like to make a motion? I have a question. Mm-hmm.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, I think it'll be beautiful. I love it.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“military branches uh up and around uh that little semi-circle uh maybe doing something else with that to make it uh very dignified yeah do you know how far back it will be from i mean because i think this is that it's a great like people walk by people will see it a lot more um i um i've seen it like in tallahassee and in dc and stuff they've got different little areas that are like little veteran garden but a lot of times they'll have even just like a bench or two there yeah but um i would love to if we if there was a way to have even just a small bench sometimes but yeah um yeah we could do…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026