Remarks by Alison Dennington
473 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 19
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“Yeah, the commission has literally never approved someone for BOA and P&C where they didn't come.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you. And there's a lot of town members that are like, y'all shouldn't be approving people on the like just routine because those are super important. So and not not that there's any like, OK, so let's make sure that's I'm just who will contact him to let him know that he needs to be present.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I was going to vote against it just because I'm like, I don't feel like it. Let's not vote against it. Let's table it. I withdraw my motion. Move on. I hate being the bad guy. All right. So that one is tabled, and you'll reach out to him and let him know?”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Great. Okay. uh and what will you find out because when it's an alternate it's three years for an alternate yeah but are they finishing out a term or is it a term that's like because sometimes someone's they you know i don't know you know with some positions yeah just as a term of office uh shall be three years for each alternate yeah again it'll be three yeah years okay okay all right then next we move to finance budget report page 65 right because because we've gotten everything done that one uh mr manhart will be tabled to the next meeting um finance budget page 65 any questions”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, motion and a second. We do not take public comment on that. Did anyone have any questions, though, on the finance?”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Did you know you're a different manager from before, don't they? Oh.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“you happen to remember because it was only about a week ago what what like the nature of what the they had requested or if you got could you read it to us what they requested i just have this thing that says meeting notes i have to look but it they wanted some sort of meeting notes um i i can get back to you on that i put in that those i put in two public records requests for the fema stuff okay through the portal okay so i did one you know”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. I thought that was that somewhat contentious vote that came up about where it would come from.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I think so. Any other questions? Any other questions? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. That carries 4-1. All right, where are we next? I might have to leave because I am getting a migraine.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah. Very good. Great start. I just want I have said it before, but on page 159 and 160, the town clerk, the these public records things, there's a couple on there that say pending response from commissioner. And this has been they're not pending a response from me on that. The response was given literally last year. And it's so I would like for that to be changed. You're not it's never been pending a response from me. okay i'll look into those i mean it was there was it was in the ball was in the town manager manager's court and she didn't do anything so and that some of it with the…”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“There was. Motion and second. Did you need anything else? Motion and second to adjourn. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Aye.”
Town Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay. We will stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance. We will have a moment of silence and then I will read the civility pledge and then we will get down to business. I will read the civility pledge. The town commission and the staff of the town of Melbourne 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…”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay. It is a little strange, though, because normally public comment, it's when we're going to vote, but budget, we don't. So it's a weird gap in our rule. But if there's no objection from the commission, then that's what we will do. And we'll be able to have public comment as well live.”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“So see no objection that we will do that.”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I will read them, though. I think that's what the. Go ahead.”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Any other public comment? seeing none we will close public comment and i will turn it over to the town manager to present the budget item um really housekeeping though we did get um so there's the document that's online that's the packet and then we got last night um an additional yeah so i think it's a revised budget message so um there is and it may be referenced uh a revised budget message that is 16 pages and that will be as as we have done since i've we will supplement um online when the clerk is able to hopefully shortly that's correct there is also i provided a little memo it's just um…”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“and whether under our existing policies and procedures, there's some provisions in chapter six and chapter nine that talk about extra compensation, and there is a state statute, I guess, where there's some issues. I believe that we have to have a written policy on this under the statute, and that under our current handbook, policies and procedures, the sort of scenario of what is happening may not be allowed, but that, Policy and procedure can be amended. It's not even a resolution. I mean, but although we could amend it by resolution, but Because the way that those are currently worded they…”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“but is that phase one? Because I remember understanding from the original, because this had started right before I was even mayor, but then, and talking to the former clerk, that what they originally had was, it was basically three phases of scanning that were contemplated. Phase one was like sort of all the old minutes, you know, packets, these old, you know, sort of records, because, you know, it goes back to whenever, but minutes, so even minutes in the 70s or 80s or whatever. There was phase one. Phase two was the things that you're talking about, building department records, like all of…”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“But they are related. MCCI, they're all like, they're subsidiaries of each other.”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay, so the clerk is still handling parts of this. Yes, the clerk is still. Okay, that was not clear.”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, I'm glad you got that opened up. Yeah. Yeah. So it could have been. Yeah.”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Ah, okay. So that does make a bit more sense then.”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“increase of duties and salary it's sort of a specific project based um and then whenever that is done like it would go back to some normal you know what we don't want to do is never define it and have it be indefinite because it's quite a bump up um and under under i think under the law you can do something like this but you have to have a written scope and definition and it cannot exceed six months And then you can have it go a second six months, like basically on the manager approval, but you do have to have some written, and it would require some modification of our existing policies and…”
Town Commission · Sep 9, 2026