Remarks by Alison Fournier
93 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 4
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“I would also argue the shade meeting is probably less important than this now. If that had to get moved a day or two or something, that... That's true. We should replace the shade meeting with this and reschedule the shade meeting.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“I was saying we should just replace the shade meeting. 430 on September 22nd. I guess I'll revise or modify the motion to recess and reconvene.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm withdrawing my motion. Clearly it's not meant to be.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so I'm going to make a motion to recess this meeting and reconvene at 4.45 on Tuesday the 22nd.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“I can't do earlier. I can do earlier or I can do 4.45. Okay.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Are we going to continue using the golf course for sediment piles from utilities?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. We can still expect that in the short term until we transition away from that plan?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. And my other question is on the late-breaking BSO treatment. We've not heard about this. I know that this money has been sitting and we've been waiting until the end of the fiscal year to see if deputies were going to get their raise. What is exactly the proposed COLA? And do you have any idea how many million that will be relative to what we put as budgeted in fiscal year 2026?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I guess that's kind of what I was thinking about. So is this a one-time COLA?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“But I mean, it's not an annual additional 4% every year.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Right. So that's what I was getting at. As we think about our contract going forward and what we have in the budget, we're comfortable with this year still. And with the salary. Okay. Okay. And then I guess I have one kind of... theoretical question. So from your perspective, when we pass the budget, not the military necessarily, but the budget, so I believe that will be item two. We always hear from city management that you passed the budget, everything was approved in the budget, so it's done, right? If you ask a question later, well, you already approved it in the budget. And that's always…”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. I want to comment on what was said as it relates to the budget and going through this because... We bring this up all the time, that it is a very dense document with a lot of details and not much of an explanation. And we did go through some level of detail in our July session. I mean, I had gone through it line by line and kind of dragged us through that for a few hours. But to someone who just opens it and tries to understand the budget, nearly impossible so uh and maybe that's just the nature of how this is created and and how it has to be reported but um with respect to some of…”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“So the CRA plan that we will be dealing with tomorrow will show a proposed bond in it. That's not approving the bond. It's approving a plan that has a bond in it. I'm certain that the city CRA is waiting until November, December to actually put the bond on the agenda in the hopes that it passes. But that's what you're getting at. It's in the plan. It's troubling to some of us. I know what we're passing today, but I have issues with the CRA budget or plan still. And I'm going to circle back to the consultants because we've talked about this so much over the last year or more. And it's not just…”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I think even if Amendment 1 or 3 doesn't pass, it is time for us to have forced competitive bidding and get rid of the favoritism in the contracts and to have this commission actually have a say in them.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“But I want my colleagues who just sit here and talk about compromise or talk about frustration with a smile on their face to actually spend some time over the next week thinking about it and thinking about how we're going to continue operating as a commission and as a city. And I will make that motion next week. And I would like, like I said, everyone to think about that, because we do have another budget hearing that we have to get through. So I'm going to pass our budget, or I'm going to vote to pass it today, but I want people to realize that we have one more hearing of this, and this is a…”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“So technically there is one more additional FTE?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, I remember we talked about you needing this person to go from part-time to full-time at our budget workshop. So is it the same person?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026