Remarks by Anders Urbom
97 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“ARE WE ABLE ESSENTIALLY TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT AND INSTRUCT THE MANAGER TO KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS TITLE?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“I can help you out. The percentage is 5.37% more than the rollback rate.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you. Could I just add something for clarification real quick? So when I first came on the council and went through my first budget hearings, the concept of the rollback rate was completely alien to me. I had not been a homeowner before I moved into this neighborhood and so I didn't know what rollback rate meant at all. I thought it was the rate that it used to be. That is not at all what it is. Rollback rate means if we want to have the same dollar value for our revenue generated from taxes from last year to this year between new assessment values to have the exact same dollar value…”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“So I'm in my eighth year on the council. When I first came on, the rate was 8.3. It's always been 8.3 until last year when we lowered it to 8.2. So keeping it at 8.2 would result in an increase in our budget because we have an increase in property value. If we want to maintain the exact same identical dollar amount that our budget was last year, then we would roll the rate back to the 7.7818 that is there. The rollback rate achieves the previous dollar amount.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yeah, so taking a typical inflationary rate of 3%, that would put us at, let's see, 8.78. So 8.78 would be the, in my opinion, would be the bare minimum millage rate to accept to cover historical inflation at 3%. So in light of Amendment 3 being a potential reality I would think that if we survive it by the skin of our teeth and it does not pass, that we would be glad to have almost any budget we were left with in the face of having potentially lost the entirety of the budget. So to give our CFO the very best possible chance to present to us the most accurate budget for the following year, in…”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Well, the millage rate for the last fiscal year was 8.2.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“But there is a motion on the table, is that right?”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“My motion was just basically keep the budget the same as last year financially.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“I move to go forward with as is with a mind to lower it in the budget hearings. I motion to go forward as is.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“So here's the risk, as clearly outlined by the CFO and the mayor, of moving forward tonight with reducing it to 7.8. We cannot get above that headed into budget season. So if we get into budget season, and the CFO's telling us what the cost of the police department collective bargaining agreement is, and it goes beyond what we can cover off of the rollback rate, then we will be locked into a deficit for next year.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“I'll move to move this item forward with a millage rate of 8.1.”
Village Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“So I can cover this in about 90 seconds. I'll cover this in about 90 seconds. All right. I said it at a meeting several months ago. As of 2023, 52% of adults inside the United States are what's called functionally illiterate. Now, if you think what I just said was 52% of adults don't know how to read, that's not what I just said. And you might be part of the functionally illiterate. This is a public service announcement. What is happening? This isn't funny, like not even by a long stretch. Okay, so those of you who read financial news know that a K-shaped economy is forming, and you might…”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“That is an insane way to start this conversation. We're gonna find every loophole necessary and we're gonna funnel money through other departments because we're not allowed to have it for other departments. That is an insane way to start this conversation. That is crazy.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“We haven't heard from our CFOs since October of last year. I mean, no, El Portal has not looked at what the ramifications of this amendment are, not at all.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“During our government recess where we're not gonna have any meetings at all, public facing?”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I have a lot of questions. Are you saying that the septic to sewer project for Villageville-Portale has been fully turned over to the county of Miami-Dade?”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Not just county roads. but they're going to oversee the entirety of the village of El Portal going septic to sewer.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“When is groundbreaking going to start, and where is it going to start?”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“That's a very direct question. Where is groundbreaking going to start and when is it going to start? And if it's going to start within 30 days, how do we not know that yet? I have so many questions. I got a thousand questions.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Is this phase gonna magically begin right in front of Adam Neumann's property? No. I'm dying to find out.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“if you read it we need committee meetings if we had quarterly admin and finance committee meetings we would not be having residents in the dark about the budget if we had quarterly public works meetings we don't have to have committee meetings every month but quarterly public works committee meetings every month this would not be a surprise to anybody we are in dire need of a real committee schedule so that the endless stream of surprises both to the public and the council would be able to be mitigated if not stopped because we are in a constant state of surprise and it is beyond exhausting,…”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“so right but even the fact that this is uh a plan that might be coming to fruition is a surprise in itself i mean the and as the residents should be uh awaiting word at this meeting because they're already anticipating word because we had a quarterly committee meeting where this information was essentially disclosed and addressed and so it's just uh The way that major, major activities like this are presented is frustrating, concerning, and I mean, Source is my favorite book. I'll just keep going with adjectives.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Can I chime in? To one resident's point, during Good and Welfare, which I believe we're still in, is that we're 10 years into this discussion. So, I mean, everybody yell at me and tell me I'm a fool for being surprised by this, but I have a feeling everyone's surprised by this.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026