Remarks by Anders Urbom
97 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
- Play at 1:25:27
“You know, I had a resident who was upset with me because I had not met with Adam Newman's people about his project. And I've met with him three times. I've met with him three times. And from the very first meeting I had with Lauren, she was touting the pros of the project and who's behind it and the expertise. And it all sounded great. And one of those pros was... that they are exceptionally cozy with the county and we can make things happen immediately whatever we need to get done with the county we can do it because we know everybody and that was very clear as a massive pro of why we should…”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:27:52
“The concern is that the county does not have our best interest as they do this project.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:28:15
“Why does everything have to be a riddle? So you're talking about 85th and 86th Street. You're talking about the properties closest to the canal are the ones that are gonna get started. So we do know where they're starting this project?”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:28:34
“I'm concerned about the county's diligence in repaving after a project, first of all. One of my biggest concerns, honestly, is that we do not have We do not have any control over the quality of the work that they do or otherwise. And so anybody here from the west side? Anybody here from the west side? All right, start placing bets on how long it takes for septic or sewer to get to the west side.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:29:46
“That's my question. Well, you said very clearly they're gonna send you the plans next week or whenever it is, and so my question is who else will they send the plans to?”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:30:14
“We paid the lobbyists $60,000 a year. There were two years in a row that got us environmental projects to the tune of water and all of the things we're talking about, and those were consistently line item vetoed by the governor. And the reason we decided to drop the lobbyists, this fiscal year that's up September 30, is the first year we have not had lobbyists. And it's because it was deemed that in the current political environment in Tallahassee, we were facing an inevitability of, once again, perhaps having our lobbyists do good work for us, which they had accomplished a few years in a…”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:32:59
“I just want to say again, I've noticed a pattern of good and welfare. So we're an hour and a half into good and welfare, and most of what has been discussed in good and welfare are things that otherwise typically would have been addressed at committee meetings along the way. And so here we are having five committee meetings in good and welfare ahead of a general council meeting. And so... We used to have no one come to these meetings. These meetings are four hours long and I'm afraid we're headed back to a realm again where people just get exhausted and tired of coming to the meetings because…”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:53:32
“And which fund would this $32,000 come out of? Which line item are we talking? Which division?”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:58:31
“Just through what year is CAPGOV contracted?”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:07:13
“The reason we're having such a to-do over this particular item is because it is the result of previous work done that resulted in a negative outcome, right? So it had to do with a... a section across the street that was dug up to lay a pipe or power, I guess, you know, for the generator. Right. And then and then the replacement of the street service basically over that little small trench rate was its own thing. Well, it affected the shoulder over there, and there was not diligence paid to the leveling or the little micro-geography there of the shoulder, and so that resulted in an ongoing…”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:10:15
“All right, I'll reword the motion. So I move to instruct the manager to redouble the effort of diligence ahead of the September general council meeting to have this item fully vetted and prepared to be able to be reported on and presented to the council for decision.”
Village Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 27:23
“Okay, so I have no doubt that the mayor is going to address the questions regarding the contract and some of the budget issues as well. So before he goes into all that, I just want to say that in regards to the former Raider Church site being a park, I agree, however, the village had its opportunity almost 10 years ago to acquire that property. uh i mean i i i'm concerned a little bit with uh talking uh so comfortably about acquiring somebody else's property um i'm a little cautious in that even though obviously it's exactly what it should be as a park even a community center for the village…”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 39:41
“So just real quick on the lights. The village should be petitioning the county to have blue lights there. That's it.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 44:22
“Yeah, I just wanted to ask a follow-up on where are we at? with the current audit, and then additionally, we do need to address why there was not a budget review in October or early into this year.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 48:01
“Go ahead. While he's coming up, just correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the end of a process that lasted three years or more.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 55:06
“Just very quickly, based on the input from the attorney, it sounds to me like as we plan for a three-year, as questions start to come to me, like can we do a five-year, seven-year, is this right? Right. So I believe we've had these discussions before, but... out of the input you've just given us, I feel like we would be perhaps ready as a council to have an executive session regarding this matter so that the manager, the mayor, the council would be able to, you know, an executive meeting session would essentially become public record at some point. The full meeting will become public.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 57:31
“I'll just leave it as my desire for a more lengthy agreement is to provide an environment of stability for our folks who face the highest level of hazard within the jobs that they perform for the village. So that stability is incredibly helpful to have the outcomes that we would hope for.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 58:47
“Just a point of order. Would it be more appropriate to read it aloud during the council discussion on the item?”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 1:02:35
“Well, I mean, I'm prepared to move to approve this item.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 1:11:18
“Thank you very much. Just a quick reminder, Florida is 50th in the U.S. for teacher pay, 50th.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 1:18:49
“Just to reiterate that, that, try and be succinct here okay so to uh mr steer's point of the uh low number of arrests um i would hope that going forward all law enforcement would start to look more towards like white collar crimes and things like that uh um so i would hope that we would have a police department to be able to be of assistance uh for kind of um uh more of those crimes, especially as the growth of Miami is going to be bringing in more scammers and things like this. I fundamentally believe that if you don't want an officer having an envelope of money, his pocket then you…”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 1:34:56
“So it's not that I'm against speed bumps, it's that I have low confidence in competent execution of speed bumps. What I mean by that is, I want to understand what thought was put into the harmonics of the road that the speed bump's going to be put on matched with the shape and material of the speed bump. So on Park Drive here, for example, you can clear that speed bump down there that's five mile an hour is listed, which you will regret if you're at 10 or 15. but as I've said before at multiple meetings 40 to 45 miles an hour on that long straight there is actually just about as easy on your…”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 1:39:44
“Yes, they're effective, but those are actually... They're almost too effective, meaning that it's like you're punishing the locals sometimes with speed bumps like that. There is a factor of do you punish everybody to address a small percentage of violators, essentially. And so I'm not a fan of punitive speed bumps.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 1:40:19
“Park drive works, but there are people who have learned that it's better for their car at 45 miles an hour. And then the expectation around that speed bump is five. So when you have an offset expectation of speed versus reality, this is how you get a pedestrian hit, which would be worst case scenario, and then everything below that. So I believe that that's what I'm speaking to. So, yeah.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 1:41:57
“Right, so you'd want to have a prescribed plan already of what types of bumps where you'd want to have.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026