Remarks by Anders Urbom
97 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 4
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“I'm almost ready to make a motion. If anybody wants to make a motion, they probably should hurry up. I want to open up to the very soon. Yeah, I want to open up to it.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Oh, you're saying... Can we clarify the record, though? Yeah. The original variance was approved for four-foot frontage.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“The original variance for the frontage fence. I'm not talking about the...”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“It was not just the height of that cross line. It is the entire cross line that was an error in that permit approval?”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“I think we did all see that as we were discussing. Just announce the dates into the microphone so it can be on the record. I know that we did all. I have a chance to look at that while you're making your initial statements, but in the microphone.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“So is there any correspondence from Bora stating that that the email was insufficient as a final agency action?”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. I AM OBVIOUSLY OPEN TO AMENDMENTS. I'M NOT A LAWYER. I WILL TRY TO USE AS EXACT LANGUAGE AS POSSIBLE. HERE WE GO. I MOVE TO TEMPORARILY INDEMNIFY THE RESIDENT FROM ACTION REGARDING HIS PROPERTY AS IS UNTIL JULY 28TH AT THE GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY OF THE VILLAGE OF VILLE PORTAL AT WHICH TIME THE MANAGER WOULD PRESENT A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL BASED ON COLLABORATION WITH THE ATTORNEY AND OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL TO INFORM THE COUNCIL WHETHER OR NOT A SOLUTION HAS BEEN ARRIVED AT THROUGH THE BORA PROCESS OR WHAT ACTION THE MANAGER IS RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“We have an item ahead of us. I'll move to extend the meeting 30 minutes.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Mayor, this is regarding this item. Mayor, I understand. Mayor, the proper motion”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“I would like to pay two cents for 45 seconds of your time.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“One, one of the committees we used to have was Public Works. If we bring back a committee structure that encompasses those actions, we'd be able to address this in a Public Works committee in an organized discussion. Two, Permapatch is a plastics product. I will not support any plastics products whatsoever for the rest of all of human history. F plastics and every form of it for life. In the special needs community, they say God doesn't give you more than you can handle, but guess who does? Dow Chemical Company, DuPont Chemical Company, ExxonMobil, Bayer, Monsanto. There are people who give…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“I don't take issue with Libertarian Party being on it. It's the word independent with a political party. It's oxymoron. Yeah.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Good evening on deserve on 460 Northeast 89th Street and I'm also on the council. I just want to remind the residents of El Portal that as we discuss things like a you know a what we're discussing tonight with the resolution as we discuss what we want to see happen with large parcels like little farm or the sanctuary. Um, as we discuss, uh, what we're going to do with the short-term rental, uh, ordinance that is yet to be, uh, ratified because of, uh, legal technicalities. Uh, there is a through line through all of these, which is how much home rule is El portal going to be allowed by…”
Village Council · May 26, 2026
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“But on that, do we have any information on SB 180 as far as any other municipalities that would be...”
Village Council · May 26, 2026
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“That is the one we should probably, that is the one we should be joining something to that effect on.”
Village Council · May 26, 2026
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“just one point on traffic studies so one thing that was surprising to me of the traffic studies that we've done over the years for different things for example trying to lower the speed limits was there's no recommendations in a traffic study it's just raw data so for example what we learned on 87th Street when we were making the effort to try and lower the speed limits was that we really did not have a speeding problem on 87th. It sounds insane because we all know there's a speeding problem. It was a speed limit problem. So it showed us very clearly that with the speed limits where they…”
Village Council · May 26, 2026
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“Even at that time, I mean, it's going to require a town hall at some point because the proposed tree ordinance is already at a it's pretty aggressive. So what is working its way towards being considered is really quite aggressive, honestly. And so there's going to need to be something on the level of a town hall as it does get close to finality because it is comprehensive. It is technical and it is detailed. And so it is going to need a fair amount of outreach and interaction with the community because if it were to go into place in its present state right now, it would be quite shocking. It…”
Village Council · May 26, 2026
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“Let's see if I can regain my train of thought here. I just wanted to say that I definitely think that the Village of Belle Portelle should join whatever effort there is among other municipalities regarding SB 180. This sounds like the first thing I think of is Lennar Home Builders, for example, if there's a cutout for prefab homes and things like this. I mean, in addition to that, it seems like there's a lot of open-ended questions on, okay, so if it's under $7,500, I don't have to get a permit. However, does that mean I can build something that goes against the code? So if someone could put…”
Village Council · May 26, 2026
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“absolutely madam vice mayor I appreciate you any other questions or comments yes I was I wanted to make the clarifying point as well that this resolution gets us to the process of forming the board under an ordinance and then additionally So I grew up in an exceptionally strict environment as a youth. I think I have a kind of natural tendency towards a bit of a rebellious nature, and that certainly was exacerbated by growing up in such an incredibly strict environment. Having said that, at 15 I started working in food service. By 19, I was very involved in food production, working in a…”
Village Council · May 26, 2026
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“Manager Rosemond, this is much more phenomenal, I think, than people realize. This is three years in the making. We started with a different organization in negotiations, and then landed with the FOP, and then accomplishing this gives our police force confidence and a boost of morale to know what they can expect. day after day coming in here. What they were asking for was not unreasonable and I'm exceptionally satisfied that we were able to get to a conclusion on that because it was really a sticking point for us being able to just feel confident and stable about what we have going forward…”
Village Council · May 26, 2026
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“after all that I do just want to echo council person winners concern on this because of the way that the budget for this fiscal year was passed was passed in a way that this year's budget was going to be redressed around the mid-year which was already a couple months ago and so uh and so for that reason it was established that the council needed to be ahead on the next budget review as opposed to behind and so to council person winter's point october is going to be here unbelievably uh rapidly and this council should be now regardless of how things will shake out we should be turning our…”
Village Council · May 26, 2026