Remarks by Andrea Travani
143 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 6
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“Yeah, I think that on the street ends, we should be able to get into construction within fiscal year 2027.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah. So you got a proposal just for the engineering, I guess, right?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:06:43
“Okay, yeah, but that doesn't include the landscape design and, okay.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“So we should have something like, I don't know, like $200,000, $300,000.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“What are the quotes saying? the quotes are option one six hundred and eight thousand no and but that's what yeah it's two hundred and seventy thousand no sorry two hundred and seventy thousand oh they're all over the place but but that's what i'm saying i i think that we should i mean if we want to provide some uh temporary relief which is a good thing i think because people are looking for that we should go for the cheapest option because that thing you know and once we define what we want to do in that area that might go”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Street improvements. Yeah. Like if we wanted to kind of skim the surface of the road.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“So can we look at those two things that we discussed? Because I'd like to hear from you as well. So one is the communication and the other one is the legislative aid. Unnegotiable. Well, let's start with the easier one, the communications. Can we maybe set a lower budget for that? We have $300,000 now in there. Can we find a way to reduce the scope? Just aim just that something that is really for strategic communication. Because we can use Cindy and what we have now for the regular posts, I think. And then maybe shave off 100K. Instead of 300, go to 200. Set that limit and see what we get.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah, it was like a year of work there. No, but I'm just trying to, because we are $300,000 over, right? So a little bit here and there, I think we can do it. Urban planning. Urban planning.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:17:02
“No, I think it's going to go, we're going to start this year. I'm not sure if we're going to finish within fiscal year. 2027 might be some money. I was in 2028.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“You got to call a number or how does it work?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“It's definitely more efficient. But this reminds me of all the soccer tournaments I went to with my son. It's just that during the summer, the heat is brutal because it's a big area, and this is plastic because you've got plastic in the bottom. It's just also the fact that then, you know, you have these kids playing and they fall down and roll over and then you got all these plastic pieces all over you. So that's why, I mean, I'm with Messi on this one that he's saying that he shouldn't be using a turf when he plays soccer. But I know that it's a bit more money, but we got to think about it.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Can we talk about the legislative aid? I know that we didn't really. No, I want to say, because it is true, what is this person going to do?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Question so if it's legislative aid wouldn't it be because I understand your point about the sunshine law but I'm trying to wrap my head around the so if this is job description that we were all like legislating. So that we would all kind of need that help.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, so question, would that be possible?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah, well, that's the budget, though. No, it's just that the problem is the budget. I mean, obviously, yeah, I would benefit from it. That's why you're coming with, like, three interns. Yeah, but they're all, I mean, I'm teaching them more than... But anyway, because I'm thinking if this can be solved by reshuffling how we do assign the duties inside the tunnel. Like, you know, sometimes I know that Anna was... helping me with the things on, like, I don't know, I'm trying to reach this person, like, to your point, right? So would, and that would be something, like a kind of resource that we…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay. I think that it'd be, I mean, I'm not saying, like, you know, as usual, I try to understand the problem and see what the solution is. I think that it'd be nice if there could be a job description. And then, because quite frankly, it is true, yeah, you know, we could use that as a resource to make things happen. Would it be one, two, zero, use the stuff that we have and reshuffle the roles and responsibilities? I don't know, but...”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, and so the, and the social media, what do we think? Do we want to try to aim for, again, I'm just trying to see if there's something, because I, so on the lobbyist, okay, I mean, it's a fair point. Maybe what we can, I mean, we've had this increase in lobbying, and then we'll see after a year what comes back from that, and then we'll reassess, I guess, if we don't get back enough, right? But, so what does it look like now in terms of, because ideally it'd be great if we can go back to the rollback rate. Which is what? It was like 3.5, it was like the 1.9 million. You have to cut for…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah, so 1.9. The reserves would, instead of putting 2.9, we would put 1 million in the reserves, right?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“But in the past, so then segue to this. In the past, how much did we, let's say in the past to budget, how much did we contribute to the reserves?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, so and before I forget, how's the Water Main doing? because now we put it off to next year. I'm really worried that that pipe is gonna burst, and then we're gonna be in a, you know what? So do we have a report, an assessment? Because now we're just talking about numbers on a piece of paper, but if this is gonna cause an actual issue, and we have a problem with that water main, then I don't want to be in the situation. So does anybody have an answer to this?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“This has to be driven by an actual need. So I'm trying to establish the need first. So I don't know if there's, when was the last inspection that was done that created the concern?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“In the past, it was changed from 12 to 8.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“When was the last section that was upgraded because of the new construction we have?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“It hasn't been commissioned yet, but yes, okay so when they replaced it how was that the pipe that they replace was still in normal working condition you remember.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I have to look at it. Can you maybe just. Yeah, I can get information. Okay.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026