Remarks by Angelo Castillo
502 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 21
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“No, they don't get a say in this. This is our RFP. Let's focus.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“It doesn't matter. If we say it's eight weeks, they'll figure out a way to do it. We've already asked these questions. The question before us is eight weeks. We good? All right. Let's move on to the next item. The next item is You'll have to forgive me, but I'm having a little difficulty reading this. Is there a way you can bring it up on the screen?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“OK. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. So should the RFP retain a non-mandatory pre-bid meeting? Everyone said yes. Any objection? It will be included. The next one is, should city staff document all verbal questions? Everyone said yes. Any objection? So noted. The next question was, should the city clerk be required to attend the meeting? Everyone said yes. Any objection? We're good there. The next one was, should the RFP remain the proposed minimum required roles and staffing levels? I'm reading this to say everyone said yes. Any objection to that? All right, that's good.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes. Okay, so those two are done. We're on C3 now, correct? C2. I thought we just did that one.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“OK. Should the RFP retain the ability for assistant building official to also serve as one of the four required trade chiefs? I'm reading this to be yes. Anyone object? I just need a little.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Anyone else? So then that one's good. The next one is C3 now. Should the RFP maintain the restrictions that the minimum required dedicated personnel shall be prohibited from simultaneously providing building department services to other jurisdictions? I'm saying yes, adapt it as necessary, and yes. So that sounds like three yeses to me. Anyone object?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“No. A break is not a clocked hour. Lunch hour is not a clocked hour, because otherwise you run into mischief. If they're on their own time, out of the office.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“They're on salary during lunch. They get paid lunch.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:37:32
“There was an IG report on this very thing.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:37:44
“If they are collecting, I read this to mean if they're collecting, which is a paid six-day, that's PTO, they can't use that day.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“That's correct. If they're off on a day, they can do whatever they want.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“If we're paying them, it's not their time.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:38:33
“If they take time without pay? If they take PTO, they're on our time. There was just an IG report on this.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 2:38:57
“Well, but if it's vacation time or if it's sick time, And it's part of your own time. That's one thing. But if it's city time and you're collecting a benefit, you're working on city time.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes, but you're being paid for that time.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“So he's paying you that time. That's part of your compensation. You get to get some time off.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Not unless it's an approved detail. That's correct.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“The whole point of this was not to have Pembroke Pines implicated by association with the part-time work. If you're going to work part-time, it should be on your time. It should have nothing to do with city compensated time, whether you're on the clock or off the clock on PTO, if you're being compensated, you shouldn't use that time for part-time work. You're already being compensated.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“OK. There's a second. You can ask your question.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“So with that clarification, is there any objection to what the assistant city managers just said, that those officials will only serve the city of Pembroke Pines? Does anyone object to that? So I'm not hearing an objection.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“I got to tell you, Commissioner Good, and this rarely happens, I 150% disagree. I want to know who they are proposing, and I don't want bait and switch down the road. And we should hire our own staff to do this. No, no. We don't have to hire our own staff. Because that's what we're talking about. No, no.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“No, no, no. We're getting our money's worth out of a contract. We have that now. We have that now. And there are other companies that may want to engage in other practices. But in my opinion, that doesn't work for us. If you want to work for Pembroke Pines, you have to propose dedicated people in your proposal who we know are going to be there, not an apparent all-star list. And then when the first day the contract shows up, it's the B squad. I'm not interested in that. I'm interested in them delivering the people who they said they want, the quality people who we rank them on, and nobody…”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“I don't care about the rest of the world. It'll be a conversation later on when that happens.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Well, let's please stay on the motion that we have here. It can be managed in any way that we say.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“It's changing already. And for no good reason, in my opinion.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026