Remarks by Anthony Rodriguez
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“Thank you. Commissioner Gilbert, the thing with everything you just said is that it has this effect. that it sort of triggers questions and emotions. But I'm going to be restrained in my questions and new emotions that have come up because you're right about almost, if not everything you just said. And it's what I know myself and maybe some other colleagues on the days have been saying for months on several other topics. that all come down to this very moment, to the budget discussions. It was part of the discussions when we were discussing mental health facility. It was part of the…”
“Thank you, Commissioner Lopez. And I had followed that veto list very closely, but I had, as you're saying, all I'm thinking is, on one end, and this is just what we deal with all the time, right, to Commissioner Gilbert's point, is at some point something has to give and you know on one end you have the governor advocating and for for lower or eliminating property taxes uh but then on the other end also vetoing public safety and law enforcement resources so you know you the state really puts us in a true bind right uh because i think we all agree that all these services and of course when…”
“All right, it's been moved by Commissioner Lopez, seconded by Commissioner Cohen-Higgins. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. Show us adjourn. Thank you all very much for coming out and doing your presentations this morning. Thank you guys.”
“Presentation, but first if the clerk can call the roll.”
“All right, first we're gonna start with our presentation and then we'll come back and do the pledge and everything else.”
“Please take your seats so that we can get started with today's meeting and presentation. All right, please take your seats. If the man of honor can make his way down today. COMMISSIONER, WELCOME. MADAM MAYOR, WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, OF COURSE, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THIS IS A PACKED HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE LOVE FOR FORMER CHAIRMAN OLIVER GILBERT. Oliver G. Gilbert III, or is it because we have some long items on the agenda? Which one is it? We know it's both. We have the YEP students here, so welcome to our chamber, and they're going…”
“Can we have quiet in the back? Those talking by the front doors, can we go outside please? Thank you.”
“And now, the one we've been waiting for, Oliver G. Gilbert III. Congratulations, my friend.”
“All right. Now we'll do a photo and then the sergeants will put the portrait up on the wall as we take our seats and start our meeting.”
“Everyone that's going to stay for the meeting, please take your seats. Commissioners that serve on the committee. Quiet in the chamber. Let's get the meeting started. If I can please, while the sergeants organize the podiums, if I can have the YEP students please walk up to the front of the chamber.”
“Alright, please line up the yep students. There with the. There with the podiums here. Make sure you're all in the kind of in the middle here. All right.”
“Thank you for being here on the very first day of this year's second annual YEP program initiative. So congratulations. You all woke up early and are giving us a portion of your summer to learn about the very exciting work that government does. So we'll speak more about that later. I'm going to plan to go and speak to you all up on the 18th floor. But in the meantime, if you cannot, please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.”
“Thank you so much. You may all be seated now. Thank you, guys. We're going to have... because I think it's fitting, I'm gonna catch him off guard, but because I think it's fitting for Oliver Gilbert to lead us in prayer this morning. And I think it's fitting that now as he leads us in prayer, his portrait is overlooking this great prestigious chamber.”
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“All right. Reasonable opportunity for the public to be heard is now open. I will call your name. You will have two minutes to speak on the item. Please state the item you're speaking on, your name and address for the record to start. And I have Chad Friedman.”
“All right. Public hearing or reasonable opportunity is now closed. I only have one person registered to speak. I will allow it, but you didn't register. You can state your name and address and then add your name to the list.”
“And I failed to do this at the beginning, but I want to just recognize, even though I know we'll be hearing from them in a second, but I want to recognize the constitutional officers. Welcome to the Chamber. We have a supervisor of election, Alina Garcia, our clerk and comptroller, Juan Fernandez-Barquin, our sheriff, Rosie Codero-Stutz, and our property appraiser, Tomas Regalado. I think we have almost a quorum. Well, we have a quorum of the constitutionals for sure. I think we're just missing the one that's always here. That's very odd. That's very odd. Yeah. Our tax collector must be…”
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“Thank you miss burn and do I have anyone else registered to speak. No all right with that public hearing is now closed on this item. Sure so, but I do have an amendment to make if the county attorneys can read the amendment.”
“Thank you and that just synchronizes it with state law. I think state law prohibits us from giving a full refund, but there is statutory language saying that we can give. Uh, reductions per every day that were delayed in our process. So essentially kind of accomplishing the same goal. A little bit different than I would have originally liked, but we got to the same angle. So, with that commissioner Gilbert moves the item 2nd, by commissioner Lopez. Any discussion on it commissioner Cohen as amended? Yes. Commissioner Cohen Higgins.”
“Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. And that's exactly right, Commissioner Koenig. a lot some of these are our same day permits now but it's done administratively i'm codifying that and and putting some sort of penalty on ourself right we often apply i mean we this body haven't seen done it much but government could apply fees and penalties on those that don't comply within as far as residents go but we don't we barely ever put penalties on ourselves so this this adds that that amendment adds penalties on ourselves shall we not uh comply with our own uh ordinance or surely the…”
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“All right, so let's do this. Why don't we move all the items? I just need to bifurcate 2G and 3A. So let's bifurcate 2G and 3A. Any other bifurcations?”