Remarks by Anthony Rodriguez
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“And I agree, Commissioner Bastien. My issue with it is the following. My issue is that the whole point of committee is to iron these things out. And if. Staff was not available to answer these questions in committee. And there was confusion and clearly a ton of questions. On this, and now we have done the opposite of what committees intended to do. We have spent hours. On this in the full board, instead of having ironed all this out in committee, because. Whether it was justified as commissioner Cohen Higgins stated that she had an excusable, like someone from. director's office or from…”
“I mean, look, the meeting was quick, but they should have just been on time.”
“I mean, the meeting went quick, but they should have just been on time. But so can the attorneys walk me through what what the issue with negotiating with both, i.e. a baffle or call it what you need to call it? What's the issue with that?”
“All right. So our options are very limited. whether to go vote on one today which I think we potentially prepared to do. We can defer it and the company would would have to agree to extending their existing contract. They certainly don't want to leave the county without coverage in the middle of hurricane season. I don't know. The boards will. Because I've done these numbers, I've had discussions on this 10 times, I know that despite the overtime, Thompson is still less expensive. And we're talking about even a 5-6% on the low end, a 5-6% on these numbers is actually not that impactful. But…”
“I've done the math, and I know you're right, but you've done a lousy job at explaining that on this board, and you got like 60 seconds of fame. You kind of didn't... If you were on The Voice or on one of these shows, you would have been X'd out by the... voice host and and the judges uh but i i know that that's why that's why it's it's frustrating because at the end of the day and the reason i asked about the reimburse because both of you guys both both companies stated you stated you indicated to me at one point that your reimbursement rate is 100 and and tetra tech also said similar they…”
“So do you guys get paid as we get paid, or are all the services for Irma already been paid to Tetra Tech? I don't know how this business works. I'm not saying you did it right or wrong. How does it work? Explain that to me.”
“Thank you for that. And I assume that the same goes for for Thompson. They also alleged the same 100 percent return rate reimbursement rate. So, I mean, it's not one it's not one better than the other. But the reality is. i don't know where you guys get those percentages from because the fact that we're still waiting nine years for irma and i'm sure that yours your company has similar scenarios and other contracts because to this point if it's the state it's the states i i don't know where you guys get that but is there a way for either contract and i don't know what the standard in the…”
“Yeah, I figured that would be the answer. All right, I'm ready to take action here. Madam Mayor.”
“I should with them now, but get it to me, please. Because I asked for that yesterday. I should have probably had it before the meeting. We're not even done with the poll list yet, almost, but not quite yet. All right, so what are we doing?”
“There's a motion by Commissioner Regalado to move forward with the selection committee's recommendation, right?”
“We have a second by Commissioner Steinberg. I know I had seconded it already. All in favor signify by saying aye.”
“All opposed nay. Show three nays, four nays. The item passes. All right, congratulations. All right, 14B2. Commissioner from District 8. All right, 15B1. Commissioner from District 7, you're recognized.”
“I got a question. It's been moved. It's been seconded. Commissioner Bermudez, you're recognized.”
“hilarious all right all in favor signify by saying aye aye all opposed name show that item passed 14 b2 commissioner from district 8 are you in the chamber”
“So the item moved and seconded. Commissioner Steinberg, do you recognize?”
“All right, all in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. I believe that was our last pulled item. Any other on the pull list?”
“Chair, you have the addition of the- Do I have any other on the pool list, though, or no? No. Okay, so then can you guide us through? I have some walk-ons for the CBA agreements. Do I need to open up reasonable opportunity for these? Yes, Chair. All right, so reasonable opportunity is we're on the CBA. I think there's six or seven CBA items that are being walked onto the dais now. So we are opening up reasonable opportunity for the public to be heard. I have no speaker in cards, so reasonable opportunity for the, if there's anyone in the audience that wishes to speak on the CBA specifically,…”
“Yes, which are the CBA's agreements. All right, Commissioner Gilbert, you're recognized.”
“All right, it's been moved as amended. Seconded. Commissioner Bermudez, you may lead.”
“Commissioner Orbis, did you, no? Commissioner Cohen-Higgins.”
“these great women. Take a seat. Let's get this show started. And I will confess ahead of time, I did not pay attention in my briefing. So I don't know the run of show very well. All right, let's take a seat so we can get started to honor these great, beautiful, powerful, prestige women. 8.15 a.m., arrival and seating. I said I did not pay attention to my briefing, so I'm winging it.”
“I am. You know what? I'm going to do something I don't usually do. I'm going to read the script.”
“I'm going to read the script. I don't usually do that. I never do it. But you know what? I'm going to honor my team for being so efficient in writing these words, and I'm going to actually just read it. And I haven't read it before, so hopefully it's all correct. all right good morning and welcome everybody good morning and welcome please take your seats please take your seats i promise you will get the pictures and videos and all the good stuff when the time comes for your preferred recognized beautiful powerful woman thank you all for coming i want to thank everyone for joining us today as…”
“Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. All right, so now I will officially congratulate and call up each one of you one by one. You will receive your award, your recognition, you will say some words. So I hope you prepared like a really long speech, under one minute. And then we'll do that, and then at the end we'll also, you know, we'll do photos, and then at the end we'll do a group photo as well, and family and friends will have the opportunity to take photos as well. So I will start, actually I'm gonna do it opposite. I'm gonna leave the house for last, right? That's not the etiquette, like you…”
“It could be as long as you want, just under one minute.”