Remarks by Anthony Segrich
100 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 4
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“Yeah, and I think in this starting of the program, as we kind of stumble and get our footing here on it, a credit back just on these two months. And we have staff have a recommendation of that based on what are our actual costs, right? Because if we did 1,100 extra pickups, That's a lot of extra runs to the dump. That's a lot of extra time, a lot of extra gas.”
City Commission · Sep 29, 2026
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“Do some math. The math isn't mathing. It's more than that. I do want to stress that we are getting into some of the nitty gritty of it, but these are more just ideas and suggestions. You guys will know best how to implement the concept, right? I think the concept there. So I do think the credit, I do want to comment on something that I heard a lot in this process which was, don't they know we've been allowed to do this for years? And there are many things in the city kind of like that, right? And feelings. And it cuts both ways, right? It does cut both ways where if it's an annoyance to me, I…”
City Commission · Sep 29, 2026
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“I think tree hat-racking is a huge one. Hat-racking and tree removal continue to plague our city even though the fines are massive.”
City Commission · Sep 29, 2026
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“I just I think the logistics of that will have to come from staff. Yeah. And Jamie, I do hear you, you know, in saying, OK, yes, a lot of people are aware of it now. But what about the people who are just coming back in October? Right. A lot of people are returning and so on. And do we just continue to exasperate kind of a problem by by not also accounting for them? You know what? It's going to be an election year, and it got me thinking about campaign mailers and so on. And so the cost of sending a letter to somebody is astronomically high. The cost of doing bulk postcard is better, but it's…”
City Commission · Sep 29, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 29, 2026
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“And, and I think given the effort that Jamie's team is putting, putting in, we will recoup that. And hopefully the program will kind of find a stasis in terms of, you know, it's never going to be perfect. But I think that would be worthwhile to do something like that. And I just think we're probably going a little too far down the rabbit hole, but I think Jamie has a good idea of our intentions. I think... uh troy has a good idea and i see tiana nodding in the back um but i think rapid like you know i i not rushed but but but rapid timely education and getting something in the mailboxes i…”
City Commission · Sep 29, 2026
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“Not much. Arms of Hope is having their annual gala. I think they've emailed all of us on that, but they do a lot of great work in our city and we're really lucky to have them. And if anyone wants to know how to support them, they can contact them or feel free to email any one of us and we can forward on some of that information. I am excited to see what happens out of the cleaning for South Palm Park. The issue is very real. I think one thing to note is a lot of that infrastructure is part of the sub-regional infrastructure. And it's not just us that has to make that decision, unfortunately.…”
City Commission · Sep 29, 2026
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“So get those in. And other than that, that's it.”
City Commission · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yeah, if you go to the state and the county board of ethics pages, they have links to various videos and online, and then they have external links to some of the other parts that you need to get covering the different areas.”
City Commission · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you. My questions aren't on this. It's on two other things.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“Okay. So I'm glad to hear the work is being done in the background on that. One aspect of it that I found interesting was the base rate and from, from all of my research and I'll kind of cut it off right here, but from all of my research, I don't believe we can charge a differing base rate because the actual cost of the copper and to get the energy there is the same. And there's been, been some issues in Florida where legally they said, you know, if it costs you the same to get it there, you can't charge differently. Um, so, but, but glad to hear that and look forward to that discussion. Um,…”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“Well, the homestead is handled not by us.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“I don't know. Yeah. I mean, the other problem is, you know, the suggestion was to use the fact that somebody had a DBPR license. Well, I have a DBPR license. For my main house. What's that? DBPR license for rental.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“Oh, Department of Business Professional Regulation. Okay. It's where you get all your licenses for the state. Oh, I see. So you need a license from the state. Well, the fact that I have that license doesn't mean I'm actually renting the property.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“So, you know, there are many, many people who, you know, like even the mayor, the mayor used to do vacation rental in one of her properties, but then she switched to long term rental.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“But I'm sure during that period, she had that license, right? So the presence of the license is not indication of that. And then the other piece of it is, legally, I think they will also have to apply to just normal residential rentals. Because you can't actually just target... vacation rentals. We do not want to charge commercial rates to rental parties. That's basically the whole discussion, but I just wanted to make sure it was on Ed's radar from a utilities and a logistics standpoint because I recognize that this is not a, oh, let's just do it thing.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“Go ahead, Anthony. Okay, so the second question is on the lease addendum for the Promenade building.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“Go ahead. I understand customer service is there and that's where our operations are. What are the chances of bringing customer services back to 1900? Because we're spending well over $100,000 a year in rent versus housing people in facilities that we have. Is that like a non-possibility? Is that a one-year, two-year possibility? Where do we sit with that?”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“Yeah, no, no, that's great, Ed. Thank you for that clarity. So it makes sense that we do extend for another two years where we're at. And then I would just underscore, this really highlights the need for that facilities master plan for resources. Because we definitely have buildings that we're renting out for far less than $32 a square foot that we're paying out for housing staff. So looking forward to that getting through the process so that we can start planning better for some of this future need for housing employees.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“sorry I was unmuting I would agree with you on that topic that was actually one of the things that I was going to bring up it might make an excellent addition to our agenda for Tuesday to maybe discuss the concept of you know I know Troy had some good ideas on that and it you know, that's the kind of thing that we have to do timely. I would agree we could have done a much better job of communication. And I think staff is keenly aware of that. And I think moving forward, they're developing better plans on how to do that kind of communication. And I also think our neighborhood presidents also…”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. I did. I kind of got sidetracked on that one. Oh, I remember. So we do have a placeholder for the discussion of the city manager search, right? Okay. And I feel like we can make some headway and some ground by having a brief discussion during that time, even though we don't have a recruiter signed on. And this would be my ask of my fellow commissioners. In the process, you know, one of the themes we heard from several people on the dais was Individuals just weren't there. They just weren't good enough or to the standard of what that particular commissioner wanted. To have a fair…”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“Yes. There might be a logistical problem because I was planning on Zooming in.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“I'll work on things on my end, but it'll be close.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026
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“I will be able to physically be there. I just don't know right at 6 o'clock.”
City Commission · Sep 25, 2026