Remarks by Barry Mansfield
33 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 35:33
“I got a couple. So what are we doing to, like, talk to all the businesses downtown? How are we going to try to market that?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Are we working with CEP on any of this?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I have one. So I totally disagree with that, but I do agree with Clay's on some of the stuff in that division. So we have been talking, and I've been working with Pete on this, And it's harder than, you know, it's easy to say that guy did something bad. And I agree that, you know, as somebody running a company, you've got a lot of employees. I've got a lot of employees responsible. And sometimes they'd screw up. I mean, let's face it. Now, on Clay's deal, I actually, I'm sort of in the middle now. I think he's doing a great job. I'm just point blank telling you. There are some divisions that…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, then that's something we'll have to take up with those people. But, you know, as far as the other people.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“did they know i can't explain why i say from now we'll take a step well now i'll back up there i will tell you this i hear from them to on the first one the fricking calls him not calm for clay you know i say hey we've got this problem here now i didn't know about this latest one to the day and now we'll say you know people talk about this But as far as, you know, I get contractors call me all the time, say, hey, we got a problem here. So I always call and I always, you know, help them work through the problem. I think, and we have done tremendous amount of, unless you're in the business, I…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I just have a comment, too, is basically I've come to know Will through, you know, obviously all the stuff we deal with. He's the only attorney that I've ever had that actually sits down and has common sense. I'm sorry.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“We sit down, we go through, and he has common sense. And then number two is Chris. We really do appreciate what you bring to the table and what you have done for the city. And, again, I'm positive.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Do we vote on him? No, Chris. We don't vote on you, do we? Why? He can fire me any time. We need to talk about him. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:27:08
“Just a curiosity, how many transactions do we do a day or a week?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:27:49
“A month. So we've got one time full. This is only doing 11.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:29:21
“If we do 1,000 a week, then we've done what? How many a year? A bunch.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So 52,000. And have we had this problem before? I know, again, so I guess what I'm saying is when I'm looking at it, we have systems set in place. And yes, somebody made a mistake, that's for sure. However, are our systems good enough that we've now done 52,000, well, 52, I'm sorry, 51,999 transactions, okay. But we had that one transaction.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Mr. President, I move that Ordinance No. 2026-33 be adopted as provided by the Charter of the City of Ocala, Florida, and based upon evidence presented to City Council, except that the adoption by sections on the second reading be waived. Is there a second?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Mr. President, I move that Ordinance No. 2026-31 be adopted as provided by the Charter of the City of Ocala, Florida, and based upon evidence presented to City Council, except that the adoption by sections on the second reading be waived.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“One question I'm always noticing on, now they do have on this one, remove existing marking and grinding. So they are taking care of that because remember some of the ones we had in the past, they just went on top. They did not grind down and they're left off.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So what's their definition then of grinding? Maybe you can get back with me on that. I've got a question about that. Sure. You would please. I won't take up. Is the threshold easy to.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“What I'm talking about specifically, there's a couple of roads out there, um, One of them is right down here, right away, you know, going. And if you measured it, I'll bet you it's probably three-quarters of an inch. It's been topped and topped and topped. So I would like to look at that, please. I mean, I don't want to go back and make our roads look bad, so we just paid a bunch of money on getting some of them paved.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“No problem. Mr. President, can I comment? If you don't mind. Usually I don't comment on these. However, I have a personal knowledge of Camp Clifford. I would say this. He lives at the airport. I know this because he lives in the same hangar as my son has, and I think he's there all the time. But I'm just saying he's a good young man, and I think we need some good young people on the board. I think it would be a good asset.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And I think you said earlier that you're going to do some kind of blast so that everybody knows. of how many parking is downtown, also where all the new parking is, and then where, you know, you can and can't park. So I think that would be very important to all.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think for sure, at least on my end, I would totally agree. We should look into it. It's a good first step. Exactly. And see what it is. I would agree that we need to do something. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:12:51
“Hey. I know it's fine. I'll see you later. Okay. Take care. Oh, did they not want that?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, again, obviously, you know, I think this is a great thing. I do want to recognize Corey and Loretta back there from TDC. I sit, as your representative, you know, I sit on the council, and we're excited. He's been working on this thing for about two years. So it's taken us about two years to get these guys to come to Ocala. You know, obviously, I always knew we had a diamond in the rough with the airport. So they've done a great job of bringing them to Ocala. Now, obviously, there are some nuances. Once he had it, then we had to wait to make sure that we did get the Blue Angels. But now…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 7:22
“Well, I'm glad everybody came tonight to see me. Hey. We lost the party. We lost everybody else. I'm not sure what happened to them, but they're coming. Trust me.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Mr. President, I move that ordinance number 2026-18 be approved. be adopted as provided by the Charter of the City of Ocala, Florida, and based upon evidence presented to City Council, except that the adoption by sections on the second reading be waived.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026