Remarks by Brian Scott
56 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
- Play at 1:58:49
“Go ahead, Commissioner. Back in May, I think it was, I sent out to everybody an ordinance that, I think it was Palm, Yeah, the Palm Coast had created. I'll resend that to everybody. And it's not only it's I think it's they've got some really good things in there. I don't necessarily think it's it's totally perfect, but I think it's got really good things to frame around. Right. That we can probably have a further discussion about.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:41:52
“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So I had asked Chris as well if he could put together a list of discretionary programs that we fund over and above what our requirements are. Um, so I'm hoping that we'll, we'll get that here. They're not too, not too distant future. It is because I think there's a lot of things out there. We found that we don't probably don't even realize that we're funding and are we getting return on investment in those things? And one thing I found while just looking through the budget is we're funding, um, for the public defender, seven hundred seventy six thousand this is the…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:43:46
“Yeah, I just think the more information we have, are we getting good? return on investment for those dollars. Those are the decisions we have to make.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:44:52
“No, I understand. This is just an example. I just wanted to... It's definitely not going for attorney pay. I can promise you that. I just wanted to know... What's it being used for? Is it a good use of taxpayer dollars? And that's it. And I just think those are questions we should be asking.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 3:33:14
“Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I've got a meeting tomorrow with Sarah Mallow to discuss that line item, $760,000. So once I get a better understanding of that, I'll share that with everybody. And just share one way, right? Yeah, I will. One way for sure. And just thinking out loud on something here, probably not something that would affect the fiscal year 27 budget. And I don't know if this is a good idea or not a good idea. I'm just throwing this out for discussion purposes. Have we ever looked at just contracting out the jail of what that would cost or potentially save? Um, no, um, we, we…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 3:35:08
“It just seems to me like it might be worth having a discussion at some point, particularly if Amendment 3 passes. Well, I was going to say probably. We're going to have to get creative on a lot of different things, whether it passes or doesn't pass. So I just think it might be worthwhile to have a discussion.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026