Remarks by Bruce Rector
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“At this time, we'll call to order the September 16th, 2026 meeting of the Clearwater City Council. If you wish to address the council tonight, please complete a comment card. Comment cards are located by the clerk seated to the right of the dais. When called to speak, please hand your card to the clerk. We may have some folks tonight who have not spoken before at a public meeting. At this meeting, I just wanted to remind all those present of our council rules of conduct for our council meetings. Rule 15 says that any comments that the public wants to make tonight, when you have your…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Before we go further in tonight's agenda, I'd like to introduce our dais. To my far left is our Deputy City Clerk, Nicole Sprague. Good evening. To her right, our City Clerk, Rosemary Cole.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“To her right, our City Attorney, Owen Kohler.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“To his right, Council Member Lena Teixeira.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“To her right, my immediate left, is our Vice Mayor Ryan Cotton.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“To my right is Council Member Mike Menino.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“To his right, Council Member David Allbritton.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“To his right, our City Manager Jennifer Poirier.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“To her right, Assistant City Manager Dan Slaughter. And to his right, Assistant City Manager Al Battle. With that, we'll move to item 4.1.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Approach the podium, please. Whereas September 17th, 2026 marks the 239th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America. And whereas Public Law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America designating September 17th through the 23rd as Constitution Week. And whereas it is appropriate and proper to recognize the significance of this document upon its anniversary with patriotic celebrations and readings, and whereas all citizens should not only appreciate but also preserve and defend the principles of…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I missed you at that one, but I did have the great pleasure of joining the Daughters of the American Revolution in Constitution Hall in Washington to participate in their national meeting, which was a very impactful organization. And to see our Clearwater chapter represented nationally. And then I also want to say... You support veterans in our community like you did on Tuesday night when you were there for the welcome home for the honor flight. So many of you were there supporting our veterans who, many of them served in Vietnam, did not get an appropriate welcome on the way home. Well, they…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“OK, with that, we'll move to item 4.3 on the agenda.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Any questions from the council? Thank you. Thank you. With that, we'll move to item five on the agenda.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Is there a motion to approve the minutes?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Opposed? Unanimous. We will move to item 6.1 on the agenda.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“So good evening. I think all of us, we've reviewed the materials. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I do. So on the map there, it's just the two properties east that are the only two that are not part of the city?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Is there anyone here from the public tonight that desires to speak to agenda item 6.1? Hearing none, is there any council discussion? If there's no council discussion, is there a motion?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Let me ask again, after we've had a couple more readings, anyone here from the public desire to speak this agenda item? Hearing's seen none now. Any council discussion after the second time we've heard? Okay. If not, is there a motion?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I think we'll go ahead and let the applicant present and then we'll see if the Council has any questions for the staff and then for the applicant.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yes, sir. As long as the consent of the council and no one objects, that's fine with me.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Chair Jerry Cook Okay. This time if the Council has questions for either the staff or the applicant, I have a couple questions, but if somebody else has questions, who wants to go first? Okay. Council Member Tisciago.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. Any questions for the staff? We'll come back. Vice Mayor, do you want to go next?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yeah, we're going to do comments, discussion later, but just questions we have.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026