Remarks by Carl Zogby
309 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 13
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“Good evening, everyone. Thank you for your patience. We'll be starting in just a little bit. I should have a recording of this. That way it'll make it easier, right? The beginning of the meeting. We'll be starting in a couple of minutes. Thank you, everybody. Good? Everybody's live? Yeah, thank you. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming. Thank you for your patience again. And welcome to the City of Hialeah Council Agenda Meeting. This portion will be for a budget hearing, public meeting, budget hearing for fiscal year 27, which starts in a few weeks. And so I'm going to call this…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Invocation from... Victoria Plaza. Oh, Victoria Plaza. Thank you. I didn't get your name until now. Thank you. Invocation, would you like everyone to rise or stay seated?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Everyone, please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. If you could please face the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You may be seated. Madam Clerk, can you please read the meeting guidelines for tonight?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Clerk. The next item, item six, is comments and questions. Just to remind, do we have anybody who signed up to speak, Madam Clerk? No. Okay, that doesn't mean that somebody from the audience could not come up now if there's any comments and questions. Specifically, please, if you're here for the council meeting and you have an issue there, this is not the meeting. The comments and questions for the public today is dealing directly with the budget. Absent any comments and questions, do we have any, we have presentation, we'll get to that in a minute. Any announcement or…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Pedro. Does anyone from the dais want to ask questions now, or should we ask them as we go along with each of the seven items? Whatever your pleasure is.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So just to be clear what you're asking, it would be, today would be not a budget meeting? And we would reschedule and have a completely separate budget meeting, a special meeting, aside from the second meeting that we have in the second council meeting.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, no, of course, of course, of course. Yeah, yeah, we have a motion to table this. We don't know a date yet.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You mean if we do pass this first hearing?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Correct. As a councilwoman. Table this first hearing.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“But we'd have to have an additional separate hearing.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“How much in advance do we have to sunshine? Do we have the time to do it before the next scheduled meeting?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“The announcement? Yeah. Oh, okay. All that being said... Do you still stand with the motion, Madam?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. We have a motion to table this. We don't know what date it would be.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We don't know that yet, then. We don't know that date yet?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. Madam Vice President has asked if we can have a recess. Do we have to vote on that? I guess so. No. Yeah. Do you want a motion on that? Try to get for a recess? Do we have to vote on the recess? We don't. Does everybody agree to have a recess then? No motion. OK, Lewis, just we don't need anything. So I guess it's. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Six fifty seven p.m. When do you want to come back? 7.05 or is that too soon? That's seven minutes? Eight minutes? 7.05? Recess for till... Now you're confusing me. Till 7.10. Let's give them 10 minutes. Okay. We are in recess at 6.58. We will adjourn…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We went a little bit over the recess, so I'm calling today's the City of Hialeah budget meeting of September 8th, 2026. I'm calling the meeting back in order at 7.21 p.m.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So that would be, if it got tabled, that would be the next available? Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“What time would the workshop be if that is the case?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“That would be if it goes to that. Okay. So... We have a motion, right? We have a motion to table it from Councilwoman Jalene Perez. Councilwoman Jalene Perez, sorry. Right, so we have a motion to table. And that would be to... Yeah, to table it. Wait, we're talking the workshop. Do we have a date if we had to? The workshop would be the 14th. If we were to successfully table this today, when would be the first hearing?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“That's the date we have, we can do it in. Okay, so that's...”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“The September 14th, if that's the will of the entire council. So we have a motion to table this entire meeting today till September 14th. Pleasure of the council. Through the chair?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Oh, sorry. Yes, ma'am. Ladies first. Yes, ma'am.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right. So as far as the motion to table, if we don't have a second, it dies. That's right, sir. So we're going to go ahead and continue with the meeting today. Okay, we don't have to take any action on that, right? So go ahead and read, please. And anybody, of course, any questions through the process, go ahead, Madam Clerk, and read item A.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Agenda item 9A is on first reading and of course open for our discussion or public discussion. This is an exemption made for budget meetings, even on first reading public discussion is allowed. That being said, barring any public discussion, pleasure of the council on item a through the chair. Yes, ma'am.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right, so we just make a note of that. We're scheduled for the 14th at 9 a.m. for the workshop. But okay, coming back to A, pleasure of the council.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026