Remarks by Chris Robertson
791 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 32
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“And I believe in this budget we're already trimming down five new police officers that we were wanting to hire. So we're already kind of behind where we want to be without Amendment 3.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And Coop, can I pause you for a second? We have Council Member Fletcher and Deputy Mayor Gilbert that have some words here.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“All right. Coop, you can continue. I'm sure we'll have more questions and comments.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yes, sir. Scott. Thank you, Mayor. Sorry, Deputy City Manager. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“No, you all hit the nail on the head. It's the staff that deserves all the credit, city manager, department heads, even Doug, the police chief. He stands through every one of our meetings and puts up with us over here. It's strange to say, but we've got the easiest job in the building. I mean, we get called all the names in the book on social media, but it's the staff that does all the work. And they're the ones that are going to have to work twice as hard this year because we've made those steep cuts. And the city manager is going to ensure that we can still get through this next year,…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And I was here when the CFO came to town, and he did say our cities are not a problem. We are actually doing a better job than others.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“All right. Do we have to vote on this? I think we do. Anyone from the audience like to comment on everything that Coop had to say? Or on this agenda item number two? Motion to approve. We have a motion to approve. Council Member Fletcher. Second. Second. Deputy Mayor Gilbert. Will the clerk please call the roll?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“We're going to take a five-minute break.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Being back to order. All right, now, and will the clerk please read item number four, public hearing.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Anyone in the audience like to speak on this side? Okay, Council Member Fletcher.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“City Manager of Kissimmee. Kissimmee's there.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah, I think that's a bigger topic, obviously, for food trucks around our entire city as well. I just want to point out, I think this accomplishes everything that, that needs to be done to differentiate between a liquor license and a 51%, you know, the five, what is that?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Um, cause that's what the intent when a business owner comes to us and that's where sometimes we get put in the middle of a fight and we're the bad guy because we're trying to fix a problem that comes to us that, that has not been resolved for a number of years. And I'll, I'll be honest with you. It came right to me and I'm sure it went to others and And I stood up for somebody, and then they backed away. And then, you know, all of a sudden it's a fight, and everybody's pointing the fingers at us, and we're just here trying to fix a problem and make it fair for everybody. So I do want to…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah, that's what I'm saying. We can go ahead and throw that in. That's just a temporary, if somebody's under construction.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Because that's an existing restaurant. They're just saying, is that something that's come up before where restaurants want to do...”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah. And that's why I just want to bring that up because that's not a permanent thing.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah. I mean, we include that in this code or how do we do this?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay. Well, that way, if we don't have everything else worked out with the food truck stuff, then this is already scored away for a temporary. Yeah, then we can get an exception. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Ken wants to still eat there at fire within those three months. So, you know, if I do too.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Love it. Thank you, Jim. That's awesome, man. Congratulations to everybody working together.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And something I didn't know, actually, that restaurant that they stay open sometimes past 1 o'clock, the Crust and Crumb over there. Yes. That's an amazing pizza place. Yeah, they got good pizza. And a new pizza place too. Good pizza, good people. Great restaurants downtown. Thank you, sir. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Attorney, I'm not. That's a joke. All right. Any other comments on this item? All right. Council? Motion to approve. Second. Motion approved. Council Member Fletcher. Second. Council Member Urban. Will the clerk please call the roll?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I would like to talk to businesses around the restaurants and get a better understanding. So, yeah, maybe give some time to... I don't want to just do piecemeal things, maybe make it part of a bigger... Because we may want to say there's... Write it in that code for special events with food trucks.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Well, we don't know what it looks like yet. I mean, I can't give you input on that yet. I think we need to talk to the citizens or the business owners, the restaurants, and find that out.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I mean, I don't think that's a major thing right now, is it?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026