Remarks by Chris Robertson
791 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 32
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“Yeah, to our chiefs in the room, we apologize. We're sorry this is happening to your departments. That is not us. That's the state of Florida. And then if the public decides that's the way they want to go, that's what's going to happen.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yeah. And I believe, um, how many firefighters, uh, I believe we just sworn about 13 new firefighters and, uh, over the past five, six months, we're hired almost 48. Firefighter EMS. And we're about to do ribbon cuttings on two $12 million fire department fire stations. And we're about to break ground and emergency operations complex and dispatch. And in this budget, I'm sorry, Cooper, I'm just jumping in here. And in this budget, in order to even balance this budget, to truly balance this budget, we're already in a deficit of five police officers. I'm sorry, we were going to hire, but in…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“If it weren't for our amazing police chief and his officers and our fire chief and that department there, we wouldn't be as safe as we are even with the hits that we're taking.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Well, we truly care about the citizens and the safety.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Can we say it out loud again that we are not spending on this downtown P3 project, the parking garage, general fund revenue?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. And the Hopkins Park Community Center, also that is not general revenue. That is not. Those are not tax dollars, those are impact fees.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“All right, so you're telling me this budget's pretty transparent?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yes. All right. Thanks, Coop. City Manager.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“It's a long flight for Ken. They'll make sure and read it all. Um, city manager, staff, everybody, thank you for everything you've done to, to put all this together. Um, as I said in last meeting, we've got the easy job just passing it. We know there's a lot of cuts in these departments. We know it's going to be harder to do your jobs. Um, but we're preparing, you know, we, we have to prepare and, and, um, City Manager, how many years have they been, this city, attempted to build that public safety complex?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yeah, and I'll tell you, because of you, of course, and Dan and the police chief and everything they've done, and I know they've got a whole building task force, I think, former deputy chief Zilke, he's here, he's on that. They're taking that thing across the finish line, and we're going to break ground on that thing.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“All this doom and gloom and everybody throwing tomatoes at cities around our state is, You know, obviously because Amendment 3 gets brought up and so everybody at the local level is vilified and they just assume that we're mismanaging funds, we're actually doing some amazing things in looking out for our citizens 100%. And we're going to need the money to fill those seats at that complex when it's completed. Like I said, we can't take a stance one way or another, but if it does pass, we're going to have to beg for money. That's what it boils down to. They've got about $20 billion up there in…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“All right, will the clerk please read item five?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Would the applicant like to speak on the second?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I Definitely don't have a problem with that. I mean councilmember urban”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Anyone in the audience? Actually, we do have a few. We may get part of these. We'll go ahead and start with Maria Agosta. She left. Oh, she left? Yeah. Okay. Linda Ellens.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Council Member Fletcher.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“All right, next up we have Harold Ellens.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Can we take the clock off really quick so I can see the full map? Is there any way of doing that? Can we move it? Drag it to another side? Or it doesn't?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yeah, it's just in a bad spot right there.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Sir, sir, please don't talk out. Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. I wasn't even paying attention. I was looking at this. Joe, can you please come back up here? I'll just ask for it.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“So Anthem Park already had access into this property.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“When it was approved, it would have been.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. In the Anthem Park one. It was in the Anthem Park one to allow access into that corner?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. Is that only used by buses right now, or how do they...”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. And this development, it'll have, is that in that roundabout, is that a basketball court? Are those... In the roundabout? Yeah. What is that?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026