Remarks by Cristina Eveillard
175 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 7
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“But I think you should let her do her question and then we'll go to.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“But sometimes you're not doing it the proper way.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yes. I would like for you to provide us with a breakdown of how you're calculating for the solid waste. You just showed us that it was $711 for a residential home, but can you give us line-by-line entry how you came about the $611?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 33:49
“And also you mentioned about the free paint, but right now there is no free paint giveaway at the moment.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“In regards to the senior program, where are the fundings coming from? And also I have a question on page 34. It talks about the... What was the page number? Page 34. But the first question is for the senior program. Where are the fundings coming from? That's one question. And then the second question is on page 34. You make a reference to the sort of Department of Elders regarding the LSP. which is the state local service program. And it says that the LAP provides funding to expand long-term care alternative, enabling elders to maintain an acceptable quality of life in your own homes.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“And it says here that it has been, the city has funded allocated increase to $400,000. So I never heard of this before. So can you, if you can explain if this is into one with our senior program, Or is this an additional grant for other seniors at our homes? That's what that's what it says. This is for for the SP and if so, what are the avenues for our seniors resident to be able to tap into this? This resource right here because I never heard of it before. I'm just noticing it now.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“I want the senior manager to give me his statement because if that's the case, you know, it's not appropriate because From what I understand is that, like you said, for the seniors to benefit, they have to be enrolled at the senior center. But here, this one says it's home-based.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“So you're supposed to be able to provide services to other seniors who are not able to attend school. the program in the senior center. That's the reason why I wanted some clarification. Yeah.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'm sorry? It's approximately close to $200 increase.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“I wanted to recommend in reference to the holiday celebration for Christmas. Back a couple years ago when Mayor Jones was the mayor, the celebration used to be at Mary Sanders Park. I would like to see for for it to go back. We just have a Christmas tree and we have someone acting as Santa and have the toys giveaway at Mary Sanders Park. And that would be a way to be less expensive and more rewarding for the community. And there is something else. Let's see. I'll come back to it.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Oh, yes, I remember. For the senior program, if you can give a deal breakdown with the names, vendors that you're paying, like the personnel that comes out to do the exercise, the ones that come and provide meals, the one that do the other programs for the senior, shows line by line entry, the name of those organizations, How much are they getting paid? As opposed to just giving us a general account.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Can you elaborate more on the rollback rate? What is it compared to the regular 7.9 or whatever rate that was set?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Does that mean that there won't be any net increase if you set the reward rate?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“No, I understand. I'm just referring to the... The city tax.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes. Yes, in the height of amendment, where there's a projection of a lot of revenue.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes, as part of the discussion, in height of Amendment 3, which is predicted to provide less revenue to most cities and There is a tall contradiction that's saying that most cities are going to do away because there's going to be so much revenue that's going to be that we're not going to be receiving. And I don't see that we're having any discussion about that. And we have to be prepared for that because we have to look at it as they only need 60% of the voters. And most people that are hurting the property tax They're not thinking about police and not thinking about these other services.…”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes, I'd like to amend the motion for 7.6 second. Yes.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Mayor. Do you realize that amendment just corner commissioner commissioner what's happening?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Chris, the finance director, he mentioned that the rollback rate is the 7.0%. And the dollar amount, he says, it equivalent to the same. But when it's at a higher than the 7.2%, basically what we're getting we're getting a net average increase, okay, when you increase the amount. He just stated that the 7.9 percentage rate, the city of Westport is one of the cities that has the highest increase, and so far it was at a 10% net increase. If we were to drop the millage rate to 7.6%, we're still going to be getting an increase. It won't be 10%, but it could be probably like, I'm just estimating…”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“No, I mean, doesn't the whole of the business have to pay occupational taxes?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah, so I'm just throwing out a whole lot of things that we can start brainstorming instead of just really to raise the taxes on the residents. Okay, just like how we have the utility tax for the light. Maybe they can raise the tax on part of that too and give it back to the city instead of just, oh, let's increase the city tax rates to our residents. So I'm just figuring out how there's different ways that we can think of increasing the revenue so as not to having to raise the taxes when amendment previses. But the whole point I want to make TO THE COMMISSION IS THAT WHETHER YOU'RE AT 7.6,…”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes, I wanted to know if the city wanted to impose like city tax on cigarettes, alcohol, and Does it have to be approved by the state?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“No. Just one last comment. Okay. What I'm proposing is that We lowered the taxes while we can. And I don't see a big difference going from 0.3% difference. It's not like a whole, it's like 97, less than 97%. So I don't see a difference, you know, from 7.9 to 7.6, just 0.3 of a difference. Okay.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“You wanted to say something? Yes, I did.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay, I move to withdraw the motion of proposing the 7.6 millage rate. Second.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026