Remarks by Darrin Palumbo
628 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 19 of 26
“It's too hot. It's too cold. We are... Forgive me. We're moving on to what? 16C, I believe. Correct?”
“Thank you, Chief. I see some light signs. Councillor Henry.”
“We have a motion by Councillor Henry, second by Councillor Goeller. Councillor Gray, your light sign is on.”
“Well, I see no other light signs. Chief, how long did we talk on it, 30 minutes, 35 minutes? Yes, sir. We had a great detailed conversation, started with Chief Byrne. And I'll speak about C&D, although we're on C. You're going to be asking for $3.5 million. Tell me why we should grant it.”
“Well, first of all, we need fire equipment, right? That's number one. We went into great detail. Price improvement. These are better constructed vehicles, just a little more heavy-duty than the previous, a little more beefed up. We talked about the firehouse, the cleanliness, the condition. I presume this vehicle looked the same way. Maybe there's some value at the end of the lease. We got 18 years out of one. impressively, but now it's at the end of its life. So after those detailed questions, detailed conversation, I was thoroughly convinced that this is a good purchase. So I, of course,…”
“Yes. Motion passes 7-0. On to item 16D, resolution. Joan, would you please read that into the record for us, please? Chief, you might as well stay right there. I'm staying right there. Thank you.”
“Councillor, would you make that motion again, please?”
“Do we have a motion by Councillor Henry, second by Councillor Gray? Councillor Gray, your light sign is on, your light sign is off. I see no other light signs. I agree. Chief and I had a much more detailed conversation about a vehicle that's 10 years old. The type, the quality, what the new one's going to look like, how we're going to own it, the way it'll be maintained, how much life we can get out of it. I was satisfied with the answers, and I appreciated the time you spent explaining to me. Anybody signed up for public comment?”
“Thank you. Ride safely. Did you just say that? I love it. We are moving on to 16E, city manager performance evaluation from human resources director Diana Snover. Diana, please. Welcome.”
“Motion to approve by Councillor Henry, second by Vice Chair Champagne. Do you have anything to add, Vice Chair Champagne?”
“All right. I'll just say I liked it. It's clean. It gets to the point. You can always add another page if you want to put additional comments or anything. So I think it's great. Anybody signed up for public comment on this?”
“Yes. Motion passes 7-0. Thank you for your hard work, Diana, and also Vice Chair Champaign for your input on that. We are moving on to item 17, items removed from the consent agenda. And that was, it wasn't F, it was I, right? That was 8I. Yes, it was. Budget appropriation, fire department, pumper truck, balloon payment, Chase Calloway, finance manager. Councilor Gray, I believe you removed that, so would you like to start?”
“Do we have a second to that motion? I'll second. Motion by Councilor Gray, second by Councilor Henry. Well done. I see no light signs. I'm assuming nobody signed up for public comments.”
“Yes. Motion passes 7-0. Excellent. Now let me get back to my... All right, counselors, moving on to item 18, counselor communication and future agenda items. Light signs if there's something you'd like to share. Counselor Goller, you're up first.”
“Well, thank you. I would certainly wait to see what information they bring forward. You could piggyback on that. Most of the work is going to be done already for you, and you could inject your desires as a councillor and bring up great conversation with us.”
“Okay. Councillor Schwan, you're up next.”
“Great information, Councillor. That's actually really useful.”
“Well, excellent news. Thank you. Councillor Henry, you were up next.”
“Well said, Councillor Henry. It's not something we applaud. It's something we commiserate, but beautiful words.”
“I have a couple of things. I see another light signs. Councilor, I'm going to follow up with yours a little bit. And just on the citizens part, you know, united we stand, divided we fall. And yes, we have passionate things we debate about on Marco. And yes, we are frustrated over reaching build out. There's no question about it. And we're all in love with what we used to have. But I look at the island as in great shape. I look at it, think of five better places to live than Marco, and right here, right now in your mind. I can't think of one. And then think of one that's the safest community…”
“Thank you, Martin. Now, one thing I want to run by of a little more procedural. And this just popped up. Somebody come up and said thank you, Chair, for replying to me. sunday august 18th i must say you're the only counselor that has responded to every single email i sent so sent to me thank you counselor gray thank you chair palumbo for your responses it's reassuring to know that you've listened you're open to feedback willingness to engage disappointed so if you chose to respond i appreciate your sponsor you're the only person who responded to me now i'm not putting this up because i want…”
“Thank you. Thank you for the feedback. Councillor Gray.”
“That may be the case. I mean, a lot of those people that want to speak are the residents, but there may be a fail-safe for that with limiting the amount or the number. Right now I'm just talking about if it's worth even considering pontificating and pursuing. Councillor Schwan, you're up next.”
“It certainly has to do. I'm not even asking for a consensus here. I just want to know what your opinions are.”
“Sure. I'm certainly not even going to produce it if I don't think I have four people that like the idea. If not, that's a good point. We stop right here and right now and I'll put another ounce of effort in it. Vice Chair Champagne, do you have any thoughts on this before I endeavor any effort on this?”