Remarks by Dave Eggers
526 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 22
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“I'm sorry. I owe her to go back to Commissioner Flowers.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“And you mentioned the parents and working, but the kids going to school is a whole other thing.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“You said NACO, and that got her attention.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah, go ahead. I'll be quick. No, I know. I'm just trying to get some things in too, so go ahead.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“It seems like we've lost three of our members here. I know Commissioner Letvell will be back. I think Commissioner Nowicki said he needed to leave after 2. I don't know about Commissioner Peters. This is our last workshop. Are we going to have a workshop? because otherwise we're going to be working during our hearings.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“uh... and then you'll have a work session and then we'll come into our second public hearing that'll require supermajority yet so again i i i can't think uh... the commissioners who done all of their homework leading up to it the questions and they're in the in the in the messages that uh... they've come to us with no response required of course or even allowed so thank you uh... to any all of you for that uh... And I think we've done a great job. I'm of the mind that a balance in our budget somewhere between the hardware and the software of our county needs to be looked at. And for me, when…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I understand. I mean, I would too. I've been pounding that drum. Obviously, no one hears anything about it. And I appreciate the conversations you've had with some of them to understand the connections that they do and how it affects the very millage that they complain about us. I mean, it's so direct. And we're talking about everybody paying their fair share of that. And to that end, Barry, it might be helpful to understand exactly what that gas tax is because it's not all just the electric car piece that they pay their fair share.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Well, adding these three mills was painful for me, but it did what it's supposed to do. And to that end, I'm grateful. And it's not like we're still talking about $40 million. they were adding to that instead of for instead of forty three million and i mean i know that the different parts of money there but i'm just i'm again trying to put perspective around this we can tell you what an additional man and i have i can tell you what we won't be able to do as a guest in india and don't don't pick out just uh... hard looks at the road in front of your house yeah yeah that that kind of thing…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I think that's a great point, and I think, Karen, at least when we have that next discussion on that and we get to specifics, I think that's a good discussion to have. Okay, that's all. Thanks. Oh, Vince Nowicki, you left. I'm not going to recognize you on the screen.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“All against. No, no, I'm kidding. Go ahead, Ben. He's in the timeout room.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Picking on them is just wrong. Vince, hold on one second. Commissioner Letvala.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“We can. Okay. It was a question, so we can get the number.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah, so you're supporting his, uh, support of the thing.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Hold on. Hold on, Commissioner Nowicki. Go ahead, Barry.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“It's a reduction in his increased budget proposal.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Looking forward to a continued meeting and just I don't know if you were on when we were talking about that. We have a commission meeting next Thursday. uh... and then we have a commission meeting on the twenty fourth or twenty fifth the week before that we have a workshop where we could discuss so additional items in public together and make changes to the budget that we preliminarily advance from the first meeting correct we could make some changes on the fly for that the final hearing on the 25th we simply need a simple majority vote uh to advance out of the first public hearing and then…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Well, I mean, that one just that one jumps out at you. Oh, yeah. I mean, you talk about but we're getting dollar for dollar on that, right? We're getting it's all pass through. It's just 200 million coming in, 200 million going out. Correct.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. That's kind of the stuff that's embedded in our budget when we look at the millage rate that covers the costs.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I thought I was supposed to already have it. He does already have it.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah, it's a great point, Barry, and I see a lot of directors and others over there and It certainly doesn't go unnoticed, perhaps not said enough thank you for what you all have done this year. It's not an easy time for any of us, and it includes all of you. You guys are doing the heavy lifting to give us these options on a piece of paper. Echoing your comments, and I'm glad you said that. Thank you to everybody. We are jumping into, oh, we go from budgets to potable irrigation meters. and Jeremy Watt better be coming ready to... We wanted to do budget first.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“But you're still using the more expensive potable water.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Because you've already gone over the 10,000 gallons per month of potable.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“So some of the smaller users, the lower users, are the ones being more affected today. The larger users have that cap on sewage at 10,000, was it 10,000 gallons? Correct, today. So when they use more, they're using 15, 20,000 gallons per month of sewer charge. The other folks are kind of in the system paying for that. I mean, those folks are getting a break on a cost. And I'm not suggesting that we go raise our rates or anything. I'm just saying there is kind of a, we're trying to balance all of this out, right? So some folks that are the higher users are getting a bigger break, so to speak,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“limits that and so this is what the option one question is should we just lower the cap or raise the cap or do something with how the rate structure was built that didn't answer your question i can no no i'm i'm i'm trying to make sure that that everybody's being charged a fair amount and when the system is you keep saying the system if you reduce it somewhere in reducing the overall system and somehow you got to make it up.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“The variable portion is different, right?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026