Remarks by David Lowery
340 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 14
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Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Anyone else? Hearing none, city manager.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes. 5-0. Thank you for that. And we close out 5B of this public hearing at 6.28 p.m. All right. Next, we move to the consent agenda. We had one, two, three, four, five, six items to begin with, and we added two more, which was the appointment of two new Charter Review Committee members, individual appointees from Commissioners Peebles and Warrick, and the temporary road closure approvals that the City Manager discussed earlier.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. Any discussion among the commission?”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“That's a good input, Commissioner Perno. Thank you for that, sir. Any other discussion amongst the commission on the consent agenda? If not, I'll open the floor. Any comments or questions? Oh, you know what? I'm sorry, guys. I'm not firing on all cylinders tonight. Can I have a motion to approve?”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. All right, any other questions regarding the consent agenda? If not,”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes, 5-0. Thank you for that. We're to old business now. We're on number 12, discussion and possible approval of a hiring process for the city clerk treasurer position. So I'll open the floor up to the entire commission. No preset way ahead other than just an open discussion about this.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I agree, and I see Commissioner Wark shaking his head yes, too. What I'd really like is, especially since this is kind of modeled conceptually after what the Panama City currently has with their clerk treasurer, I'd really like to get their PD, and if there's another couple of cities that have a similar position and role, for us to be able to look at their position descriptions and really kind of dig into that in order to generate... Our own PD and a very specific workshop. Doesn't sound on. Yes, ma'am, please.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“And certainly the CPAs and the different financial management professionals out there, much like many other professional entities, they have different certification, industry standard certifications. So I'm really kind of curious to look at those and make sure we kind of align with what the proper municipal level expectations are. I do know, I went and looked, and I know there's like a chartered financial analyst, a certified public finance administrator, and a certified public accountant, obviously. But there's a whole bunch of them. There's certified government finance officer credentials.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I just want to make sure we get that right.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“And a workshop huddle is the right way to do that instead of in this forum.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“So either a table or a motion to reassign to a workshop?”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“No, that's fine. We can table it, or we can motion to just go ahead and table it.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I have a motion and a second. Any concerns from the public in this? Basically, we're going to do a dedicated workshop and go through this. And any of you that want to come and watch the sausage being made and have inputs there, we'll welcome that. That's democracy in action. And by the end of it, it should be pretty clear on what this position is going to look like, how it's going to work alongside of the city manager, but be separate and distinct. checks and balances on the budget, kind of key muscle movements, all those big organizational things we'll talk about and we'll kind of plow…”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Because I know we voted on getting one, you know, and... The intent is to hire internally and dual hat or increase responsibility with the corresponding pay increase. However, if we end up relooking at that, we would have to adjust, obviously, in the budget as well. So the plan is $45,000 now is what we have built in for additional... increased responsibility within the organization based on our current manpower position.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“The commission picks and hires the city manager, the city attorney, and the city clerk.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Those are the three direct reports organizationally to the five-member commission.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes, sir. Any other questions? Hearing none, city manager.”
Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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Commission · Sep 22, 2026