Remarks by David Suarez
153 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 7
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“What is the rate per hour for these individuals? What is the rate per hour? Because I see it's $100 an hour. Is that correct?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:32:57
“I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT SEEMS A LOT FOR WHAT, I GET IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW YOU MANAGE OUTREACH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, HE DOES A MONTHLY TOUR ON WEST AVENUE. HE'S NOT GETTING PAID FOR IT.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW. I'M A NO ON THIS. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SPENDING a million dollars to basically have someone answer emails, make a website. I just think we have a department for that. And if we were flush with cash and we weren't forced to lower our rollback rate with a looming cuts from, not cuts, but Our budgets gonna have to be lowered with with the tax cuts that's possibly gonna get past November I don't think this is just a good use of taxpayer money. So that's just me You know, I hope I'd like to hear what my colleagues have to say and why this was probably a good idea I…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:37:54
“I mean, we could use this million dollars for a lot of the other projects that are on the chopping block, like the teen club. I'm sure that's a better use of this million dollars than contracting out what our internal department can do. And how many emails has been sent or received since this program began?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:38:22
“Yeah, see, I mean, you're kind of throwing out, well, it's been thousands. There should certainly be an exact number of how many emails were sent. But scheduling meetings, managing a WhatsApp group, I mean, come on. We have a division literally called Neighborhood Affairs.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:40:10
“Where do you need, excuse me, where do you need, the next harmonization discussion is for projects, or is it for sections three and four for West Avenue, for example?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:40:33
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City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:48:30
“One last question. How many employees do you have in the Neighborhood Affairs Division, and how many employees do you have in the Communications Department?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:48:58
“Four of them are what? Matt, Neighborhood Affairs. So we have 18 employees and we can't do what we're doing now with 18 full-time employees? I mean, what are we telling the residents? This is a joke.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:49:44
“Well, thank you. Listen, roles change, responsibilities change. And I'm just going off of what's on this memo. And this memo just simply says they're answering emails, making websites, managing a WhatsApp chat group. I mean, we can just do that.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:50:01
“We can just do that ourselves. I mean, come on, guys. This is ridiculous.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:52:58
“That's a great point. And through the mayor, you have three photographers and two media?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:53:20
“And we do maybe 4,000 pieces of collateral and design. So maybe we need less photographers and design people and get personnel who are more equipped to what these PIOs do. I mean... Okay, I don't want to be a dead horse, and you guys know where I'm on this, so.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you Mr. Mayor. This is the second reading. I was just advised by the City Attorney to make a small amendment to the deposit, if you can clarify, please?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:10:48
“Okay, and then Commissioner Magazine, the May 15th?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:11:42
“Would they still be able to operate an event after 9 o'clock on the beach?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:12:12
“When does sea turtle season, for the record, when does sea turtle season officially start? Not what we define, but the state.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:15:18
“What was your point, Commissioner Fernandez?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:15:39
“But this is why this ordinance is here, right? It's to protect. Maybe tourism can... shed some light, and how many are we talking about?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:16:21
“Yeah, the only thing is, you know, what's the point of making this ordinance if we're going to just waive it for everyone? It just kind of defeats the purpose, right?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:17:53
“How many nests were recorded? Amy, I don't know if you know this. from May 1st to end of May. Do you, by any chance, have that information?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:18:19
“Okay, and we're at a record number this year, or we're trending up?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:18:28
“Okay, look, I'm not trying to really impede on some of the events that have been brought. For example, F1 weekend, they still have to have a lighting plan where they cannot have bright lights.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:18:52
“So how about we apply the deposit fee to anyone during this time? And other than July 4th, because there's fireworks, not much you can do about that, but for Carbone Beach F1, they still have to submit a deposit and they have to adhere to the lighting plan. And it's not like, hey, one light bulb's on and they get charged $50,000. If you can go through the instances of each individual violation, And again, this is just to hold them accountable, right? Because they can say, well, here's a lighting plan, but you know what? We're bringing in this huge strobe light now, and sorry. So we want to…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:20:41
“So can we have a deposit where if any violations occur per our lighting plan, that it's going to be withheld against their deposit?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026