Remarks by Dayana Benmergui
43 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 16:52
“Good morning. And I completely agree with Commissioner Weingart. It's not always easy, but we make it happen. And once in a blue moon, it's OK to miss it. I mean, we're all humans. We have a tight schedule. We're here for the residents. We're trying to make our best. And actually, morning time, I see there's more people coming. And our minds are more fresh to work. Sometimes we do it morning, sometimes evening. But we're here for you guys. Thank you so much. And I really wanted to make a point to thank the commission members to change the date for the September meeting. Thank you so much for…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:01:42
“Yeah, I would like to know the attorney's opinion on this.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:29:54
“Yes, I don't need to explain myself, but I will explain myself. The day that I came to meet, if I'm not wrong, at the beginning with Attorney Helfman, I was in Sandra's office. And I said, okay, I'll go to the conference. In the conference, there was the budget lady. In the other room, there was somebody else. And I said, there's nowhere to meet. I had to sit down in Sandra's office. She was on the phone, busy in her computer, but had to meet the attorney for, it was nothing, for three minutes. But in Sandra's office, why don't we have a designated office, a space? for the commission to meet.…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah, but obviously there's no place to meet outside. I have to go into Sandra's office. The other day, I had to make a voice message for the video. I had nowhere to meet. I had nowhere to do it. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom to do it. There is nowhere to do it because in every office, there's somebody. The conference is taken. I had to go into Genesis office. I said, I apologize, can you give me a minute so I can use your office? There is no office, there is no place to do town staff for us. Can we designate a room so we can do town staff for us?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:56:49
“So thank you. I also support educating the community is the way to do. But again, I don't see it here in Sorset as a danger, because every morning, as I go to the beach sometimes, I see the trucks flattening the sand. Every morning, we have a flat sand, meaning there are no holes happening, like staying for days. There are no holes. And as parents, we need to be self-aware and educate our kids. When you go to the beach, you dig a hole, then try to flatten it and don't leave a hole, 100%. But again, every single day, thank God, I feel very honored to live here. This is a very safe…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 22:09
“I have a question, if I can speak. Of course. Can you hear me? Yeah. Yes. So the street lighting project that we're going to, it's going to get approved eventually soon, is that included in the budget?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“No. Okay. And, okay, so that we should put it because that's going to happen anytime soon. I'm guessing. I'm guessing.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“down to 3.78. So that's reducing it. So I'm confused. We're not increasing it. It's the opposite.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 50:36
“Quick question. Sorry. Yeah. Good question. Are we also budgeting, putting in the budget the fact that I think the town is still collecting funds of permits that we have to give back?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 50:53
“Is that in the budget? Because that's money that the city owes to the residents.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 53:16
“Yeah, it's money that we need to allocate. I mean, eventually we need to pay all that money.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 53:32
“I mean, I can do the research. If you want me to do, I can do a research. It's not a lot of money. It's even cheaper to just buy, for example, a smart machine than to actually have a crew or to outsource a company to clean it. You just buy, you have them there, and you have the machines running all day cleaning your streets. It's a one-time...”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“is so that's to get to complete design right that's like 100 design okay so maybe the project i would i would like to bring that into the september item in the september agenda uh to discuss for the solar you know the solar option the lighting with the solar panel”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:00:49
“But wait, I have a question. Are we married to FP&L? Like, is that the only option?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:01:35
“Yeah, we're going to reduce all the. Yeah, sure.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:01:41
“And honestly, in the past, I remember a few times that we had like storms and hurricane season. I remember a couple of hurricanes that we had. It was a disaster. No power. It was dangerous. The power lines fell. It's a ghost town. It's very dangerous. It becomes like a pitch black. It looks like a war zone, completely black. So it would be very beneficial for the residents to really get the solar option. Even if it's a little bit more expensive now and then long term, it's going to be beneficial.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:02:40
“But wait, can we get our own polls so we don't? have to be married to any company? Can we get our own poles?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:03:35
“I don't mind that we do the due diligence and get to work on the solar option. 100%. It's much more beneficial. We don't have to rely on FPL every time. I mean, let's be independent. All right.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:23:48
“Yeah, I want to say something. I go every Sunday to watch my grandson in Bay Harbor. He plays soccer every Sunday because my daughter lives over there. And they play on the on the big soccer field that they have. And it's the turf. It's like the fake grass. And I'm like, wow, this is... Because to me, you know, soccer field is fresh grass. But I actually go there every Sunday, and I'm telling you, these kids are able to actually play. It's not muddy. It rains. It stops. It's humid. And this is super flat. It's very easy for the kids to play. It's very comfortable. It has a lot of usage, and…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:52:16
“Hold on. What's re-applicable? Reducing what exactly?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:52:45
“The water taxi for next year, maybe, I mean, if that's an option, if we're going to have it, maybe we can cut down on the, I mean, it could be, I don't know, it's an idea I'm throwing. It could be very beneficial to take the kids from Bay Harbor to sources with a water taxi. It's like a small, you know, a very small, short trip. on the water taxi, it would be very beneficial, maybe just throwing an idea.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:53:15
“Less traffic, less, like a school bus, you know, bringing the kids from Surfside to Bay Harbor, we can bring them with the water taxi.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:53:28
“Yes, exactly. It would create less traffic, less traffic for the kids. Sometimes it gets backed up. The traffic gets insane in high seasons. In November, December time, it gets crazy. Even just to go from Bay Harbor to Surset to Bay Harbor and back and forth, It could take maybe 30 minutes. With a water taxi, we can remove that expense of the school bus next year and use the water taxi option. It's $100,000 that we can, you know.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:54:09
“I mean, I don't know. I'm just throwing ideas.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 1:54:13
“Yeah, a question that I had. I'm sorry, a question that I had. Nothing to do with the water taxi. The financial director, is that in the budget?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026