Remarks by Deb Henry
67 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“Thank you so much, Chief Byrne, for all the background. The paperwork on this was very impressive and it was very well presented, so thank you for that. And with that, I move to approve.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you chief counselor Henry Again excellent information, and then I just need you to promise that you're not going to ask for anything for a while Can you can you define a while?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you for taking the time to speak with me, and because I'm the one that has delayed this, I would move to approve.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Is this something you could get to the paper as well or something? Yes. There's a lot more people read the paper than watch us. And that's already being worked on. Perfect. That's great.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay. Well, it's already been said once today, but tomorrow is Election Day. So if you haven't voted yet, please do. Martin, the slide, please. Please know that the Marco Island Police Department is having a blood drive next Tuesday, the 25th. They are enticing you to attend by giving all donors a $20 gift card, a T-shirt, and a wellness check. I encourage all to attend this event from 10 to 3 next Tuesday. Thank you. Also, I just want everybody to know that it is summertime, and please know that during the week of August 15th, over 1,200 families were served by our daily bread food pantry at…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I personally, that was an active thing even kind of post-COVID during the short-term rental time. And I had to say give kudos to people who sat and listened to a four-hour meeting before they could make comments. I'm all for it because it just adds more conversation. What ideally I would like, because having just a voice speak from above, and I don't know if our technology takes us there, is if there was a way to do a screen almost in a Zoom format. I don't know if that's an option. Because just hearing somebody talking down, there's something to be said about being present in eye contact,…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Well, I guess to feed all of that, all we know in life is guaranteed is death and taxes, right? I do have a question for Joan. You, in your report, said that public records requests were up 40%. Can you put that in general numbers? Are you getting more and more people, or is it one or three or five individuals? Are you getting 20 people occupying?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay. I just wanted to clarify that, that it did go from one spot to the other. And then the big thing, thank you to everybody for the thorough and detailed reports. I do encourage all residents to review and see the details of what our city employees accomplish each month. And one thing I find extremely interesting is in the IT report, they tell you... how many views our council meetings get and all the other committee meetings. And I just found it interesting that 129 people watched the beautification meeting from June 3rd, and only 91 watched the budget meeting from 6-15. Interesting…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I attended the planning board meeting, and I did a drive-by.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Councillor Champagne, for saying what you said. And I agree with you in some ways. But the fact that I think to the public that we have the bond referendum on the ballot starting next week, I think it's in good faith that we need to move forward knowing that we'd be good stewards. And if... the referendum in November passes, well, then it's going to be time to pay the piper. But I think moving forward, we have to stay at neutral for the stewards to show that we are being good stewards to the community and that we need the faith and the votes before the referendum come August.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I just had a quick question. Thank you for all the information. How much money has been expended to get to this far?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“But what about drawings, engineering costs?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So we can't do anything until it's awarded.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Here we go. We talked about it a little bit earlier with Terry here. I'll just remind everyone that early voting starts on Saturday the 8th and runs until the 15th. It's every day from 10 to 6 at the Mark Island Library. Election day is Tuesday the 18th. Polls are open from 7 to 7. So I encourage everyone to do their homework and vote for the best person in the respective party for all the primary elections. Martin, can you put up the slides, please? And I'd like to thank Ray for helping me with the slides. If you're looking for something fun to do, meet Captain America, enjoy free ice cream,…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“JUST ONE THING, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AND I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON US, ABOUT AGREEING TO CONSENT ON ANY FORM. AND I BROUGHT THIS UP WHEN I WITHDREW THE SOIL PARKING BECAUSE I SAID THAT SPECIFICALLY. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT INITIALLY TO DO MY WHITE PAPER, I GOT CONSENT. AND I WENT THROUGH THE MOTIONS, DID THE RESEARCH, DID ALL THE WORK. and then removed it because of public outcry, and that's fine. But we need, raising your hands, just saying yes to everything doesn't solve the problems, it doesn't make anybody happy. Be honest and straightforward. Change in your mind after the fact. We were…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026