Remarks by Dori Howington
65 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
- Play at 18:31
“Thank you. So what exactly is the missing middle housing since we had a survey done and we are not lacking in housing options in the city of Deltona?”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 19:38
“So is that where the nine-floor buildings come in?”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 19:47
“Did we ever expand to look at if that was safe from a fire perspective because we don't have fire trucks that can handle nine story buildings? I have concerns about when we put people living in the middle of floods and we put people living in housing that can't be sustained by fire safety.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. Going back to the six stories by right, as it stands today, live local applies to by right. However, this comprehensive plan is supposed to cover 25 years, correct? How do we know that in five years they're not gonna come back and say, if there's a 10-story building next door, it doesn't matter if you have the right or not. you can have that 10-story building. I think it's probably going to behoove us to build something into our comprehensive plan to protect ourselves from future legislation like SB 180 that came back and said if it wasn't on your books as of two years ago, then…”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:27:02
“So I think that there's a little bit more to it. So I'd like to put it forward to a vote.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:27:21
“I'd like to just have a consensus vote for the six stories.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:44:01
“Well, I'd like to put a motion forward since that was just recalled.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:44:32
“So I would like to make the motion that we retain our existing requirements set at six feet and, or sorry, six stories and seven within the activity center. Is that what it currently is?”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:53:37
“I do have a question. So if this is coming back before the commission in December, If the commission decides to make changes, how difficult will that be to make changes at that time?”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. I had recently got a list of the promotional expenses and revenue for the current year, and I was just curious if the $11,000 donation that was a capital contribution for the Harris-Saxon Park had been added to the capital funds, because it looks like it's still sitting in promotional revenue. And I would think if that's been earmarked as part of the donation to be for a capital project, we need to recognize it within capital contributions as opposed to promotional revenue.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 21:01
“It's the $11,000 from the Mayor's Ball that was received as a donation from the Hispanic organization. And it was earmarked specifically for Harris-Saxon Capital Projects.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 21:18
“And I didn't see it on this list, and I did still see it in the actual expenditures, or sorry, the actual revenue.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 21:33
“Thank you. That was the only thing I had.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 30:29
“Thank you. And I believe other communities are using one year as well. So that seems to be kind of typical for Volusia County. And I was also gonna speak to the 180 because we had asked that question previously and we had received confirmation. While there is no verbiage in the bill that says that it supersedes SB 180, the fact that we didn't have the zoning in place prior to August of 2025, I believe,”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. It's always perplexed me this entire process. I was prepared tonight to come in and make a motion at 6.4500, which is much lower than the rollback rate. I believe it is absolutely doable, and if the rest of the commissioners have the guts to go through and pick out fluff this evening, I think we can make that happen. The millage rate always comes before the budget. If you vote no on the millage and yes on the budget, that's a problem. If you vote yes on the millage and no on the budget, that's even worse because then you're creating unencumbered funds that you're collecting…”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:10:15
“Okay, because we just paid, I think, another $10,000 on the Celtic Fest here in September that was on that list?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:10:32
“Okay, and that's what I thought. I also saw $10,000 come through for a Latin Fest in August.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:10:41
“So how many Latin Fests are we funding? Because there's one in next year's budget, too.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:10:48
“So is that funding an event that's after January 1st? Because I believe we were told by the city manager that that event was taking place in October.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:12:46
“No, and I understand that. That wasn't my question. I'm curious how many Latin Fests we're funding.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:13:03
“Okay, I remember seeing some things come out from city officials and commissioners saying that they were in October and November. But I guess we'll hash that out.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:13:20
“I don't know. I'm just wondering why there's one in the budget for an event that took place in September.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:13:33
“Okay, I think that we all have some disconnect as to what our legal team may feel is acceptable versus what other people's interpretation of the bill is.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:14:21
“latin fest would be very questionable and we should probably make sure that we are in compliance if that is the case as the budget is written today it is not in compliance in my opinion as well as many of our residents and as we know from the bill it only takes one resident to sue us so if one resident deems that this does not meet the requirements of the bill they can bring a lawsuit or i don't know a class action lawsuit so that that is a concern i think that we definitely have the opportunity we have other communities getting rid of their fourth of july celebrations i think there's ways…”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:21:58
“I'm not making any recommendations because anybody who voted yes on the millage rate has already accepted the budget because you accepted what we're charging the residents. And so any changes to the budget at this point is disingenuous because you are creating unencumbered funds for the city manager to spend however he so chooses.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026