Remarks by Dori Howington
65 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“Yes, thank you. I would like to not see these as part of consent because I think our residents should have a little bit more time to speak on budgetary items. And I agree with everything that Brandy White said. This little two-page document that we get just doesn't really cut it as far as giving us information. If we receive a grant or something that increases the revenue coming into the city, we should know that. We should be able to see that when we're going from $344 million to $356 million, that we know what that is. Right now, it just looks like we're adding a bunch of fluff that we have…”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“I appreciate that explanation because again, we get asked. So it's nice to have that come directly from the city. Thank you. All right, are you done, Commissioner?”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you. I had some questions about the development review changes that are happening in the fee schedule. Okay.”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Can you just walk us through what those changes are and why?”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“In general, what's happening, because there's a whole section that's changing, so it's kind of a holistic view of what's happening here. So broad base, Jordan.”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“So we're not eliminating fees or anything?”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Okay. That was just something I wanted to confirm. I think that was the only question that I had probably for you. The other one was, as we all saw, and I hate to bring this up, but the Christmas parade and creating fees. Okay. There's a statement that allows fees to be created outside of the commission. However, when that happens, then the commission has to answer for those fees that are created. And so I would like for us to consider the possibility of removing the section about creating new fees without coming to the commission first, since we're the ones that have to answer for those new…”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Let's see, there's a section that talks about the Parks and Recreation Director may, with the city manager approval, adjust the above rates, which is just tied to the rates above. But then there's a section below that allows the city manager to create a new program fees necessary related to Parks and Rec. And as we saw with the Christmas parade, We went from having a toy donation to having a required fee of $75 that the city commission did not approve, but yet we were the ones that the community came to us to complain when the schools were having to pay that fee.”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“and again those fee resolutions really at quarterly time is when we look at those okay so we do look at that four times a year if there's a need to and there are changes right but unfortunately as we saw earlier in december this created a community issue and again we who sit up here are having to answer for that And I think that that is a concern. If we have to approve all of the fees, we shouldn't be approving them after the fact. Especially when in that instance, I was specifically told that the city manager was unaware of that new fee being created. So I think that we should probably have…”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“I move to approve resolution number 2026-53 with an amendment to the special event permit and fees that requires the new program fees to be brought before the commission before it is implemented.”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you. I just wanted to get some clarification from legal. I think that this is a great ordinance is something that we definitely need in the community. But I just want to confirm because I know the state has A statute that creates a misdemeanor for animal abandonment and it has a maximum fine of $5,000 and ours escalates to $7,500. And I'm just trying to confirm that we're not doing anything that is out of alignment with the state of Florida or what we're allowed to do.”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Perfect, thank you. And how about enforcement? How is this enforced?”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Has there been any discussion at this point with the sheriff just because it is a misdemeanor crime? And so given that it is actually a misdemeanor, can we possibly partner with the sheriff's department when these situations arise?”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you. I just want to confirm that because this is something that is not currently allowed within our code, and I assume it was that way as of August 1st, that that would eliminate any risk with SB 180.”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Okay, and that's your stance. I just was concerned because I know that notwithstanding is not in there and it does not supersede SB 180. So I just wanted to get clarification. So from legal, we are getting the guidance that we will not be violating SB 180 to incorporate this moratorium.”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026