Remarks by Dr. Glen Spiritis
247 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 10
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“Is it based on what we produce, or is it just a general formula based on population?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I had a situation in New York, quite frankly, which was a general formula. It made no difference whether we created $100 million, $300 million in sales taxes. It made no difference. We got it all based on a formula.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE BOND, $28 MILLION. SO THAT IS EVERYTHING EXCEPT EXCLUDING THE UTILITY DISTRICT.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. So the 11, I just want to, I'm trying to figure out what we're paying for the bonds per year, you know, for what we, and you included the 115 million in there. And I guess the, The extra $20 million, $25 million we put into the police department and we did some road work. That's all in this number that we're paying out right now.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Mayor, I do believe that the CRA did receive funding from the state. The state had a program. It was for everyone in the state to fix their roof. and some other critical structural things on their homes. And I believe the CRA was a recipient of those funds. And they did leverage that, I think, with some of their own money. That's a very worthy program. If we want this to become a self-sufficient program for the future, you might want to consider making it a very low interest loan for some people and a grant for others, depending upon THE FINANCIAL SITUATION, BUT IF WE MAKE IT A LOW INTEREST…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes. So this is where an intergovernmental affairs person comes into play, there is a tremendous amount of money out there for community grant type programs in the state and in the federal government and private, by the way. So I think that we'll be able to make up that $40,000 if we hire a competent intergovernmental affairs person.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Chair? I said six months, I see three months there for freezing those positions.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE ABOUT THE INTERNAL ORDER. very important that that person be independent it's also very important that that person meet all the requirements to be hired and it's also very important that that person not share information with members of our committees and boards and the community because things are coming back to me that i haven't even heard yet so i think we have to tighten up on that and hopefully the city manager RIGHT NOW CAN WORK ON THAT? THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S TIED TO THE CITY MANAGER. IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE CITY MANAGER. IT'S COMING DIRECTLY FROM…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“GO AHEAD. YOU'RE INTENTILE TO YOUR OPINION, COUNCILMAN.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I strongly disagree with my colleague. I have information that she does not have, obviously. And I can tell you that... I didn't say that this person does not have the qualifications. I said, whoever we hire and keep in this position should have those qualifications. So I'm just going to go through those qualifications and I will do a comparison. I haven't had the time to do that yet because this internal auditor was hired one, two, three, and we will do that. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. I just think the members of the council should become familiar with what the rules and regulations in the law are pertaining to an internal order and a state investigation. and what information is allowed to be discussed and shared with the community and what is not. Clearly, that's not the case of what's going on right now. And we'll look into it. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. And all due respect to the mayor, we vote on funding every one of these employees, and we have a fiduciary responsibility to know what their jobs are, what their qualifications are, and what the responsibility of that position is. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“ON THE MOORING FIELD, DO WE HAVE A COST ESTIMATE ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST PER BALL?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“What I'm asking, you know, in the mooring fields, we have those big concrete balls that float that they hook up and they're anchored to the ground by us and they just hook up to that ball. I just want to know what the cost is per ball so we figure out what size mooring field, if we want to do a mooring field, what size mooring field and what our cost would be to get it implemented. That's all. Awesome.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“with the executive director. But since you brought this up, I'm going to ask you a real simple question. Did you recommend that those two employees be given the position and be put on a temporary basis?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“THANK YOU. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Thank you very much.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“my and the utility department is doing a lot better under mr neiman since he's been here right chair i believe he's doing a lot better because of the employees who are there chair but we will get off of that yeah we'll get on for that yeah i just i just want to follow up what you said i just want to make it very clear that mr neiman has done an excellent job uh we now have clean safe water coming through our pipes we've upgraded our existing water plant our new water plant is well under construction right now you can drive by you'll see all the work going on there my hat is off to the board…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“OKAY. WELL, IT WILL BE GERMANE TO THE BUDGET. CAN WE HAVE MS. AYMANS COME TO THE MIC, PLEASE? Good evening, Director Ammons.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. You know I respect you and I think you're doing a great job. I'm just bringing this up just so that we can have a discussion about it and maybe moving in a different direction, maybe stay in the same direction. I'm not sure yet. Yes, sir. We did have a discussion about owner's reps before this council, and it was my understanding that we were, well, you advised us that the list that we had who are owner's reps. And just so everyone knows, an owner's rep is usually an engineer or an engineering company that we hire to make sure they were getting what we paid for based on the…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“But we're talking about millions of dollars right now. So this does have an impact on our budget and how we're going to function. I just think that we'd be better off putting together a list of experienced engineering firms, and I think that we should tighten up our RFP and RFQ requirements for this. It should be an engineering firm. It should not just be a construction manager. You know, when you're talking about building a $45 million, you know, firehouse or a $400 million water plant, you know, it's important that you have engineers doing that, not just the construction manager.…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So to build on your comments and direct names, we're going to have a lot of projects. city projects that are coming out. I mean, I noticed you said, of course, you made it clear that the UD district's projects weren't included. The UD district has about five or six projects, major projects, that are going to be coming out of the ground real soon, if not already coming out of the ground. But then the city has, of course, the Marina project. And we have other projects. Do we have an owner's rep on the related project?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Right, Chair. So just, you know, we have a substantial amount of money invested in that project as well. and we want to make sure that our money is being used in the right way and we're getting our money's worth out of it. It's important that we have an owner's rep. You do know that that lease expires and then the project becomes owned by the city. It clearly is not going to be me sitting here when that happens, but someone's going to be sitting here. We have to look out for the future generations. So I think it's important that we have an owner's rep on projects, even when we lease them, as…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“CHAIR, CAN WE PUT THIS ON THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026