Remarks by Isaac Salver
144 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 6
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“Well, we don't have a contract right now. What was the difference between right now and a month from now, or two months from now? There's absolutely no difference, except we'd have more time to, you know, I know I really didn't get to look at the new contract. And you know, maybe the old, I'm presuming that it was just kind of a cut and paste with a couple of things that were changed, like the COLA.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“Honestly, I think I kind of agree with you that we should have a closed door session and get some comfort level with what we're doing and really understand this contract that we're getting into. Because I know I didn't spend a lot of time on this.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“Yeah, well, it's not a few months. It's a year. And second of all, I think when Ron Wasson was the manager, there was one collective bargaining agreement that wasn't signed until a year and a half later. So we had no contract for a year and a half. and the town is still floating in the intercoastal.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“It's not ideal. It's not. Honestly, I don't think it affects the town. It doesn't affect the public safety.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“I think we should, no doubt in my mind, that we should at least delay this one month So I've had a chance to really go through the collective bargaining agreement and understand it. And maybe we need to have a discussion first amongst the council to talk about the impact that the item, section 29, the pension, let's go through the numbers for us so we could present a proper negotiation including that. I mean, this three month window to open negotiations on either side, it sounds too fluid for me. I'd like something more concrete. That's me. It's the council that has to act.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“We'll have a closed session. If you guys agree to it, I would have a closed session as soon as anybody wants it.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right. So is there another second? Can you just repeat what you had said to me?”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“And just for the record, personally, I don't really have a problem if the guys are bringing forth the opportunity to have 12-hour shifts, I have no problem with that. But I want to talk seriously about that rate of return matter, which could have, this year, save the town a million and a half bucks right but unfortunately but i think if we approve this didn't raise that up you know earlier so right timing was bad timing was bad”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“I understand the concept. Yeah, and we could take this more seriously and do a three-year deal so we don't have to go through this.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“Right, and then we're doing this without knowing what happens to Amendment 3.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“Yeah, but it affects everything else. You can't look at today. in isolation, in a vacuum. It affects everything else. If we're stuck with this.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“I'm still not convinced that we should pass something that I haven't really studied yet.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“And this is not an aggressive agreement. or adversarial move. This is just a logical move as fiduciaries of public dollars.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“He banged out the first short projection in a couple of days. There's no doubt in my mind that if we schedule a date, he'll have to work a little bit of overtime and get what we need.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“Um, well, you know, right now it sounds like, you know, there's a lot of folks on the council that aren't so happy about the 12 hour shifts. So, um,”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“OK, and there's no second anyway. So the motion dies on the floor.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“It can be somewhat complex. You know, Chuck Carr will be able to, provide enough information for you to understand it. Yeah, that seems right. It's not rocket science.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“Yeah, and we asked those questions during the pension board. And he answered them that there's no one that will be affected by this retroactively. In other words, everybody, they're not losing anything. They're not losing anything, the members of the pension. They're not losing anything. Moving forward, the only people it might affect are new enrollees or folks that are not in the pension plan yet.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026
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“Okay. Is there any other items to be discussed? No. Okay. We're adjourned.”
Town Council · Oct 14, 2026