Remarks by Isabelle J. McDonald

222 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 9

  1. Play at 3:42
    “Father, we come before you once again to give you thanks for allowing us to see this day. We ask that you continue to lead, guide, and direct us as we conduct the city's business. We ask that you cover each and every one of us, those that are present and those that are absent. We give you glory, honor, and praises because you're so good and so worthy of our praise. We ask all these blessings in your son Jesus' name we pray. Amen.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  2. Play at 7:44
    “You say you're looking to have a meeting? Yes, 12 Step.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  3. Play at 9:42
    “So you're in the planning stages? Yes, we're just planning stages. And you haven't decided on a location?”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  4. Play at 9:58
    “I know you said the meeting was going to be on the marina, but I didn't know that you were looking to have that be your location. Yeah, yeah, we spoke about it yesterday.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  5. Play at 24:40
    “So at your last presentation, I asked if you could provide us with a list of vendors that would be able to conduct the forensic audit for us, and you said that you would.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  6. Play at 25:15

    Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  7. Play at 30:57
    “City manager can you clarify the date for the period in question. I just want to make sure that we have a correct date for that particular resolution.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  8. Play at 31:18
    “I just thought I heard you say 2025 through 2026. In addition to questions?”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  9. Play at 38:44
    “If I'm not mistaken, anyone that is renting either of our facilities are required to have event insurance, correct? And security. Correct.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  10. Play at 39:11
    “Is this something that needs to be reviewed?”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  11. Play at 42:42
    “so the other thing with that would be are we assigning someone to do a head count because I mean clearly if you're gonna charge more you got to be able to say you have more than what you've stated on your application so I”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  12. Play at 43:22
    “I'm not trying to have no debate, but we do understand that there's caps, you know, when it comes to a structure, how many people are permitted for safety reasons.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  13. Play at 47:04
    “Mayor Babb, I move that we accept resolution, what number is it? 202646. 2026-46, pending any necessary amendments.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  14. Play at 52:00
    “Moved that we accept resolution 2026-60 as written with any necessary amendments.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  15. Play at 1:00:54
    “Yes. I thought that was the question last meeting that we were – going to look into the status of the contract.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  16. Play at 1:04:59
    “So my question would be for the attorney. Since I do believe that you do review and oversee contracts, so are you able to locate any record regarding?”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  17. Play at 1:05:41
    “So since this is from a time way back, about 10 years or more, I just, you know, was wondering if you would have any records. No, ma'am. It's likely expired. And I know you weren't here, you know, during that time.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  18. Play at 1:06:11
    “So I just want to clarify, too, did you say that the person that is currently there is not the person that's on this contract?”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  19. Play at 1:13:49
    “I have a question. Are these permits all active, the ones on this list?”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  20. Play at 1:14:07
    “I see some dates dating all the way back to like 2014. Correct. Excuse me.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  21. Play at 1:16:43
    “which ones are actually up and running i think the bottom line is that um we're looking to see which ones are supposed to be providing revenues to the city and um if a bunch of these on here are inactive then obviously i understand how a permit works You get the permit so that you can perform work, and then when it's done, it's done. But as far as that tower, it continues to operate within the city. So I know that you mentioned about the one that we're only one we're receiving revenues from. So if they're operating within the city, then certainly we should be receiving revenues from the…”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  22. Play at 1:18:00
    “We should be receiving that from all of them, not just that one that we were told about in the previous meeting.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  23. Play at 1:19:35
    “I'm still thinking that we need some clarification because Like Commissioner Scott said, the finance director informed us that we only had one tower that we were receiving revenues from. And so now you're saying there's three and possibly more because, I mean, this list obviously needs to be reviewed and, you know, updated or however you want to say it.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  24. Play at 1:20:12
    “That would be good. I think the other question, too, we had regarding that was to look at what cost comparisons were available with regards to those cell phone towers. So someone was supposed to do some research and look into that so that we can see how we're faring with regards to what we're receiving as revenues and or taxes in that regard.”

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

  25. Play at 1:43:06

    Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.

    City Commission · Sep 22, 2026

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