Remarks by Javier Fernández
827 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 34
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“We can do with the app, exactly. So with that, is there a motion to adopt item 15? I'll move it. Okay, is there a second? Second. Okay, Madam Clerk, if you can call the roll.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“All right, let's take up all the public hearing items we have left. Can you read item six, please?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, I just have one I apologize was not here earlier. It's attained on a work matter We've gone through the budget pretty exhaustively with the manager and I appreciate the all the work you guys have done on it thus far and Still got a ways to go before we adopt the final product But I think we are projecting, you know net surplus revenues like a hundred and fifty thousand dollars plus or minus a few bucks 129 so Again, for tonight, I'm going to support, I want to keep the millage flat, but going forward, if we're going to structure a budget to just kind of give that money back,…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, so we go from 395 to 39. Okay. Thank you.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“It would be, I believe, like... 389 or... Right. Okay, that's fine. I just wanted to get a rough estimate of what it would be. Okay. Further questions?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I mean, look, the truth is we're, you know, projects, we have a lot of projects coming online and hopefully by fiscal year 29, right, fiscal year 28 will probably be pretty light on the number of new construction projects that will hit before the January 1 date. You guys all know what my priority has been. The manager knows it. I've been looking at hopefully creating capacity holding the millage rate, you know, flat so that we could give it back in the form of improvements. I mean, it's going slower than I honestly would hope. It's none of our fault. It's just, you know, we're, you know,…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Look, I think I was very worried about this issue in January. Today, I'm pretty much happy to bet anyone that it's going to fail, because it's not going to hit the threshold. I just don't see why, as a political actor, if I spent a year in change talking about substantial property tax reform, why I would walk away from the issue. In the homestretch once I got out of the legislature to me makes no sense other than if the governor Israel thinks it must think must have calculated this is a politically losing issue and the easy Path is to scapegoat the legislature for not adopting his policy.…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I think it's an excellent option. So would support it. Okay. Thank you. Do we have a motion on this item, Madam Clerk?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“It's a public hearing item. So there's a member of the public who'd like to address. This commission on item six, which is our setting of the proposed millage rate for fiscal year 2027. Please come forward at this time. Seeing no one in the chamber and no one online, Madam Clerk. No. We will close the public hearing. Colleagues, is there a motion to adopt the millage as proposed by the administration? I'll move the motion. Is there a second? Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Rodriguez, a second by Commissioner Kaye. Madam Clerk, with that, please call the roll.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Clerk. Let's read items 9, 10, and 11, since they're all ballot questions, and we can just discuss them together.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay. With respect to ballot item 9, basically we're allowing ourselves more options with respect to the method for publishing items, correct? Which, as I understand it, will reduce our operating costs.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“For item 10, we're basically taking the purchasing standards that the manager operates under out of the charter, And we will be adopting them by ordinance so we can modify them as needed over time without having to go back out To referendum in the future. Is that the effect?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“And then can you explain item 11? What's the effect of it so”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“OK, great. So basically, we're conforming with their process.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“So we'd be extending the period based on the determination of the supervisor or election. Correct. Whatever that period is. So she says it's not 30 days, it's got to be 90 days. It would be held in 90 days.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Colleagues, any questions on the four items? Okay. Let's go left to right. Madam Commissioner, you're recognized. Yes.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“But there were no sorry and they were no longer means a term limit for How many words are we at with the with the proposal that you have in front of us? We're limited 75 correct.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm happy to read the question out loud. So I'll make sure we're all reading the same thing.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“FOR QUESTION FOR ITEM 8 IT READS THE CHARTER CURRENTLY DEFINES A FRANCHISE TO INCLUDE LEASES AND OTHER LIMITED TERM INTERESTS IN CITY OWNED REAL PROPERTY REQUIRING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND LIMITING THE TERM TO 50 YEARS. SHALL THE CHARTER BE AMENDED TO NARROWLY DEFINE A FRANCHISE AS A PRIVILEGE GRANTED TO A PRIVATE ENTITY TO USE PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR UTILITY OR PUBLIC SERVICE EXCLUDING LEASES AND OTHER LIMITED TERM INTERESTS FROM THOSE REQUIREMENTS I will tell you that does not, if I read that, it's not going to induce me to want to vote for it. Again, I don't think it's misleading. I do think…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“No, but this is the actual question. What you're going to vote on is this. It's right here.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I'm sorry, is it lines 108 to 112 that are going to be on the ballot?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“You're confusing the hell out of me, honestly. I mean, there's the two official ballots.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026