Remarks by Javier Fernández
827 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 34
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“I think it's a conversation for some parking lot item for January of 2028. Can I leave some parting ways real quick, Mayor? I'm sorry.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Again, all things I would say we can discuss.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“So, I mean, should we give direction to the clerk to, do we want to bring back, have her put a, I don't know what the right term is, but. Earmark. Yeah, earmark or a note on the calendar.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“For January, have a discussion on January 2028 of the. 2027. 2028. Because again, we couldn't put it on the ballot. We couldn't put it on the ballot until, we wouldn't want to put it on the ballot until, because otherwise we're paying for the election.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Right, so I think they just let's start the conversation in January of 28, ahead of either the August or the November general. You can then remind us of that time frame, what the time frame we have to act within is. We can have a conversation of those three or four months and decide what we want to revisit and put on based on the last, the UNADDRESSED THE LIST OF CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE DID NOT MOVE ON TO THE BALLOT. CORRECT.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay. We have a second by Commissioner Kaye. Madam Clerk, if you can call the roll, please.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Oh, it is a public hearing item. I'm sorry. If there is any member of the public who would like to address this body on item seven, which is the approval of the multi-year agreement with our federal lobbyist at Becker and Polyakov, please come forward at this time.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Seeing no one online and no one in the chamber, we'll close the public hearing again. We had a motion by Commissioner Bonich and a second by Commissioner Kaye. I'll ask the clerk to call the roll again. Thank you.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“No problem. I move the item. Okay, is there a second?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I have a motion by Vice Mayor Corey, a second by Commissioner Rodriguez. Madam Clerk, if you can call the roll, please.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, let's take item 15, please. Item 15. 15.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, so basically, if they've been serviced from that date forward, we're saying we're going to continue to honor that policy determination, whatever the basis was. Correct. We think that that is legally defensible against any third parties who, properties who may otherwise want to be serviced by us because they've been just in continuous service since that period of time.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“No, understood that we're doing it, but we also are now expanding the cohort of?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Up to 20. Yes, up to 20. The aggregate of that, does it change our cost profile?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, just wanted to make sure that I'm remembering.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Wanted to make sure I'm remembering correctly. Thank you. Okay. Colleagues, any further questions?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“No, I'm happy for them. I will tell you that one of these communities, we've had calls recently, myself and staff, you know, because they are large communities, they're waste piles. are a particular nuisance for a lot of the abutting single family neighbors. And so again, I think we need to, I would like to revisit the conversation about, I feel like I'm trying to invoke Josh Lieben here in eliminating or modifying that service because we do see a lot of piling on, particularly for the larger communities on these major corridors where it's easy for people to come in and just dump their third…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“The problem I would tell you, the complaints I get about are not about the green waste. It's about all the other stuff that goes onto the pile. You know, some of which is, you know, people have home-based businesses and they're dumping their business-related items into our pile. So we are, you know, we are, a lot of the cost is being externalized on us.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026