Remarks by Jay D. Schwartz
142 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
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“Okay. So in order to get to what we're going to ask our taxpayers to fund, We need to figure out how much reserves we're using, right? I asked the city administration to come back after first reading on what potential frontline reductions, what reductions could be made that would not impact frontline services. So may I highlight those, Mayor?”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“OK, so the administration says that there's $3.885 million in reserve draw that does not support recurring operations. But the administration also indicates that there's no separate breakdown identifying what the $3.885 million actually funds. So how can the commission independently verify and vote on the millage if none of those funds, if none of those reserves support recurring expenditures? I don't know how else to say it.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“We're going to have to move the question then now.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I'd like to wait for Commissioner Goode.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I ask the city attorney, would it be lawful to recess this portion without taking any action and move to the second reading of the budget without any voting, and then come back to this so we can have a more robust and informed conversation. The city attorney said it was lawful. Is that correct, city attorney?”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Right. But my inquiry during our five-minute break was without taking any vote, without taking any vote, can we recess this portion to have a conversation about the budget without taking a vote and then come back and then vote? I find that out of order. Well, this is the city attorney. Can you please advise the chair?”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“And that's an amendment. Before there's a second, I have a... Commissioner Goode, you've been in industry for over 20 years. I don't want to box this in for a compensation package. Can you give a general range of what today's compensation package, how much that would actually cost?”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, and I again I Respect you we have 38,000 Accounts That we that we collect for the trash disposal so whatever that compensation package is it's divided by 38,000 and”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. So generally, City Manager Dodge, how many business accounts do we have? Roughly. I don't need a...”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I know it's not equal. Would you say $50,000 for the purposes of that?”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I think the staff may have been prepared, because I know Commissioner Good asked the question ahead of time.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“OK, can we now pull up the account and see how much we collect every year? Do we really have to go to that point and divide by 12? Can we find out how many accounts we have? I don't want to be combative. I don't want to be argumentative. But Commissioner Good has a valid point. And the mayor raises the point that fees are going to go up. So I'd like to be able to do a simple math equation And we can go with $38,000. If we don't know the commercial, then we know at least it's going to actually go down. Can we start with 38? We can agree to that. So if the compensation package was, let's say,…”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Great. And if we can say that it's going to go up $0.25 a bill per month, to make sure that we're not getting hosed by industry.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Commissioner Good wants to protect the public by having a consultant who is in industry, who is well-versed in industry, to protect the interests of our residents. He wants a compliance person familiar with the”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“OK. So Commissioner Good, are you looking at making a budget adjustment, or are you looking to add this to the current expenditure line? Are you looking to pull something out in order to make this work?”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“All right, I didn't realize we didn't have a second on the table. My apologies. We have $3.88 million in reserves that we're funding. I asked the administration to find cost reductions. I have a list that they've proposed. We have new positions that have been created. There's a proposed cost for that. I question Commissioner Good. Are you looking at leaving the expenditure line the same? Are you looking to increase our reserve contribution in order to fund this proposed position?”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I didn't make the list, sir. You provided it to me. All right.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“And what's our total expenditure reduction from first reading to second reading?”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Why would we not just take it out of contingency?”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“I had asked between first and second reading for a five-year history of those contingency expenditures. I don't recall. I may have missed seeing it, but I don't recall seeing the breakdown of what the contingencies were.”
City Commission · Sep 16, 2026