Remarks by Jay D. Schwartz
142 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“How much money is set aside for my colleagues to have outreach meetings? Are you setting aside $2,000, $5,000?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Constituent engagement. If we want to turn the lights on and have a gathering of First Amendment exchange.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Maybe I didn't hear you because I couldn't hear everything he was saying.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“So is it under the commissioner budget is the question.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Mayor, why are you answering for him? I'd like to hear from the city manager, not my mayor. Okay. Okay.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“SO, SENIOR MANAGER, CAN YOU FIND FOR THIS COMING THURSDAY, CAN YOU FIND A I guess a line item in the budget that we can look at, we can count on?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you. The remaining questions I'll be receiving from administration on Wednesday, so I'll reserve my time for that to review.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Anything else? Mayor, quickly. Yes, sir. The manager mentioned the $70-something million in savings to residents. That's $70-something million to taxpayers because we have a commercial contribution and we have a residential contribution to our general fund. So it's anyone who pays taxes within Pembroke Pines benefited from the $70-plus million savings in the function sourcing. Is that accurate?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“If possible, can we break down the residential contribution to our budget through property taxes?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“It's $50,000 for all of us except for the school board. We've been up here for a very long time as elected officials. We all benefit from a $50,000 exemption. If you're a homeowner, there's additional widows. It's $500. You have military veterans who are disabled. They get a reduction. It's all taken off of the taxable value, not the assessed value. Let's make sure we're not projecting a possibility of what could be. I'm not projecting anything. I'm asking staff a question. Allow me to finish. Talk about projections. We can only talk about facts. Thank you.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“OK. Point of order, please. What is your point of order? OK. The city attorney. Yes, sir. What is your point of order? Allow me, sir. Go ahead. OK. City Attorney, I am uncomfortable with projections and assumptions of who may lose their job and who may not. I am uncomfortable hearing. Your point of order is overruled. I'm going to challenge the chair. I will challenge the chair at this point.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“That will answer my question. Mayor, if I could be helpful. We have 62.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Yes, I understand all that. Is fire and police. Thank you. OK, we have a fire assessment fee of $400. Thank you. And we have the number of accounts to get billed. Lisa, please. Yes, sir. Just back it up.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Right. And the law was changed in 2022. with respect to how information is what government can and cannot do regarding Amendment 3. So I'm going to be very straightforward. I want to keep myself in this box. I am uncomfortable with the first slide that the city manager produced. because it's based on assumptions. No growth rate, meaning that Marty Kerr's office sees absolutely zero percentage of increase in property values in Broward County. Period. Or at least in Pembroke Pines. A zero increase in property taxes. Now, I don't recall being a resident of this county for 37 years where property…”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you, City Attorney. And 106.13 is very explicit that the information that is provided to electors and how it's distributed to electors, there are rules that follow that. And this presentation The second one, none of us had an advance copy of it, correct? None of us saw this in advance? Colleagues?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“OK. And a follow up for 106.113 specifically, the city of Penrith Pines And all cities in Florida cannot mail this publication out. We cannot email this out to electors. It can only be available in city halls. Is that correct, city attorney?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“City attorney, I want you to look at it again. I'm not going to ask you to do your homework. But I want you to take a hard look at the new definition of electors and communication under 106.113. There has been a significant change since the last time this came forward. Without objection. Mr. Mayor?”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“But that's not how we just answered July 1, 2027.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Mayor, I'd like to pull 3C. 3 Charlie, please.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Commissioner Schwartz, 3C. A motion to approve a request to advertise solicitation C, CS-26-03, countertops for housing apartments. You are recognized. Can I get a second, please? Is there a second?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Second by the Vice Mayor. Thank you. City Manager Dodge, I want to thank you for your comments in the Monday Night Memo that I received this morning. I do have some follow-up questions. In the backup, in the ARF, it has, I'm sorry, in the bid package, it says that there's a project manager assigned to this, I guess, overseeing the installation. Do you have that person already identified who that project manager is going to be?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026