Remarks by Jeovanny A. Rodriguez
291 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 12
“Thank you. Anybody else from the public that wishes to speak? Anybody else from the public that wishes to speak?”
“Thank you. Anybody else from the public that wishes to speak? I'm going to repeat it two more times. Anybody else from the public that wishes to speak? Anybody else from the public that wishes to speak?”
“Thank you. At this point, public hearing is now closed. Thank you, everybody, for your comments. Madam Chair, from the Budget and Finance Committee. Mr. President.”
“Motion to accept this item as a committee report. Properly second. Discussion. Discussion. On the committee report, Madam Chair from the Budget and Finance Committee.”
“Thank you Anybody else before we call the vote for that? Call me to report Council of Marmot”
“Anybody else? Any other councillors before we go for the vote for the committee report?”
“Yeah, we will go through that in a second. That's part of the plan.”
“Well, I do have a plan as a chair. So that's gonna be part reading in a second.”
“We're going to read that memo to the record in a few seconds.”
“Yes. Thank you. Because we're taking the vote on the committee report, not on anything else. And then eventually we're going to entertain a motion for the purpose of discussing the budget.”
“Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Rosario. Anybody else? Any other councillors, second round? Councillor Malmo.”
“Thank you. Any other councillors before we call for Councillor Infante?”
“All right. Madam Clerk, please read the memo that we received regarding the budget process.”
“To accept the committee report. That was the motion.”
“Yes. Now we have this item and we accept that as a committee report. Any motions?”
“There is a motion to approve with the purpose of discussion. It's been seconded by Councillor Rosario. And the motion was made by Cancellors. Before we proceed with the discussion and potentially any cut or anything to the budget, I would like to read us the following. We, as Council, can only reduce the budget by cutting it. approving the budget or a denial of the budget. When it comes to a specific allocation, we are only allowed to discuss and make those three that I just mentioned to what was presented on the budget. We are not allowed as a council to add anything to the budget. When it…”
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“So tell us what that means that the advisor just read.”
“Today, we have a different number when it comes to what is specific from chapter 70.”
“So usually, typically, we use the governor's budget to be able to do our budget. Yes. So we're changing it now to the House budget?”
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“451, 163. Minus this one. And then you have a negative of.”
“Yeah, that's the discrepancy. Give us one second. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW, CAN YOU KEEP ON GOING ON THE DIFFERENT CHERRY SHEETS AND THE BUDGET THAT NOW IS GOING TO BE USED?”
“There's a motion to pass then, properly second. Discussion? There is none. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. The ayes have it. Go ahead.”
“So just to go over a few things here that you just mentioned. Last year when we went over the budget, the budget of fiscal year 2026, later on when the budget was approved for the State House, we have a deficit of $1.4 million because that amount of money, the charter reimbursement increase. So what is the difference between this budget that we have today and what happened last year? I mean, what happened if same situation occurred in fiscal year 2027?”