Remarks by Jerome Charles
393 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 16
- Play at 1:21:14
“It depends. Do you want to call the question and then you want to speak? No, I wanted to do it before you call the question, if you don't mind.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:23:03
“Time machine. That was a long time. That was weird. That's it. That's it. Well, I had a colleague that says they don't know anything about tennis. I'm a little bit different than that. I grew up in a house that tennis was, I would breathe and eat tennis. My mother was the first one on the tennis advisory board in Miami Shores. My brother played D1 tennis. very familiar with it I would also like to just to tell the general public tennis is a service to the community it's it's a outdoor sport and I know there's money kicked around here and talked about but for the most part it falls under parks…”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:26:22
“It is to the entity. Now, like, where Coral Gables decides to do it, but then you're running that part of the business. If we buy the software for the scheduling, we own the pro shop. We stock the pro shop. We make the logos for it. All of those. We sell the tennis balls. We make the contract for the tennis balls. We buy the clay. All of that is running the business of tennis. Everybody that does that professionally, that are really good at it, they make a good living doing it they should so the other part I mean just so the public understands with it but when it's when it's part of the park…”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:31:18
“Is there an amendment to it? Whatever you want.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:31:53
“Okay. But it's an if, and it's all right.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:32:46
“There's a motion and a second. All those in favor, signal by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. Thank you, everybody, for coming out. I appreciate it.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:38:51
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Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:45:11
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Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:46:10
“Oh. I might have to refer to Switzerland because it's like running for the UN. I mean, that team is like, really? It's the global team.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:46:23
“England's trying to go to 66 is what they're trying to do. They're trying to get this on the 26th. Yes, yes. We'll see. Today's thing, though. Well, I don't know about that. I don't know why. You let somebody run down 100 yards and then say you had to review that?”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:48:34
“Just to have a paper record of it and then just put it into the record, I think.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:48:46
“We'll grow another one, but it is the resiliency committee. Unless there's a recycle bin or on the phone Through the chair”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 1:54:12
“Your first meeting is tomorrow, you know, right To the Miami shows”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:01:45
“I think it's worked really well for us for golf. And I think when any council member takes one of these on, and especially how the state works with us with Sunshine, you're more nimble and can then report back to us. And I've met with residents, too, about this. They're looking at strategies for. I've given recommendations that if the community wants, just like Council Member Birch says, the community gets. And some of this is they look to Village Hall for leadership. I get that. But a lot of the work that would be done for that parks master planner amongst the residents so that the messaging…”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:06:59
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Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:11:43
“Since you brought up bond I think working with staff mr. Manager just moving forward. I think the council on two things one with the golf course itself It would be good if or whatever the arrangement of timeline that we could go to bond council because the golf course needs Kemper's been there for a month now and think the from their feedback is that the renovation has to take place but I think that this council itself needs to be educated on how much we can borrow on the renovation of that golf course and then I think we could piggyback on it during that bond council also see what what what…”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:16:56
“It was pulled out of consent and discussed.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:17:04
“It wasn't just rubber stamped. It was actually the manager informed us.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:17:59
“He's here. He's the sergeant at arms. He's still here.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:18:07
“Never in the almost 11 years I've been here.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:19:37
“The assurance to the public, the transition has happened, but the new company is switching to a different point of sale, and part of that, That will be fixed. The golfers are dealing with it right now. But let me just say, better than I've ever seen in the past. But if you are out there and you are a golfer right now, the beverage card, as it goes across the golf course, is cash only. So if you do go play there.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:20:10
“But for the very first time, and I've been out on the golf course every Fourth of July, you know,”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:20:23
“And I was like, wow, you should get a couple more of those. That will be taken care of. Very cool. I think that's coming up in the next week or two. Can we discuss the 9900 building?”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:21:06
“I have a different opinion. I mean, I believe, I mean, for living here and how the municipality is, is that the government already has a large footprint on Northeast 2nd Ave. We have plenty of blocks, and that's a commercial piece of property. I also consider it a liability. I understand what they're saying with what the sale part of it is, but you also have to look, just like you said, we're not in the business of. But you should look at it that there are partners that are willing to work with us And just like we have a covenant on a piece of property up at Berry, if you think that it's part…”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
- Play at 2:25:39
“Well, I think because of how the charter is, and I'm not too sure about the square footage or what the actual law is for what the body here has and is making a decision or it has to be an honest conversation for instead of just cancel comments that it is a discussion and possible action first steps so that it would become new business and then afford the public the opportunity to have their input instead of the five of us obviously we do the due diligence for us and the previous manager purchased this for a reason just for it's out there that that recreational center that didn't get built he…”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026