Remarks by Jesse Valinsky
62 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“Through the chair, if I may? First, let me say I... Well, I didn't really know what to expect, but I was very pleasantly surprised with this. It included a lot of things that were discussed along the way that, you know, I felt were maybe like, you know, real aspirational like pipe dream kind of stuff and I was really thrilled to see them included in this plan. There was some things included that I wasn't really expecting this plan to tackle like the mobility and street access and all that kind of stuff. I think that work was phenomenal. I really have been looking forward to hearing from my…”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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Village Council · May 19, 2026
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Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“Well, and through the chair, can I just say, if they're saying that there's like some kind of sense of urgency with this, like it's been over a year, but their solution is to start cutting checks three years from now. So... What's the urgency if that's the solution? We haven't even discussed that. The current situation is that she would get a check for $130,000. The alternative we're proposing is that in three years she's going to start getting checks.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“Monthly checks. It's, by my calculation, is going to take probably another three years of those checks to get to this number. And that's not including if she got a bunch of interest over all those years of staying in the packet.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“I just want to make sure I understand what he's asking. The mark that he very nearly missed was the early retirement mark.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“Through the chair, it's not here, but previously we had the, when you are eligible for retirement, you get to select, there's options in terms of what happens when you die with your beneficiaries, correct?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“And also on early retirement, because I know the mayor wants to understand about being fair, about doing something that was fair for everybody. When somebody passes away, and we're trying to make it right, and you go back and just, you can't just assume that they made the exact right choices to get the maximum amount. Nobody else is going to have the benefit of going back in time like that, which means that this is not fair. I'm sorry, my mic wasn't on. I don't see how that's fair.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“Through the chair, the reason the payments are starting in 2029 with this proposal is because we're basing it on the full retirement. If it was based on early retirement, the payments would have already started. Correct. I mean, that's just more reason why I don't understand why we didn't, you know.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“That's the mark that he just fell short of.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“Not one of us has brought up the cost. So it's obviously not – that's not the main concern that we're having here is the cost. We're trying to be fair. Now, to me and my colleagues, it's obvious to us that the early retirement was – that was the obvious thing for whatever. But from your guys' perspective, this is your experts, your – it seems I'm getting the impression that the obvious thing from your perspective was to do the full retirement, and I'm curious why. Can you explain that?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“is you saying that there's no right answer. I'm asking you a pretty clear question. I'm asking you why. Obviously, somebody thought that this was the way to go about it. And when I asked why it wasn't early retirement, it seems like you weren't expecting that question. So obviously, somebody assumed that this was the normal route. To me and the mayor, we're saying that it's obvious to us it doesn't make any sense why you wouldn't do the early retirement. Can you make a case for that? Can you justify that? Can you explain to me why the full retirement and not the early retirement was used to…”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“What was the number for partial retirement?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“We don't have it. We've never had it. So they didn't even see that number? They decided this was the better number without even seeing the other number?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“It's six percent per year from 62 to 55. So it would be – 42 percent reduction of this 32 – Yeah. $100 number? Basically. Yeah. But you would be getting those checks starting immediately?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“And would you be getting those checks starting immediately rather than in three years from now?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“If I may, here's my concern with that. If we were discussing, as we were last time this came up, a global change that was going to affect everybody, then the concern, which was our concern, the number one concern is, does this make sense for everybody? Is this fair? We decided that this... We were not comfortable applying this to everybody because it didn't, it seemed like it gave, you know, it went beyond, you know, what we were trying to accomplish, which was people that were falling just short of that finish line, you know, get something rather than nothing. And that's not what we have…”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“But where we left off is that we didn't like it as a solution for everybody. So what we got was the same solution for everybody but just carved out for the Olson situation and... As the mayor said, it's really not what we asked for. And I'm not really sure where to go, how to proceed from here, actually. This is rough.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“I just want to point out that if they started getting those $1,700 checks today, it's – in sixty while okay uh... okay about seven years to catch up now that she's young that will be added that's why you want to have it for a long time to see i'm trying to make it make sense like in terms of yes she is she is young so i'm trying to put myself in her shoes and see like does what what makes sense like what Are these options better than me just getting this $130,000 check today? Is getting a $1,700 check starting today every month better? Or is waiting three years and getting this $30,000? I…”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“I mean, I've just been crunching some basic numbers here. And as far as I could tell, six years from now, If she was getting $1,700 checks, that would be about $120,000. Okay. If she started collecting these $3,200 checks three years from now. $3,600. Okay.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“That's $5,000 less. And if she started getting the $1,700 checks today.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“Of course, but we can't predict the future. I'm just trying to game this out because I don't know what the future is. I'm just trying to see what does this scenario look like? What does that scenario look like? And as far as I could tell, six years out – If we went with doing nothing, she would have even more money. She would have 130, and that's without collecting any interest between now and six years.”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“Say that last, but as long as both of them live?”
Village Council · May 19, 2026
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“Through the chair, I cannot support what we have in front of us. I would entertain doing something that was based on early retirement. And I would like to see some, you know, changes here to address this going forward. I know it's a very rare circumstance or I just, I don't like doing specific carve outs. I think if the policy is good for one person, it should be good for everybody. Which, I mean, it is basically, I hate to say it, but it is exactly where we left off. The last time we addressed this is like we want a solution for everybody. And, you know, it has to make sense. This is a…”
Village Council · May 19, 2026