Remarks by John McLean
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“Well, I had the great pleasure of being at the unveiling of the arches with yourself and the Vice Mayor. It was a really great event and wonderful to see something that's permanently going to be there that speaks to the history on Fort Myers Beach. So that's all I have for now, Mr. Mayor.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“This is the way it's supposed to work. Thank you.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“No, not at the moment. Thank you, though.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Can I ask a question? Certainly. Will this be something similar to the Charter Committee where we were able to have members that were either ‑‑ I can't remember the right word for them, but they weren't ‑‑ Alternates. The alternates. Thank you.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, no, I understand it. I think the reason I asked specifically is, you know, obviously a couple of them got a lot more interest than the community engagement and the educational were kind of oversubscribed, right? And my thought process would be that having a maybe not part of the core ad hoc committee, but giving an opportunity to participate in some way could be helpful. That's all.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I appreciate that point, Nancy. think that the having more members and therefore increasing the number required for a quorum has presented problems in the past. So I think we should keep an eye on that, too. Keep it limited. Okay. I'm good. Thank you. Scott? Sorry, Rebecca.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Sorry, the three that were available were Paula McCarthy, Sherry Skipper, and Walter Cheatham, correct?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I've signed my name differently every time, but each one has been legible.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I echo my fellow council members, and I believe you stated previously that if you go out for bid on too many of these in a row, that it can actually hurt you. So negotiating directly when it's an off cycle, great work. Thank you.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“What roughly general percentage savings would you expect buying through this contract?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“So something that's actually connected to all the discussion that we've been having about the ad hoc committees, I spoke to Will about it and I wanted to see if potentially it's something we'd want to talk about during the M&P as well, which be Removing or reducing the requirement for these committees to be staffed by seven people to maybe five. The challenges that the audit committee and others have had in establishing a quorum has been with a seven person committee, you require four to be available, right? And if it was, if the requirement was four or five, then a quorum would be three. I'm…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“That's what I thought. Just put it out there and see if it solves maybe some of the problems that we've been facing.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Uh, well just on a personal note, um, uh, as you all know, I've decided to withdraw my candidacy for council for next year. But I did want to take this opportunity to really thank council for the opportunities to serve the community over the last almost four years now on the LPA as well as on town council. I greatly appreciate that. It's been very fulfilling and rewarding. And I look forward to continuing to be engaged with the town. Just the level of commitment that I know it takes from all of us sitting up here wasn't something that I felt I could honestly feel strong about my ability to be…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I do have one question. Yes. Have we seen an increase in the use of the private providers for plan review and inspections, or has that been somewhat?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“My question was really around, is this a trend that we've seen developing or is it kind of just been pretty consistent since the start?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm trying to determine the risk of it actually having a greater impact versus less, that's all. Okay, thank you.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I did watch it through the whole thing. Thank you. I guess a couple of things. The first comment I want to make is that finding the cuts across the entire thing I thought was a good job that the town staff did as opposed to looking strictly at the large line items but actually taking out of each of the small line items. So I want to commend you on that. I wasn't sure if it was the time to ask it, but when we started looking at some of the fees that did not carry forward, I was surprised to see that the personal watercraft and parasailing fee was not carried forward. Could you give me some…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“That's all you had, John, from this whole presentation?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“no um well we did receive an email at least i did regarding the non-resident passes and it had me thinking about the fact that is that an optimistic number to say i get that we'll be able to sell that many passes or we believe we will be based on the santa bel model However, does that actually get offset by. Folks that are no longer paying an hourly rate and also limit the services that are available for a residence to use those available lots. And I'm thinking especially obviously in season. Does that defer those non resident parking passes to. potentially employees of local businesses which…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, I was just wanting to include that in the larger parking discussion that I think you were talking about having at a later date as far as... Yeah.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“If we do want to pick up to that point, right, the larger items, for example, elimination of performance-based pay and seniority pay has got a 214, but is that a binary decision, or could that be Split, sorry, is that a binary decision? In other words, is it all or nothing? Or could it be a reduction in the performance-based pay of capped at 10%, maybe down to 5%, for example? That might be an opportunity to gain a good chunk of money that would be not a complete reduction of services or a complete elimination of a benefit to our town employees.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I will. I will point out that while I wasn't on council last year, I participated in the budget hearing and felt that our reserves were inadequately funded, and I'm not a big fan of paying tomorrow for what you bought today. Yeah, I mean, it's ‑‑ So that's my comment.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“um that's where i am i i have to think about this the left side but i could tell you the 931 000 that one's easy for me john uh i agree with everything in the dark green being required um i know we talked about deferring the parking discussion That's one of the largest revenue sources that we have. I don't know that we are at that tipping point actually. And I would personally would be okay instead of going from the 6-5 split to the 6 solid and that puts another 130,000 back in there. 131,000. 131. And that could go to reserve.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Scott, I agree with you completely about being able to refine it, et cetera. I support what the mayor is saying about not going 6-5, but actually going to the 6th. it's another $130,000 that then will be budgeted for us to be able to use.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I don't have a desire to do either of those. I think there is probably room in the performance metrics to make some improvement. I am certainly not in favor of eliminating it. However, it's an area that I feel like there could be some substantial savings available.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026