Remarks by John R. King
118 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Could you refresh my mind about the pay plan study adjustment of 45,000, what is that again?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Okay. John? Just something that was on slide 50 that we didn't get to about the mooring field. It says one of the expense increases is a merchant credit card fee of $6,000. We're absorbing that instead of passing that on?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I'm talking about on slide 50, the proposed expense increases under mooring operations. We pay a fee that we can't pass on. Merchant credit card fees, $6,000. We're incurring that instead of passing that on?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I guess I'm not following, but that's not unusual for me.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Earlier, we had talked about how we had absorbed credit card fees instead of passing them on. Shouldn't this just not be a pass-through to the customer instead of us absorbing that?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I think I'm kind of understanding, but it should be revenue neutral if you pass it through anyway, shouldn't it?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I guess I'm okay with it as long as we're not eating the costs. No, we are not going to eat the costs anymore. Because I didn't see anything break out in the revenue increase, I guess, is what concerned me.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, but shouldn't it then have shown as an increase in the mooring field revenue?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“All right, I don't need to beat this to death, as you would like to say, Mayor.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Oh, I hate to be the heavy and the bad guy all the time, but what the hell. I guess I was born for the role. I guess I'm not going to be here next year. And so consistency is always important to who I am. But I think if we tighten our belts a little bit more and raise some of the things that we have talked about raising, YOU KNOW, WITH THE THREE THINGS FROM LAST TIME, WITH THE PARKING TICKET INCREASE, THE ANNUAL PARKING PERMIT INCREASE AND THE NON-RESIDENT PARKING PASSES, THAT ELIMINATED THE 339,000 OR I'M SORRY, THE 290 SOME THOUSAND. YEAH, 299. SO AND THEN LET'S TIGHTEN OUR BELTS A LITTLE…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Actually, I didn't include the credit card fee recovery because to me that should have been done a long time ago. What was the other one? The 500 non-resident parking passes, the parking ticket increase, and the annual parking permit increase.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, I wasn't counting the merchant credit card fees, but that's fine.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“And then no bonuses. So then there's over $830,000 in savings there.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“If this was proposed, though, why wouldn't that have already been done? You're the folks that brought this to us with these additional cost control actions with the figure of additional hiring freeze. I didn't ask for that. That was brought to us with this figure. Why wouldn't that have already been done?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Honestly, and I won't beat this dead horse either, but if we're talking about all options, I'd like to see the sale of the old house. It should have been on there. I mean, if we're talking about all options. You can't put that on budget, John. It's an option. If you're talking about closing other places like Mount House, is that really a true option? We have closure of Bay Oaks Recreation Center on there, closure of Mount House, and closure of Mooring Field, and cessation of marine operations, closure of Bayside Park. So those are real options? I mean, they're there, but they're not real…”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I'm just saying all options should be on the table.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Can you explain that further? We're just not going to raise anything then or until we have the further discussion or?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I have trouble supporting an increase. I understand, Mayor, where you've come from with your history, and I appreciate that and thank you. But my concern is I think a lot of people came here to support this island after what we had been through. And I worry that we're now pushing that goodwill further, that they'll just go other places. So I just can't support the increase.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“John? Already weighed in, so you know where I am.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Do we have to pay to end that contract and bring her on board, or is there a cost associated with that?”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“So we don't have to pay anything to bring her on board as a full-time employee? There's not a buyout provision.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I'd like us to explore with the canal dredging that the owners of the canals would help to fund that if that's possible.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Everybody should have skin in the game. Fair enough.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I've already expressed what my concerns were about the fee increases.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you for all your hard work today, for putting in the extra hours, and for being here, and appreciate you. Thank you. With that, I'll move to adjourn.”
Town Council · Sep 23, 2026