Remarks by John R. King
118 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“Getting back to the parking, The complete picture is we also heard from some businesses in the Times Square area that have concerns about the increase. My concern is when do we reach the tipping point? I'm not sure we know that. I drove by 7-Eleven today. Gas was $4.19. I haven't seen that since I don't remember when. So that concerns me. The thing that I think could be a plus is we don't have to revisit this just yearly. We can reassess on an ongoing basis and I think that would, if we decide to move that direction, I think that would be a smart way to go.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Mayor, I'm with you too. I agree that we did in the past agree to the 3% annual on the licenses. I'm okay with that because that's a promise made, a promise kept. I do have issues with the umbrellas, the chairs, those kind of things. Town Manager, I guess I would ask you to just sit down with those vendors. And discuss this with them get their side of the story because you know Again, I'm hearing the bad actors are not being taken addressed that might bring in some revenue that way and Are these in line with what is actually costing us to do business? The concern I also have is about the…”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I guess my concern is we're talking private property here now. I realize that the state mandates these things, but we're still talking about people's private property.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, I understand that, but I don't hear that. I know in the past properties have been fined for not doing what they're doing. I'm not hearing that is an issue.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Believe me, I know my condo paid a fine before I got there, so...”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“No. I do. What is a FOB? Is it this thing?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“So a replacement fee, it doesn't look like there would be any charge for a resident, but $15 for a non-resident, is that what I'm seeing, correct?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“It says FOB replacement fee, membership slash service.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Mine is in my pocket a lot. It's pretty beaten up.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Now, if we're going to keyless entry, and I can see. That would require more staff.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“So we're not doing it out of the kindness of our heart.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, I don't know if this is the place to ask my questions that I had or not. First off, where are we ending this fiscal year of 2026?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, don't we have an ending? What is the amount? Did we meet budget? Did we go over? Did we go under? You can't project? It's September.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay. Going over your what was called a Menu, I've got under strategic priorities, $550,000 conversion to FRS. What is FRS?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“So we're moving what we have into this then?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Is that the 550 or this is what it's going to cost us to move?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay, thank you for that explanation. Moving on to the column where it says additional cost control actions. $214,215 for elimination of performance-based pay and seniority pay. Is that just for a year? Is that what we're talking about here?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“But the $45,000 is the cost of the study?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I guess I'm not following how we get 45,000 there.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'm sorry, you're talking to $35,000 then? Yes. Thank you. Also, it was my suggestion at one of these meetings that town council for a year go ahead and forego their salaries for one year. I guess there's a dollar pay in there just to cover whatever for insurance benefits. Thank you. It's late and I'm early. But that's my suggestion. That's easy to do. I'm rotating off, but I have given up my pay in the past. To me, I'll quote somebody that I've quoted last year as well. I consider myself a soul man and a soul fan. And being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being…”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay, would you say then that what we saw today in this slide presentation is the reduction, not necessarily the 10%, but the exercise that you had everyone go through?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“That's what they called it, yeah. Okay, thank you. The hiring freeze is interesting to me because I kind of suggested something like that last year and it seemed like I got some pushback, so I'm wondering why this year instead of in previous years, why a hiring freeze?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. But you did say there were some carryovers. Is that just a year? Was that two years that we've carried these forward?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Because I'm just wondering, are we actually then saving money by doing that when positions weren't filled anyway?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026