Remarks by Jon Maldonado
51 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“Okay. Motion to continue to November 2026, resolution 2026-28 for conditional use permit number 26070 for Corey Avenue and Fisherman's Park. I second.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay, and finally a motion to continue to November 2026, resolution 2026-29 for conditional use permit number 26117 for the Paso Grillo Marina area.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, just let me start with some housekeeping. Just as a reminder to my commissioner and new members that under Resolution 20-13, Section 9, Paragraph B, yes, I'm that guy, we're not allowed to have discussions with folks that are speaking during the general comments. The mayor or the chair in this case can direct the commission to have a discussion about it. But I just want to apologize to the PESAs. I felt like I did not support or address their concerns. I do. I'm working with the city manager, the attorneys, and I believe that the mayor is also engaged. So I do apologize for not…”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay, some good news. I did get some great feedback on Public Works, everything that we've been doing this year to clear and inspect our storm drains and things. It's working, so hats off to you. Again, applause. Lots of great feedback. We've had two or three good downpours. and we're not getting the flooding that we used to get. So keep doing what you're doing, and thank you for that. This Friday is 9-11. Please take a moment to remember the victims and heroes who paid the ultimate price at 8.46 a.m., and I hope that some of you will join us at Bay Pines to just remember and reflect upon…”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Devin, thank you for the very thorough presentation and for keeping it very simple for folks. So last night someone had asked a question regarding the audits. Can you just speak briefly to the audit? And I think also that maybe they alluded to a DOGE type of inspection, not just checks and balances. I wanna make sure we talk about the two different types.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I think you're referring to the $100,000. I think that might be a lobbyist fee.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. I'd like to add an item to discussions. Sure. Mothballs on the beach.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So normally we see a staff recommendation. Do we have a staff recommendation?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Mandy, thank you. And you said U-Pass would be free. You mean it would be no cost to residents. It's not free. We would be paying for it still.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Brad, so is any of that subsidized? I know that it's not covered through our ad valorem or anything like that. Tourism development tax, city, county projects that we're not aware of with the access.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Understood. Okay. So this is program but not budgeted?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So I'm gonna ride Commissioner Robinson's wave and talk about the budget, the fact that we're at a financial cliff and trying to figure out where we can shed wasteful spending. I don't believe in subsidizing what we would consider commuter services. I do think it's important to consider the paratransit, the access services to make sure that we're not hurting our most vulnerable populations. And then also just a comment on the U-pass. You said 200 passes. I believe we have 1,000 persons currently enrolled in freebie. About 1,200 what we haven't been able to surmise from the data is how many of…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Sam, my question. Mandy, the last time we discussed this, I had requested that staff hold or informally coordinate with some of the hotels, the larger hotels, to see if they were willing, as Commissioner Marriott just reminded me about, if they'd be willing to subsidize it if the city did not. Was that done?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Interest free. So to date, it's $52,994.43.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So no, that's good. It's great that we're discussing that. OK. Thank you.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So a couple questions and also points of clarification. They're not Christmas-y, they're non-secular. That's to address the zombies next door and stuff that keep bringing that up. Holidays. They're holiday decorations, right, by design. And we're never gonna get right. Last year we got beat up because we did dolphins and maritime themes. This year I'm hearing complaints about garland. Folks are very concerned about the garland and the wraps are garland and they're in the area where most folks are complaining about that. So my question, first of all, is because it's on county roads, why isn't…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“We should have asked that at the roadshows.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I think we are beyond the line of not go. My point was I just want people to know that this is a thing that the city has done, that we are highly supportive of. It does come at a cost, but we're struggling. So I agree with the mayor's comment We need to look at other funding sources. And that we'll have to reconsider it next year. I'm fine. I just wanted to throw that grenade out there and see what”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I make the motion to adopt ordinance 2026-16.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, so first and foremost, let me just say that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. I won't get into the specifics. But the city after or upon hearing that mothballs were placed behind some hotels without a very strong statement, we said that there was zero tolerance that we would do everything with accountable. So my Not question, but necessarily my input to the commission would be that we get ahead of that, that we work through our attorneys with the state attorney's office, that we ensure that as victims, the city being a victim, that we present our position to the state attorney…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, so again to the folks that attended our workshop on the budget, well attended. Thank you so much to the staff, the mayor, everyone for setting that up. A lot of great dialogue and certainly some very informative presentations. The answers there are hard questions. I got an email just to talk about some hurricane recovery grants for storm-related expenses or debts. Apparently, the government gave Pinellas County $813 million worth of grants that are still out there for folks that are still trying to recover so um if you haven't received that go to recover.pinalis.gov to get information…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“thank you is it okay to have that follow up theoretically yeah okay offline i just one one thing i just want to add to that discussion uh mr mayor is that i believe last year there was no change from the previous year so the sheriff was able to keep that cost down so this year we are seeing a 5.7 percent but it wasn't on top of last year last year was a steady state”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I'd like to make the motion to adopt Resolution No. 2026-25, authorizing service a be noticed similar to that attached as Exhibit A, requiring surrender of the Mary Pier property no later than 1159 p.m. on September 30, 2026, and authorizing the city attorney to pursue an action for possession and other appropriate relief if the property is not timely surrendered. Second.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Chief. So I would be in support of something like this if we could manage it internally using our current staffing pattern. I'm concerned about bringing in new FTEs, having to anticipate or expect what that cost would be. It could unintentionally impact some of those that are following the rules by increasing those fees and equally dividing them against good actors. So as you said, my concern is the bad actors are gonna slip through the cracks. They're gonna figure out how to hack the system, exploit the vulnerabilities, and not be held accountable. So at this point, I'd prefer not…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, I would just echo the city clerk and city managers positions that Anything we do to back up their battle rhythm is going to impact the quality and the The depth of items that we get normally have been vetted they have meetings Even today you probably had several meetings before the meeting to kind of just get ahead of the next meeting so we're gonna MP their ability to Present us with the most accurate and most thorough research that they can so as an end user the receiver of the information I would rather give them the extra time and the ability to get through the weeds and seeds on…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026