Remarks by Joseph Corradino
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I thought maybe. Mayor? Yeah, I mean, we got to do it that week. I guess so. When's the second hearing?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Hold on, let me take a step back. When's the... Then we're doing the what, the 20, what's the date of the budget workshop?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“The 14th. The 14th of July. July. I would agree with earlier. For us, it's fine. What time do you want to do? 4 o'clock?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Do you want to do 9 o'clock in the morning? Do we have a hearing?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“We'll do 4 – if everybody has consensus, we'll do 4 p.m. on the 14th. 14. 14.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Okay, not there. It doesn't matter. You're not going to spend the night there. Thank you.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“No, it'll turn out like this building, which is made of paper and duct tape.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Manager, if we value engineers, would we get value back from the contractor?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“And that was a total mess because we delayed and delayed and delayed. So the problem we're having right now is we've got to do this. If we don't do it tonight, we're it's going to cost us at least $3 million by the estimate of our expert. So pressure's on you.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I don't think we're in any worse position with this park than we were with any other capital project or any other park. It comes with a lot of due diligence from the manager. The manager believes we can do this. She's not wrong with these things. She's never been wrong with these things. And I think that I understand the legislature's issue and all that stuff, but I think a change of pace now, we're at the end of this process, not the beginning, and a change of pace now is just going to cost us a lot more money. And I just don't think that that's worth it. I really think we go forward with…”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I can almost guarantee you we're going to get worse prices in the future.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“You know, maybe you do the least harm with approving this and instructing the manager to cut a million dollars of scope out of the darn thing right now instead of, I mean, can you do most harm by not going forward We're getting a net cutting scope. I mean, we might be at a net zero.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Correct. We've got to worry about it quick, because.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I think what we're saying is we need to be able to do do with less, the smartest way to get there and actually save money is to sign the contract and cut the scope now instead of not signing the contract and then cutting the scope and you're not gonna- I think that's very possible.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Cut a bunch of money out. Cut a lot of money out, yes, exactly. You want to second that?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I think the professionals will hold them out.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“No, yes. Mitch, you make a motion. Just don't tell me that we listen to the residents. You can debate the motion right after the motion is made. We're debating the merits.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Let's just finish the debate so everybody feels that they've been heard and then we'll vote, right? So I think that we're being advised by the manager that we can afford this and we can get through this. And I think that if we've been on the strategic plan for a very, very long time. And we've gotten to this point. It's this project's turn. But without regard to that, any more debate?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“But didn't we debate this, like, ad nauseum for... a nauseous amount of time and came to this?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026