Remarks by Joy Cooper
307 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 13
- Play at 1:32:19
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 1:33:07
“Oh, my God. You guys are awful. Just totally awful. And I'm going to make it abundantly clear and make it clear to the public that we already have teed up an event for Pegasids for Food and Groove. And that was just one idea. But we want to work. That's it right now? No, that's kind of going to be part of it.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 1:33:45
“Okay, that's it. All right. No, no. I do have a little bit. No, no, no, no, no. Just a little bit. I have other things now. I'm joking. Go ahead. You do? Go ahead. No, I'm joking. I'm going to hold off on it until next meeting because I need to vet it a little bit more.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 1:35:50
“That's even better because we can arrest the scoundrels.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 1:36:11
“Thank you very much. Great. Thank you. That's it?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 1:36:20
“At least it wasn't a two and a half hour conversation.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 1:36:26
“The scoundrels. The scoundrels. Go ahead.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 9:22
“Sorry. Good afternoon. I'd like to call to order a special budget workshop of the city of Hallandale Beach. Today is Wednesday, August 19th, 2026. The time is 4.12 p.m. Could I have a roll call, please?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 9:46
“Thank you, Madam Clerk. Before we rise for the Pledge of Allegiance, I would like to call to mind a dear friend of Powell in this city who had passed away recently, Kenny Cohen. If you're not familiar with him, he's been in front of us a couple times. He works directly with schools. He had passed away. Our prayers go out to his family. and everyone that he's touched here in the community. And we also call to mind the continued war in the Middle East and Ukraine and all our armed forces that are fighting overseas, putting themselves in harm's way to protect people in harm's way. And I've…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 11:12
“Okay. We have anybody signed up for public participation?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 11:17
“No, we do not. And we don't have any change of the order of business. No, Madam Mayor. So we will have at it.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 14:53
“Is there a question? No? Okay. We're good. We're good. I have no button for it. On slide six.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 16:31
“Sorry, transportation fund, that difference.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 18:38
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 19:05
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 24:40
“Cool. I don't have any buttons lit at this point. Commissioner Butler, you're recognized.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 29:53
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 40:37
“No, I don't mean to pry, because I have somebody, too, and I wonder if it's the same one that had the dead-end road that hasn't been done yet. I'm only asking because I keep asking about a road, too, because I keep hearing about it.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 42:32
“I think it's CRA. It was discussed. Yeah, CRA, go ahead. So that was a CRA program. That's a CRA one.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 46:00
“There are programs that, and ironically, just at Florida League of Cities, I think Phillips was there, there was a couple lighting companies that would come in. Now I should have brought the documents with me, but I didn't think about it. I think FPNL has done that. FPNL will do it as well. But then again, I'm not sure what upfront costs they will provide for. And if it's like type of public private partnership where they come in, they'll do it. and then you offset it by paying it out over time. We did that with energy development block grants. We would say, guess what, Siemens, you come in,…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 47:23
“But I just wanted to share that with you. That's why I keep kind of talking about those things and I haven't had a chance to sit down with our purchasing director and discuss some of those opportunities as well and what they're gonna look like. I think it's doable, but I don't know if it's germane that we have to do it today or make a direction.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 48:24
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 49:19
“Right, well, companies come in and do it. soup to nuts. It's not. I'm sorry. If that's a way for us to do it, great.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 49:27
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 49:59
“Right, and like I said, I don't know if, again, it might just be they can do it and then it gets paid out, kind of like an improvement loan or whatever. Okay, do you want it as a form of motion?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026