Remarks by Joy Cooper
307 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 13
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“I don't even think we can because it's a workshop anyway and we don't have the district budget in front of us, so. Go ahead.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. If you go to a company like that, it might be something even totally different. Some lighting is even low voltage. I think it's not as easy as saying get it done, in other words, and we know we didn't want to pile on, but I think the timing of it would be something to look at.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“It's okay, we have time and we can't, well, we're almost into, well, no, we have 5.30, so we have some time. Keep going.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I might cover some things under of or to, so go ahead.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Oh, my God. Now it's like, no, I don't want it. No, that's not. But you have buyer's remorse, Commissioner.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I just had a thought on that. Are you done with that one? Yes, ma'am.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“You know, it occurred to me sitting here. You know, we rent out a lot of our facilities. We rent them out. We have been sitting on that asset. It has a kitchen. It has a service area. Maybe we look at it as a rental opportunity if somebody wants to have a party or an event at the beach like we do at the Cultural Center. It has a built-in kitchen. It has built-in access. If we put a little bit more money into it, maybe somebody's going to want to have a party there or a picnic or something and a corporate event. So food for thought instead of worrying about one particular vendor because I…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“No, it didn't have the kitchen or any of that stuff. But we're sitting on a kitchen and an asset that's been empty for like two years. And if somebody wants to have a party or a beach party or a celebration, have at it.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I'm like, damn, sorry. Excuse me, this is a nice spot to leverage.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“She's got some equipment. Telepathic, that's pretty good.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Now you pique my interest. What are they using storage for their own construction? Beach club?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Oh, it's for security so people don't damage your cars and stuff for safety reasons.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“So it's about 15 spaces that are gone for a while. You're good? No?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I don't want to slow your roll. Keep going.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Oh my God, I can tell you about that. Please, I want to... Oh, that's what I was going to bring up.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Wait a minute. I want to hear it. This is a gray hair moment. Oh my God. You know... I'm going back to FLC, you know, I'm strolling around and one of the companies that we used to use to do all the water towers was there. And I'm like, you know, another gentleman branched out and did his own company. So I'm talking to him. I go, you know, we've been trying to get our water tower painted for like ages. He goes, I am so well aware of your water tower. that when we had our water tower, we didn't plan our water tower to have all the things around it. And it's an issue. I don't want to have total…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Well, I didn't even realize we had awarded or we allocated money. We didn't award it.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Well, we talked about lighting, and it was something.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, they're coming down. No, because I went like. Sometimes we've done so much. I was like, oh, good. I got the card, actually. I was going to give you the guy's card.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I don't know what it was. To talk to him about it. But I was like sitting. I am like shocked.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Update? Do we want an update? Or when do we want it?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“because I'm usually good with numbers, and I'm thinking we talked about 300 and some odd thousand dollars relating originally, and I didn't realize we had executed a line item, and we were already budgeting, and it's in our budget. Oh good, because I got the heartburn. Oh my God, this is never going to end.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“And if you want to know all about it, I'll give you the guy's card. Oh my God.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Because I was going to talk about that under other. Go ahead.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Should have came in my speech yesterday. No, I'm teasing, I'm just laughing. Yeah, we can talk about that on there too, so by the way. No, because I talked about this. I heard good responses from folks. I didn't mean to interrupt you, I apologize.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026