Remarks by Joy Cooper
307 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 13
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“Thank you, thank you so much. Okay, we have a few other housekeeping items. The pledge order of business. Could I have a motion to adopt the supplemental agenda, please? You have a motion. Second. I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Clerk. I'm going to ask to pull item I from consent and have it heard in conjunction with the item number D. 10B. 10B. Could I have that as a form of a motion? I'll move it.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Motion carries 4-0. Thank you. I also want, in light of not having a resolution yet, we do have the policy that we move presentations before a public hearing. I'd like a motion to move the presentations after... before public participation. Do I have that in the form of a motion? Presentation before public participation. Yes, yeah. There's a resolution change that's coming forward. I have a motion. Do I have a second? I have a motion and a second.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yes. Motion carries five zero. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Um, we are going to actually, um, introduce and bring forward Broward County public schools, superintendents presentation. And I know, um, ladies, you have the floor. Good to see you. Good to see you as well. Deputy.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Deputy. I want to make sure I got it right. Deputy City. It's such an honor to have you here.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“And thank you so much for your hard work for all the schools.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“We're good. Thank you, ladies. I do have a couple questions, if you'll indulge me a bit. And I don't think, I attended one of the meetings in Sunrise a while back, and it kind of devolved more into the SRO issue. And I just want to reiterate, I'm glad that the school board backed off of what they had decided to do. I believe that partnership is extremely vital, and particularly in our case, now that we're moving to a four-day work week, school week, four days, so having our officers, and I think it's Captain Budnick now, or I don't know, whoever, having them there, knowing and getting to know…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“And it's not on a formula. It's not like our cities, you know, we had hard times. We went up to 8.2 mils and you were capped. Is there a formula for it?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“You're not allowed at all? No. zero okay interesting so that that says volumes now now ask the other questions because i didn't get an answer like if you don't have plan b what is going to happen now if i recall when you did this last time it was for everyone across the board so you're really basically talking about like a bone not i don't want to say a bonus like a merit increase for the work during the year to provide for directly student not student teacher aides, all the staff, this isn't just teachers, it's everyone involved, whether it's Joy working in the cafeteria, and Annabelle…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“And I know this, but this is your chance to, I'm just gonna ask questions, so, and I'll let my colleagues do the same thing. I'm really impressed by the numbers, because I've been here when we were a D school, so thank you, thank you for that. We were Ds and yeah, we were really struggling. But I had one more note. Give me one second. So that presentation, graduation rate, largest employer. That's interesting. I didn't know that.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Oh, that's what it is. Charter schools. Percentage or budget. Okay, that was percentage of budget. Oh, the mental health component. Is that an increase in staffing for mental health or is it just to make sure you're retaining what you have now? Are you making sure that we, what does that look like? Is it guidance counselors? Is it somebody in each school? What's the plus?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“No, and I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ask.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Because I know it's needed and when I went to school, we always had like four guidance counselors and we had a nurse, we had all the bells and whistles. We wish we were still in those. Yeah, exactly, but go ahead.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“What we have now. Okay, that's all the questions I had. Commissioner Butler.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I had my last year trim because I keep it with my budget and I didn't, I know. They should know that. Oh.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Like what average house is that bid? Like we know our average house value is $450,000 or something, $455,000. And if it's countywide, that's probably a higher figure if it's countywide.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. We're good? Thank you. Look forward to, I love the drone room at Hallandale High. It's amazing. They have a whole room now with drones. Live drone lab. Ah, water's back on. Anybody that's like, phone's blowing up, whatever. So, yay.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay. Next update. No, we're good? Okay. Public participation. Yes, that's me.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Clerk. I apologize. I jumped to it too quickly. Go ahead.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“No, thank you. I actually thank you for the hard work, first of all, and your commitment to the Hepburn Center is really vital. I have community partners like you to help the center and make sure of its success and that we address the needs of all ages that really go there for respite or education or just socialization. It's really nice. Secondly, it's a great event, and I play a little pickleball too, but if you haven't gone, definitely come out for the day. We all have a blast doing this. And yeah, so I was gonna bring it. I gave you my flyer, but we'll keep pushing it. And certainly, even…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Anthony. Thank you. Thanks. Give me one, Anthony. All right. Anthony. Well, this is my color. Anthony.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. Pardon me. Oh, that's a good. I'm sorry. Boiled water notice for everybody on the beach. West of probably Hibiscus. Hibiscus, yes. Everybody on Hibiscus. And east. Okay, I don't want to get I'm sorry through dr Earl could you just confirm because I don't want to get anybody confused on what they need to do or not do so What would be properly?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“So, but I'm hearing it happened on Hibiscus, so it's really east of Hibiscus, not Hibiscus itself. I think it's gonna get confusing if we don't just say hibiscus. If we don't just say hibiscus, I think it's gonna get so many people confused. I would say hibiscus and everything on South Ocean.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026